Recently I’ve noticed my p61a struggling to heat up our house. It always seems to be on a low burn and keeping the room at 70 even though it’s set in room temp to 75. Only runs the feed motor between 5-10 seconds. If I crank up the room temp it responds by running the feed motor instantly but only will run a max of 10 seconds. I discovered our cat chewed on the temp sensor so I just replaced that today. I tried to shut the stove down prior to installing the sensor and it wouldn’t shut down. The status light shut off when I placed the stove to off but it kept feeding 5 seconds worth of pellets for a while. I eventually unplugged it for about 30 seconds and plugged it back in which resulted in a proper shut down. I replaced the sensor and fired it back up. It ignited without any noticeable issue. But has subsequently returned to its very low flame and feed. The status light is solid with no detectable blinking or error. For some reason the stove is only commanding it to run the feed motor 5-10 seconds. Why is this? If it’s on room temp and the temp is colder than the set temp it should be feeding and bringing the room up to temp but it’s not. I tried stove temp for a few yesterday and it was no different. Any ideas? I believe it has to be on the control side as the feed motor isn’t trying to run any longer than 10 seconds. If it ran for 30 but wasn’t actually feeding anything then I would think a mechanical issue.
P61a not running properly
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Golfeur
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Feed rate set to 4. I haven’t pulled it out. Assumed if that was the issue the status light would be flashing
Golfeur
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bogieb
Minister of Fire
Are you sure the room probe is seated firmly into the back of the stove? I know that if it is not, then the stove will exactly fit those symptoms (idling regardless of set temp and room temp - along with not shutting down). Had that happen several years ago.
Does the stove shut down correctly now that you have replaced the probe? If so, then it probably isn't the room temp probe any more. I've also had a dead spot in the pot give those symptoms.
Does the stove shut down correctly now that you have replaced the probe? If so, then it probably isn't the room temp probe any more. I've also had a dead spot in the pot give those symptoms.
I am certain it’s in as far as it can go. Since I replaced it I’m confident it wasn’t my original problem to begin with as nothing has changed after replacing it. I will double check on the connection and try shutting it down today.
Right now the stove is at 80 and is keeping the room it’s in at 73-74. It has never acted like this before. If set to 80 it usually would run 82
Mt Bob
Minister of Fire
If it does not shut off, or takes a very long time, either the stove, or the flue/exhaust is dirty, or the control board is dying.
Also, you can try cleaning the pots on the control board.
Also, you can try unplugging the stove, wait a few minutes, plug back in, start stove and see if burns different.
Also, you can try cleaning the pots on the control board.
Also, you can try unplugging the stove, wait a few minutes, plug back in, start stove and see if burns different.
As for unplugging it, I did that when I replaced the room temp sensor yesterday and it ran the same after
Mt Bob
Minister of Fire
As Mt Bob said, run it in stove mode but for an hour or so, I do that to mine a few times a week
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