My brother in law has an Englander 25PDVC that serves as his only source of heat. Last Tuesday night he called me and said that fire had somehow gotten into the hooper and that he used a fire extingusher to put it out. He asked me if I would take a look at it when I got home from work on Wenesday morning.
I went to his house and began cleaning the stove. When I went to clean around the feed auger something did not look right and found that the auger was disformed on the end and looked as if it had melted. I took the back of the stove off, removed the lower auger motor, and took out the auger assembly. Sure enough the auger had melted.
I got on line and looked up the parts that I thought I needed to repair the stove and contacted England Stove Works to place an order. When I told the person that the auger looked as if it had melted he said that he needed to transfer me to the tech department and that the parts may be replaced under warrenty.
The tech department asked for the serial number of the unit, within seconds he said that the stove was a 2005 model and that the auger would be replaced under warrentry. He placed me on hold and a minute later came back and asked for my brother in laws name as he could not find any proof that the stove had been registered when it was bought. I told him that I did not know if he had registered it or not, but that I needed the parts to repair the stove either way.
He placed me on hold once again and returmed a few minutes later and told me that the parts would be replaced under warrentry and that they would be sent by UPS next day delivery. He said that the only thing was that they wanted the old auger assembly returned to them and that he was providiing a return postage paid sticker in the box.
The package arrived and late Friday, when I opened it I found the following parts:
1 - PU-AUGCA (Complete Lower Auger Assembly)
1 - PU-047040 (Auger Motor)
1 - PU-ABGN (Auger bearing gasket Nylon)
1 - PU-UCF204-12 (Block Bearing 3/4")
1 - PU-HLG (Hooper Lid Gasket)
The people at England Stove have once again proved that they have superior customer support :exclaim: :exclaim: :exclaim: .
I went to his house and began cleaning the stove. When I went to clean around the feed auger something did not look right and found that the auger was disformed on the end and looked as if it had melted. I took the back of the stove off, removed the lower auger motor, and took out the auger assembly. Sure enough the auger had melted.
I got on line and looked up the parts that I thought I needed to repair the stove and contacted England Stove Works to place an order. When I told the person that the auger looked as if it had melted he said that he needed to transfer me to the tech department and that the parts may be replaced under warrenty.
The tech department asked for the serial number of the unit, within seconds he said that the stove was a 2005 model and that the auger would be replaced under warrentry. He placed me on hold and a minute later came back and asked for my brother in laws name as he could not find any proof that the stove had been registered when it was bought. I told him that I did not know if he had registered it or not, but that I needed the parts to repair the stove either way.
He placed me on hold once again and returmed a few minutes later and told me that the parts would be replaced under warrentry and that they would be sent by UPS next day delivery. He said that the only thing was that they wanted the old auger assembly returned to them and that he was providiing a return postage paid sticker in the box.
The package arrived and late Friday, when I opened it I found the following parts:
1 - PU-AUGCA (Complete Lower Auger Assembly)
1 - PU-047040 (Auger Motor)
1 - PU-ABGN (Auger bearing gasket Nylon)
1 - PU-UCF204-12 (Block Bearing 3/4")
1 - PU-HLG (Hooper Lid Gasket)
The people at England Stove have once again proved that they have superior customer support :exclaim: :exclaim: :exclaim: .