Recently acquired a PC45 that was not working. Original complaint was not feeding pellets. Once I got it home I realized the combustion fan was sooted up and wouldn't spin. I cleaned it and the rest of the stove. I fired the stove up to test and had a nice size flame on startup. After a while the flame died down. I had all the settings on max. I tested the esp and determined it was bad. I received a new esp today. It is a black wire one and it tested 618k ohms new. I installed the esp and ran the stove again. Same thing as before, nice fire when it starts then dies down. I noticed no matter what setting the stove feed rate was on or weather it was in stove temp or room temp it didn't make a difference and also noticed the auger would only run for about 2-3 seconds. I am assuming my control board is bad, unless there is something else I'm missing. Thanks
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Don't know if you were able to get an answer, but what temp are you getting on the exhaust? Should be above 200 degrees to feed. I would also check all your door gaskets and make sure they are sound; If you are getting a leak it won't feed either. Check the pressure switch as well as your air inlet door. Hope this will help you out.
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I would unClip the two wires from the vacuum switch and connect them together. Make sure you do it with the stove unplugged and make sure the wire clips do Not touch the metal of the stove. If the stove runs fine then the vacuum switch is bad, if you still have the same issue then the circuit board is bad.
I would unClip the two wires from the vacuum switch and connect them together. Make sure you do it with the stove unplugged and make sure the wire clips do Not touch the metal of the stove. If the stove runs fine then the vacuum switch is bad, if you still have the same issue then the circuit board is bad.
Not sure if you've solved the problem, but I do recall that there were two different versions of the main boards for the 45, and they used different ESPs. If you installed the wrong one it likely won't work correctly.
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