FP-45 not lighting

[Gabor129]

Hi all!
I got a problem once again. My stove quit lighting the pellets. It was fine last night and this morning, however now it gives me an error code L, which can be a lot of things. However the igniter is not even warm, when the stove is in the initial cycle. This leaves me to believe it is either the igniter itself, the fuse for the igniter, or the controller not sending the light command. How likely are these scenarios and how could I test for them. Other than testing the fuse I am lost. Got to buy a tester for that too...LOL.
I lit the stove manually, and it has been running on manual since 5pm. So it is not any of the other sensors that the manual gave me. There is no thech for pellet stoves in this area, and it was purchased at a lumber store, so it is not serviced by them. I did the install, and do the cleaning and such, so I think servicing is going to be up to me as well.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Bioburner]

First your going to have be able to test the fuse and if the fuse blew its probably cause the igniter went bad. Simple volt-ohm meters are cheap at around$10US.

 

[Gabor129]

Thank you, will test it tomorrow. However what would cause the fuse to pop?

 

[Gabor129]

Well the fuses are good!

 

[Bioburner]

what would cause the fuse to pop?

Shorted out igniter. If the igniter burned open then the igniter is shot too. If you want to check farther you could test the leads to see if they have power when the stove is in start mode and rule out a bad relay from the boards.

 

[Gabor129]

I'll check the leads for sure! Also I am planning on testing the igniter itself. I am leaning towards the thermistor switch! Is there any test I could do for that?

 

[Bioburner]

Try and google the thermistor and see

 

[Gabor129]

Well I tested all the parts and the igniter is the only one that failed the test. I ordered a new one will post when I replace it!

 

[Bioburner]

Shoot for the easy stuff first. Good luck

 

[Gabor129]

Nothing is too easy these days! They cram things up in there, you have to remove most of the panels to get to anything!

 

[Gabor129]

Changed the igniter, works like new!

 

[Bioburner]

Yep, the easy stuff