Timberwolf tps35

[Stovenatah]

stove is awesome except when I shut it down to do the weekly maintenance. I turn it off and wait until it’s completely shutdown. When both blowers are off I clean the heat exchange tubes and clean out all the fly ash. Then I hit the switch to fire it back up and nothing kinda of concerning and a pain sometimes when I just need to get it done. I don’t want to pay 250 bucks for a new board and have the same issues. Went through the stove completely checked all the wiring and connections. Stove is clean and connections solid. Kinda stumped here. I saw a similar post on a foru back in 2011 with the same issue but no response or feed back of any kind

 

[johneh]

Has the stove completely cooled before attempting to light ?
When you hit the start button does the combustion fan run
do pellets drop into pot ?

 

[Stovenatah]

Has the stove completely cooled before attempting to light ?
When you hit the start button does the combustion fan run
do pellets drop into pot ?

Nothing at all!

 

[Stovenatah]

Nothing at all! Stove is completely shut down during my light cleaning then nothing and multiple attempts with nothing. Eventually it fires up and runs all week flawlessly until the next time I do maintenance

 

[Ssyko]

your on / off switch is it a slide type or button?

 

[johneh]

If it run all week when does it fire up ?

 

[Stovenatah]

On/off just slides up and down. That’s correct

 

[Stovenatah]

If it run all week when does it fire up ?

It doesn’t turn off all week I just run it on manual and keep it topped of with pellets

 

[Stovenatah]

Then after I’m done cleaning it I switch it on and nothing. Wait a few and nothing. Then unplug it and ill get the combustion blower for 2 sec and still nothing wait another 10 or sometimes longer and i hit it on and off it goes running lights right up and I don’t shut it off all week so I don’t have to mess with it

 

[Ssyko]

what im thinking is your switch is either dirty inside or worn out not making contact. you can try removing the board and face plate and spray the switch with electrical contact cleaner and see if that helps. if not im betting the switch is bad

 

[Stovenatah]

Which means a new board then! Inevitably

 

[Ssyko]

or a switch replacement. not that hard to do

 

[Stovenatah]

maybe I’ll look into it! I was hoping to hear something like the low/high limit switch too some time after shutdown to open or close! Before it allowed power to flow to the board. Not even sure where to get a switch and then it would need to be sodard to the board easy enough for someone familiar with working on control boards

 

[Ssyko]

When the stove is cold (cleanout temp) all the snap disc’s get thier power from the control board except the high limit(usually) and if it was open you would have no power.

 

[Pellettec]

Have the same problem with my Timberwolf have to play with the switch to get her to switch on