Pioneer Bay Pellet Stove Insert - No power

[hobbit]

Okay, so last night the pellet stove's power went out. Plugged in, there are no lights on control panel no matter what I do.

I took the panel out and checked the fuse, which despite being whole tested bad, so I replaced it with a new 5A fuse. Continuity tests fine at the prongs now.

Still no power to the panel, does that mean the control board fried? Looks like I can get a new board/panel for $300 or so, but I don't want to plunk down the money on that (which is still cheaper than replacing the stove) if there are other things that could cause the panel itself to get zero power.

If any of the snap discs went bad, would the panel just be dead like that?

Attaching a picture of the board just in case it helps.

 

[Oregun]

To start off I would disconnect power and then circuit board connectors and use compressed air to blow all the dust of the board.
Then reconnect everything and see where you stand.

 

[ARC]

Newer Lopi's have a fuse holder where power cord comes in.

 

[hobbit]

Newer Lopi's have a fuse holder where power cord comes in.

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Oh, I'll have to look. I think mine was made in 2004?

 

[hobbit]

To start off I would disconnect power and then circuit board connectors and use compressed air to blow all the dust of the board.
Then reconnect everything and see where you stand.

I'll get something to blow it out, but I doubt that's the problem since it was working fine until yesterday with that same level of dust. Worth trying though, for sure.

 

[Ssyko]

The dust may cover up a tell tail sign of a component that has failed. It can be tested with a multimeter to see if it has truly failed. 2004 is 21years old so it is an oldie 😎

 

[hobbit]

Newer Lopi's have a fuse holder where power cord comes in.

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Thanks so much for this. The fuse in there was black, so definitely will try and find a replacement tomorrow and see if that resolves it. Maybe there was just a power surge.

 

[hobbit]

Okay, so replacing the power cable fuse brought it back to life, but the igniter (that I just replaced) is dead. So I think it was an igniter problem that blew the fuse. I have another replacement, but I've had nothing but issues with the igniters on this darn thing in the past year.