Vogelzang 5770 stopped feeding pellets

[salvatore1]

Hello everyone. It's that time of year again and I'm running into an issue with the vogelzang 5770. The stove just stopped feeding pellets and was working fine before that. Initially I thought it was a simple jamming of pellets, so I emptied the auger, then sucked out the remaining pellets with my shop vac. Then I checked if anything was still stuck with a flash light but everything was clean and clear. After that I figured it was the auger motor, so I replaced it. But it's still doing the same thing. As of now I am still in the process of elimination trying to figure out what to do next. Can it be the pressure switch ? I don't want to just keep buying parts without a better diagnosis. Any advice would be great. Thanks

 

[Whitenuckler]

Hello everyone. It's that time of year again and I'm running into an issue with the vogelzang 5770. The stove just stopped feeding pellets and was working fine before that. Initially I thought it was a simple jamming of pellets, so I emptied the auger, then sucked out the remaining pellets with my shop vac. Then I checked if anything was still stuck with a flash light but everything was clean and clear. After that I figured it was the auger motor, so I replaced it. But it's still doing the same thing. As of now I am still in the process of elimination trying to figure out what to do next. Can it be the pressure switch ? I don't want to just keep buying parts without a better diagnosis. Any advice would be great. Thanks

Pressure switches are usually good, but if you want to jumper it (if you know how to do it safely), that could be a good start to troubleshooting the problem.