quad castille no feed no power to ignitor

[hooter04]

I bypassed vaccum switch,snap disc #2.I cleand out hopper and auger.The thermocouple seems to have continuity. I blew out vaccum hose.Don't tell me it could be an auger motor,I already changed 1 out on my MT AE this week.Exhaust blower comes on.

 

[Lake Girl]

kappel15 is the Quad man to go to for answers ... Have you searched the forum for hints on trouble shooting (search box at top of page)? #3 snap disc needs to be reset? Thermocouple issues?

 

[hooter04]

I'm kinda leaning toward thermocouple,cause when I manually start it convection blower kicks on when it gets hot enough.Now I'm thinking auger motor.

 

[kappel15]

Thermocouple is a possibility. Did you do a continuity test on the igniter? Any lights on in control box?

 

[hooter04]

No not yet will do now,4 blue lights blink

 

[hooter04]

Ignitor has continuity,but no power to it.Seems if thermocouple was shot the convection blower wouldn't kick on.

 

[kappel15]

Did you check it when it would be wanting to turn on? Cause if no power, only other options are bad connection to wire harness, or control box.

 

[hooter04]

with power on ,no juice to ignitor

 

[kappel15]

Ignitor has continuity,but no power to it.Seems if thermocouple was shot the convection blower wouldn't kick on.

Convection blower is run by #1 snap disc only.

 

[kappel15]

Do you know someone you can test your control box in their stove? Cheapest way to find out. And always unplug stove before removing or installing control box, or you will toast it. kap

 

[hooter04]

Going to dealer tommorrow with control board,and they can test it, or put it in one of their stoves and see what it does.The date on the control box is12/08 and this stove is supposedly 3yrs old so.If it's junk then I bet I get 1 for nothing seeing I only put 12 bags through it.I know I bought it used 2 weeks ago,but I spend a lot of $$$ with these people,as I've bought 3 stoves and a hottub from them.

 

[kappel15]

Hope everything works out. kap

 

[hooter04]

gonna change out ignitor first,my question is will it take the same ignitor as the MT vernon ,asI have 2 spares?

 

[kappel15]

Is it the 380 watt one with the white wires? yes

 

[kappel15]

If the igniter had continuity, it is good. You can also bench test it with 120v Hook up 3 prong plug to it. Be careful as it gets hot quick.

 

[hooter04]

Ignitor checked out good,hooked it up to MV and it worked.Control box on the other hand smells burnt inside,so I would believe that is the culprit.

 

[kappel15]

More then likely. Stay in touch. kap

 

[hooter04]

Cotrol box is good

 

[Lake Girl]

Only thing left is the wiring harness...

 

[hooter04]

I put in new thermocouple,one I took out had a bare spot on wire where it exits the firebox.Another thing was a communication issue with the thermostat and receiver.I also didn't know you had to prime the auger by pressing the reset button a bunch of times.So I'm back up and running again. thanks for the responses.

 

[kappel15]

Glad you are up and running. Stay warm. kap

 

[Lake Girl]

Glad you got it sorted out ... helpful that you can try out components on the other stove!

 

[hooter04]

Well still had an issue,everytime stove wanted to startup I would have to hit reset button.I put a new vac switch in and wallah it's finally runn right.

 

[kappel15]

Hurray!

 

[Lake Girl]

So it can be the vaccum switch...