My Quadra-Fire Castile Pellet stove (installed Dec-07) has an exhaust fan on the way out. Sounds like the bearings are going. I'm in the process of getting the replacement, but I'm worried that the fan will die in the night while I'm asleep. Currently I'm not burning the stove at night. Should the vacuum switch disable the stove if the exhaust fan goes?
I unplugged the exhaust fan while the stove was going full bore, but I got smoked out before I could be sure that the stove had stopped feeding pellets into the burn pot. I plugged the fan back in, and moments later the pellets were feeding. I don't know if they had ever stopped, and I'm not sure if vacuum switch would reset itself.
Any help out there?
I unplugged the exhaust fan while the stove was going full bore, but I got smoked out before I could be sure that the stove had stopped feeding pellets into the burn pot. I plugged the fan back in, and moments later the pellets were feeding. I don't know if they had ever stopped, and I'm not sure if vacuum switch would reset itself.
Any help out there?