Problems with Breckwell P2000

[Tug101]

I just bought a house with a pellet stove already installed. I have been running it fine for a few days, but yesterday we had a problem. I was in the garage and our smoke alarm sounded. I ran upstairs and the stove has a little bit of smoke coming out of the vent on the top. I looked inside and it appeared the insulation was burning a little bit in one spot. No flame, just an orange glow like a cigarette. I think that maybe we had the fire too big and too hot? Anyway, after consulting the owner's manual and searching the web, I can't find any cause for this other than my own newbie guess. Is that the problem? Or do we have a defective stove?

Today I wanted to run the stove and keep the fire small and see if the problem repeated itself, but the auger will not feed pellets. The digital control panel starts up normally, the fans turn on, but no pellets. After a few minutes it shuts down and the on/off button flashes.

I called a local servicer but they cannot come out until next week. Any ideas?

 

[ronlat]

I too have a P2000 Free Standing, My first guess is maybe while putting pellets into the hopper some pellets or a pellet fell into the vent and is sitting on top of the fire box.

Ron

 

[jtakeman]

Check your vacuum switch. Hose may be plugged with something. It will not start if there is no vacuum.

How hot were you running the stove when it started smoking?

 

[Tug101]

I looked and there were a couple of pellets under the vent. How do I clean them out?

And we were burning the fire way too hot I believe.

 

[ronlat]

You may be able to reduce your vac hose with tubing and try that. I have just left mine and eventually they stopped smoking. I am much more carefull not to spill pellets down there now.

 

[ronlat]

Did you get the stove to light? Only the on/off light flashes when stove will not feed pellets 9 one of the heat setting lights should fash as well? May be a tripped thermdisk if you did have the stove too hot, but it should have reset after cooling down unless thermo-disk is bad, to find out if disk is bad try by-passing thermo-disk with wire, if that don't work try bybassing vac sensor with wire. No luck yet may be a bad board confirm that the auger motor is working by removing back panel and watching for the auger shaft to turn. If it does you may have a auger jam (pellets plugging up the chute).

 

[jtakeman]

Did you get the stove to light? Only the on/off light flashes when stove will not feed pellets 9 one of the heat setting lights should fash as well? May be a tripped thermdisk if you did have the stove too hot, but it should have reset after cooling down unless thermo-disk is bad, to find out if disk is bad try by-passing thermo-disk with wire, if that don't work try bybassing vac sensor with wire. No luck yet may be a bad board confirm that the auger motor is working by removing back panel and watching for the auger shaft to turn. If it does you may have a auger jam (pellets plugging up the chute).

Some of the Breckwells have the manual reset Thermodisc(snap disc). You may have to remove a panel and reach in and push the red button on that switch.

Jay

 

[Tug101]

Update:

When I press the on/off button, the fan comes on and the fuel feed button lights up when pressed. But I hear no auger motor and the ignitor does not function.

 

[ronlat]

Tugbaot, check your privat message inbox link is below your hearth.com quick navigation box. I sent you a message.

 

[Tug101]

Update:

Problem solved. The high limit switch was bad. I bought the new part and works great. Thanks for all your help.