Old Englander 25-PDVC no longer has power - is it time to move on?

[ej.nordstrom@yahoo.com]

I have a 20 year old Englander 25-PDVC stove. I just plugged it in for the first time this year to fire it up and and there is no power.
Outlet is good.
Fuse is good.
Tried the reset and still nothing.

Not sure what to try next. Maybe it is the control board? Don't want to buy a new one unless a know. Any thoughts or suggestions to help trouble shoot?

Or maybe it's time to just get a new stove which a really don't have the money for right now. Would have to go through a craigslist or something on the used market.

 

[mellow]

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On those older models, power flows like this:
Wall outlet → power cord → rocker switch → high-limit snap disc → control board fuse → board.
So if any of those fail open, the board never wakes up.
Try this:

• Unplug stove.
• Remove the right-hand side panel.
• Locate the high-limit switch (metal disc about 1″ wide, two wires). Use a multimeter on continuity mode across its terminals.
  
  • If it’s open when the stove is cool, it’s bad — replace or temporarily jumper it just to test whether the board lights up.
• Next, flip the rocker switch off and on a few times. They sometimes carbon-arc inside after years of ash exposure.

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2.
Plug it back in and (carefully) test whether you have 120V AC coming to the control board’s input pins (usually the two wires entering the bottom right of the board harness).

• 120V present but no lights? The control board is almost certainly toast.
• No voltage? Then the issue is upstream — switch, limit disc, or cord.

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3.
That little 6A glass fuse on the board can look fine but still be cracked at one end. Check it with a meter, not your eyes. If it’s open, replace it before assuming the board is dead.

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4.
At 20 years old, it’s common. The good news:

• Englander’s updated replacement is the PU-CB04, which works for your 25-PDVC.
• They’re still sold directly from Englander (England’s Stove Works) or on Home Depot / eBay — just make sure it’s genuine and not a Chinese clone.
• It’s plug-and-play — label the wire harnesses before removal, swap it, and you’re back in business.

 

[zrock]

Tough one... last year I replaced everything on my 20 year old breckwell cost me about 1000 cad. I believe u will not find the same quality anymore compared to the oldstuff