Used / New to Me Englander 25-PDV (2004) question

[GTD]

This old 25-PDV followed me home this week ...
Apart from a burned out ignitor .. all seems operational.
After a complete cleaning, with a manual start, it does perform OK.
In troubleshooting the failed ignitor, I noticed that the ignitor terminals on the control board are live (HOT) even when the stove is OFF and cooled down.
This would seem to be a reason for the ignitor failure.
My question is: How long after a cold start up is power supplied to the ignitor?

 

[ARC]

Start up cycle is 13 minutes. If still power after that you probably have a stuck triac black square with sliver top in picture. Not sure which one controls your igniter they can be replaced.

 

[GTD]

Thanks for the reply.
Yup! I expect it is the thyristor .. still conducting with no signal.
I can either replace it or leave it and add a timer relay.
13 minutes with power on the ignitor seems excessive .. it should get the pellets burning in five minutes or less.

 

[Ssyko]

It uses 13 min because if the stove runs out of pellets it takes a while to load the augers. Also englanders aren't the fastest to ignite just by design of the burn plate

 

[GTD]

@Ssyko
Yes, after operating the stove a few times (manually lighting), I can see that the design and air flow doesn't make for a quick ignition of the pellets when the auto ignitor is used.
The dated design of the control board doesn't invite too much modification before you're better off with a new design .. or a new stove.