New to Pellet Stoves
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The stove will run for days on the manual setting but never seems to refire when connected to a thermostat.
JRemington
Minister of Fire
I was told Vista Flame is of poor quality where Enviro is top of the line.
Does this make parts interchangeable?
JRemington
Minister of Fire
I’ll turn my stove on. It starts up and will burn itself out with in 15 minutes. There will be a good flame but the auger will stop feeding and for no apparent reason. If I manually restart the stove before it burns out. It will burn for a whole cycle of the thermostat. Maybe two. Once the stove shuts down more than twice I have to repeat the process. Any ideas?
JRemington
Minister of Fire
Do you know where the vacuum switch is? Put a jumper wire across the wires to it and see if that keeps it running.
I tried to bypass the vacuum switch. Same result. Fire starts and eventually burns out.
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
No that is telling you that there is a blockage in the stove or exhaust vent pipe. Or the exhaust blower is weak,worn out
JRemington
Minister of Fire
Then again, I just read where so said the stove works good on the manual setting? If that’s the case we have had a few stoves that had control boards that didn’t work with a thermostat. Does your control board have a blue block with two small screws for the thermostat wires?
The blower works fine as long as the stove gets hot enough for it to kick in. If I’m not there to reset the auger quits feeding before it can kick in.
By the way, thank you both for replying. I’m learning a little more each post. More tha. I can say I’ve learned from the local service and lad supply people I’ve spoken too so far.
Terrible typos on that one but I think you get the point. Thank you again and I look forward to continuing this conversation with you / battle with my stove!
I missed this post before. The thermostat is hooked up to a small green block with two screws. ... Now is the part where you tell me the alternative to a new control board, right?
JRemington
Minister of Fire
It has in the past but I just had to restart it. Auger stopped feeding again. The flame looks like it’s getting too much air but I can’t close the damper any further. It’s only open about a 1/2”.
Maybe 3/4”
I’ve thoroughly cleaned the stove and chimney several times over the weekend. I’ve done everything short of completely removing the exhaust pipe at the base of the stove.
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Ok i have reread this thread and it sounds like your getting to much draft, burning the pellets out before low limit can kick in. Shut your damper down to a 1/4” and see if that lets the stove get going.
I was able to close the damper further after more cleaning. It seems there is not enough airflow to ignite with the damper closed this far but, if I give some more air to ignite then shut the damper down the flame is perfect. Leaving it open runs too hot. Could this be an igniter issue?
JRemington
Minister of Fire
With any of the Enviro’s and their clones if the burnpot is cocked just a little they won’t light.
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