P61a pellet feed problem

[greywolf46]

MY P61a shut down after pellets stopped feeding the burn pot. setting on stove temp auto - setting #4. When it is running, the feed motor comes on and auger turns but pellets are not coming into burn pot, so it shuts down. I cleaned the fines box and replaced the ESP recently. Stove ran ok for a few days then it started doing this. Any help appreciated.

 

[miteclipse]

Is the cam lever being activated when the auger turns so the hopper slide plate opens/shuts?

 

[Tonyray]

MY P61a shut down after pellets stopped feeding the burn pot. setting on stove temp auto - setting #4. When it is running, the feed motor comes on and auger turns but pellets are not coming into burn pot, so it shuts down. I cleaned the fines box and replaced the ESP recently. Stove ran ok for a few days then it started doing this. Any help appreciated.

Have u reached down in the hopper thru the pellets to see if they are jammed up at the slide plate?

 

[bogieb]

You may have some long pellets in there that caused a bridge so is not allowing pellets to fall. Or, you may have a foreign object in there, causing the same issue. I've had to empty my P61a hopper twice; once there was a piece of plastic flap from the bag and once it must have been bridging (although I used the same pellets for a while and it only happened that once).

Actually the first thing I'd check (becasue it is easy), and I'm unsure if this is really a thing that could cause pellets not to drop, check and make sure the fines box isn't stuffed.

 

[bogieb]

Have u reached down in the hopper thru the pellets to see if they are jammed up at the slide plate?

Just a word of caution - if you do this, don't use your fingers, use a paint stick or broom handle. You don't want unjamb something and have the auger move with your fingers in there.

 

[Tonyray]

Just a word of caution - if you do this, don't use your fingers, use a paint stick or broom handle. You don't want unjamb something and have the auger move with your fingers in there.

Yes.. Big YES.. my bad...

 

[greywolf46]

Is the cam lever being activated when the auger turns so the hopper slide plate opens/shuts?

Yes, emptied hopper and cleaned. slide plate moves freely. Cleaned fines box and restarted stove on room temp, feed rate 4. switched to manual once it fired up. Blazing away right now.

 

[greywolf46]

Have u reached down in the hopper thru the pellets to see if they are jammed up at the slide plate?

Emptied hopper and checked that slide plate moved smoothy. Cleaned fines box also. Restarted on room auto, feed rate 4. Fired up, switched to manual. blazing away right now.

 

[greywolf46]

You may have some long pellets in there that caused a bridge so is not allowing pellets to fall. Or, you may have a foreign object in there, causing the same issue. I've had to empty my P61a hopper twice; once there was a piece of plastic flap from the bag and once it must have been bridging (although I used the same pellets for a while and it only happened that once).

Actually the first thing I'd check (becasue it is easy), and I'm unsure if this is really a thing that could cause pellets not to drop, check and make sure the fines box isn't stuffed.

Emptied hopper and checked that slide plate moved smoothy. Cleaned fines box also. Restarted on room auto, feed rate 4. Fired up, switched to manual. blazing away right now.