OMG I am really starting to hate my Austroflamm Pellet Stove.

[RancherPacker]

Photos of the flame bright active on start up and or shut down and Lazy dark sooty tall when running in between any start up or shut down as in started up and heating the house. It will never change from that lazy state until you turn it off or start it up.

Maybe it's too hard to see in the photos.

 

[Flammam]

Here's mine I just did a full cleaning this afternoon running just below the first line on the knob

 

[RancherPacker]

mine looks like that at start up then when the start up cycle is over it goes to lazy sooty

 

[funflyer]

mine looks like that at start up then when the start up cycle is over it goes to lazy sooty

Have you verified that the auger motor is 1 RPM and not higher? Being a preowned stove, you never know what was done and you say that startup and shutdown give a less-lazy flame which makes sense as the fuel feed is less or off. Just a brainstorm.

 

[skibumm100]

Are you getting clinkers in the pot blocking the airflow? Just a thought...... I think we're getting closer. We've eliminated some items. We're about due for the "A-HA!" moment.

 

[RancherPacker]

No clinkers or at least not much and I clean the pot at daily sometimes twice just because I can and it still is lazy after the initial start up 15 mins or so after I cleaned it....YEH I hope were getting close to ahhhh HA

 

[Mt Bob]

How did you know you needed to solder in 3 caps? By the 2 temp switches do u mean the high limit and the low limit snap discs?

OK Stove started to not start.As this was before I put harman in upstairs,it was cold.Found out(and joe helped)if i screwed with scooping pellets into burnpot,heating up stove(to keep stove running).Symptoms were erratic auger feed,combustion blower speed erratic.As soon as stove warmed up,it would run fine.Part of diagnosis was unplugging stove(for a while/a day),When the control(main,not daughter) board would cool down it would not function properly.Also verifyed this by heating the board while trying to start it.Turned out to be the capacitors(look up bad caps on the net,affects many things).Hope this will help people.

 

[Mt Bob]

OK,I do not se where you installed rebuild board??Maybe I missed somethingFlam has one of the best stove burning pictures for thes old ones.The pot adjustments affect the burning at "idle" the most,and only some in the rest of the range.The pot adjustments are for setting air flow and pellets in a install that is not perfect---into a chimney,too tall vertical,etc.

 

[RancherPacker]

ok I doubt I could replace capacitors although I do build my own gaming computers the boards are ready to install when I do LOL. And since I have Joe's rebuilt board installed I doubt I need to. Thanks for answering, it is very interesting.

 

[Mt Bob]

ok I doubt I could replace capacitors although I do build my own gaming computers the boards are ready to install when I do LOL. And since I have Joe's rebuilt board installed I doubt I need to. Thanks for answering, it is very interesting.

Well throughout this thread it did not show where you installed board,will reread and rethink.Gamer-cool(but i am not,just respect

 

[RancherPacker]

Well throughout this thread it did not show where you installed board,will reread and rethink.Gamer-cool(but i am not,just respect

I had to briefly make a new ID as my little grandson got hold of the paper I had my password written on. I finally remembered it and went back to rancherpacker

 

[Mt Bob]

Cool,kids are supposed to do that!As a conisour? of old austros,will try to help you as much as I can,they really are very simple(compared to the other crap).If you want me to call,pm me.Bob.

 

[bwep]

I had same symptom your describing with the lazy flame. Stared up fine, then just gets lazy and smoked up the glass. Mine turned out to be a faulty air sensor.

 

[RancherPacker]

Hey Thanks Bob and bwep, I think I will go for the air sensor. Hate to just keep buying parts but they wont go to waste as I plan on keeping the austroflamm for a long time and nice to have back ups right? lol If the air sensor doesnt work I pm for a call bob THANKS!

 

[Mt Bob]

Hey Thanks Bob and bwep, I think I will go for the air sensor. Hate to just keep buying parts but they wont go to waste as I plan on keeping the austroflamm for a long time and nice to have back ups right? lol If the air sensor doesnt work I pm for a call bob THANKS!

