Quadrafire Feed motor issue - Feed motor occasionally reverses on it's own. A new capacitor should f

[Don2222]

Hello

I did some research on the Quadrafire Feed Motor Capacitor
If the capacitor starts to go, the feed motor will occasionally reverse for no good reason. (Maybe stop?)
A new cap resolves this issue see http://www.iburncorn.com/new-forum/34-quadrafire/5254-quadrafire-contour-feed-motor-capacitor

Even If you have a stove with the capacitor in the junction box like a contour, the in-line capacitor part # part# 230-2150 from woodheatstoves will bypass the cap in the junction box just by plugging in the wires and resolve the issue!!

(broken link removed to http://woodheatstoves.com/feed-motor-capacitor-p-2062.html)

So this part would replace the upper connector to the Feed Motor shown with the Red Arrow in the first pic Below.

Note: This replacement capacitor is ONLY for the newer 3 lead Quadrafire Feed Motors. The 3rd lead is RED. The Capacitor is goes from this Red lead to reverse the motor to the Motor's black lead to forward the Motor!

The white lead is ground.

The older Quadrafire Feed motors only have 2 Black Leads and do not use this capacitor!

Last pic shows older feed motor connector that does not use this capacitor!

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Hey, are you saying you have a flaky auger motor there Don?

 

[DexterDay]

Don.... It being below 30* will not make the stove feed 6 pellets.. Something is wrong with the feed system.

Replace the auger. Or see if the Capacitor can be fab'd up to your motor??

 

[Don2222]

Hey, are you saying you have a flaky auger motor there Don?

Oh no Smokey

Just that my older motor does not use the inline capacitor. That is all.

This post is information for people who may have this issue and a reference base for my latest issue.
False starts ONLY below 30 Deg F
See https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/91939/