Hello everyone,
I have a 25-PDVC Englander Stove wood pellet stove. Sharp looking thing -- wish it would work! The Control Board reads "Auto Start Control Board PU-CB04". It has a dedicated outside-air intake and a dedicated outside exhaust pipe, (both going through the basement wall.)
I bought it around 2003, but didn't install it until 2007. It has never run hotter than lukewarm. The fire lights manually and stays lit, the augers turn, but the problem is that there is never enough heat blown out the front of the unit. It doesn't force enough hot air.
I checked the exhaust, and it is clear. The unit is clean. I'm burning an ordinary pellet fuel bag from Home Depot. The unit was "burned in" for 5 hours as suggested. Still nothing more than lukewarm.
I light the fire, close the door, then turn on the unit at 5-5 settings (where the first # is heat and the 2nd # is blower.) The unit displays 5 U (which I believe means 'Start Up'.) From there, the blower kicks in about 10 minutes later.
But then nothing really changes. The exhaust pipe is very hot, as is the front iron door and glass panel. (Too hot to touch longer than a second.) Yet, the air being blown out isn't warmer than about 70 degrees; and it doesn't reach more than 5 feet out.
Is this a vacuum switch problem? Is it an electrical problem? I checked the vacuum lines and they aren't cracked. Per Mike's recommendation, I checked the jumper on the electrical board and everything is snug.
I noticed that regardless of what I do, the top auger turns about the same for each setting. (The bottom auger turns slowly and constantly. It seems to turn at the same rate, regardless of setting.)
Back to the top auger, setting 3-3 turns at 5 seconds, pauses for 10 seconds, then resumes that cycle. Setting 5-5 turns for 6 seconds, pauses for 10 seconds, and repeats. Setting 7-7 turns 5 then pauses 12. Setting 8-8 turns 6 seconds then pauses for 10. Setting 9-9 turns 6 seconds then pauses for 10.
Thoughts?
-Ernie
I have a 25-PDVC Englander Stove wood pellet stove. Sharp looking thing -- wish it would work! The Control Board reads "Auto Start Control Board PU-CB04". It has a dedicated outside-air intake and a dedicated outside exhaust pipe, (both going through the basement wall.)
I bought it around 2003, but didn't install it until 2007. It has never run hotter than lukewarm. The fire lights manually and stays lit, the augers turn, but the problem is that there is never enough heat blown out the front of the unit. It doesn't force enough hot air.
I checked the exhaust, and it is clear. The unit is clean. I'm burning an ordinary pellet fuel bag from Home Depot. The unit was "burned in" for 5 hours as suggested. Still nothing more than lukewarm.
I light the fire, close the door, then turn on the unit at 5-5 settings (where the first # is heat and the 2nd # is blower.) The unit displays 5 U (which I believe means 'Start Up'.) From there, the blower kicks in about 10 minutes later.
But then nothing really changes. The exhaust pipe is very hot, as is the front iron door and glass panel. (Too hot to touch longer than a second.) Yet, the air being blown out isn't warmer than about 70 degrees; and it doesn't reach more than 5 feet out.
Is this a vacuum switch problem? Is it an electrical problem? I checked the vacuum lines and they aren't cracked. Per Mike's recommendation, I checked the jumper on the electrical board and everything is snug.
I noticed that regardless of what I do, the top auger turns about the same for each setting. (The bottom auger turns slowly and constantly. It seems to turn at the same rate, regardless of setting.)
Back to the top auger, setting 3-3 turns at 5 seconds, pauses for 10 seconds, then resumes that cycle. Setting 5-5 turns for 6 seconds, pauses for 10 seconds, and repeats. Setting 7-7 turns 5 then pauses 12. Setting 8-8 turns 6 seconds then pauses for 10. Setting 9-9 turns 6 seconds then pauses for 10.
Thoughts?
-Ernie