Well I was trying to avoid you from buying xtra parts(but that does not hurt).If the stove body does not go bad it is useful for a long time.Will go back through thread and see if i mssed anything.

 

[sbmsp]

I haven't read through all 5 pages but this might help you, has trouble shooting tips and description of how stove runs. Stumbled upon it as I am trying to figure out how to most cost effectively replace the convection motor in our Wega.

BTW if I could ask you to take a look at the back of your stove..... I'm trying to determine the correct position for the dampener weight, could you describe (I guess using a clock as a reference) where you weight is pointed ..... I'm thinking either 12 or 1 o'clock ish.

http://pelletstoverepair.com/Wegatroubleshooting.pdf

Steve

 

[RancherPacker]

I haven't read through all 5 pages but this might help you, has trouble shooting tips and description of how stove runs. Stumbled upon it as I am trying to figure out how to most cost effectively replace the convection motor in our Wega.

BTW if I could ask you to take a look at the back of your stove..... I'm trying to determine the correct position for the dampener weight, could you describe (I guess using a clock as a reference) where you weight is pointed ..... I'm thinking either 12 or 1 o'clock ish.

http://pelletstoverepair.com/Wegatroubleshooting.pdf

Steve

Steve my stove is an older 1992 Austroflamm Integra there is no dampener on it.

 

[sweets]

Yowa , lemme know what you find out,
My stove is doing exactly to the tee , the
Same problem,my stove is totally different company, I tried everything, only a year old , i think its a circut board problem but a guy said get a double sided exhaust fan , because i put
New exhaust motor , i think its going to be a circut board problem but dealer doesnt think so , the air switch is alrite, you blow
Gently in tube , should click.

 

[RancherPacker]

Yowa , lemme know what you find out,
My stove is doing exactly to the tee , the
Same problem,my stove is totally different company, I tried everything, only a year old , i think its a circut board problem but a guy said get a double sided exhaust fan , because i put
New exhaust motor , i think its going to be a circut board problem but dealer doesnt think so , the air switch is alrite, you blow
Gently in tube , should click.

well it is not a circuit board problem in my Austroflamm because I put in a new rebuilt circuit board and it did not change a thing.

 

[sweets]

Im going to call company tomorrow and get the cleanout gaskets , i think there sucking air, but thats what a "tech" said
Its not air tight somewere , ill let u know when i fix it , maybe it will pertain to your stove...

 

[RancherPacker]

Im going to call company tomorrow and get the cleanout gaskets , i think there sucking air, but thats what a "tech" said
Its not air tight somewere , ill let u know when i fix it , maybe it will pertain to your stove...

Thanks as I will also!

 

[skibumm100]

OK,I do not se where you installed rebuild board??Maybe I missed somethingFlam has one of the best stove burning pictures for thes old ones.The pot adjustments affect the burning at "idle" the most,and only some in the rest of the range.The pot adjustments are for setting air flow and pellets in a install that is not perfect---into a chimney,too tall vertical,etc.

Non-typical would describe my installation. I only suggested trying that in case someone had them misadjusted before Rancher got his hands on it. If he has a lazy flame, dialing it to max air / min fuel mode would rule tweaked pots out. Looks like it might be a bad air flow sensor. We will see.

 

[smwilliamson]

I dealt with a similar problem last year on the same model stove, turned out to be a failing hall sensor on the combustion blower. Gotta replace threshold blower assembly fer that ones do it pricey.

 

[sweets]

Non-typical would describe my installation. I only suggested trying that in case someone had them misadjusted before Rancher got his hands on it. If he has a lazy flame, dialing it to max air / min fuel mode would rule tweaked pots out. Looks like it might be a bad air flow sensor. We will see.

 

[sweets]

My stove turned out to be a blockage in the rear of the stove, blew it out with a wet vac and it's 100% .