Hi, I've looked through the manual and the pinned advice here, and am making some progress. The blower wasn't running because "snap disk #1" failed while sitting unused for the summer. I confirmed that by putting a jumper wire in place of the disk. Okay the blower runs. But the augur still doesn't turn. I've checked the vacuum line, and tried putting a jumper in place of the vacuum switch, and the hose seems fine, the switch makes a nice click when blown into, and the jumper makes no difference to the augur.
The manual suggests that it's possible snap disk #2 is defective. (These things just like to go bad while the stove's on vacation?) Unfortunately it doesn't describe where snap disk #2 lives. The service parts flyer just shows it floating in free space - obviously it's from somewhere down in the middle of things, but there's no indication of just where. From (broken link removed to http://woodheatstoves.com/snap-disc-2-high-limit-175-p-2122.html) it looks like it's a "high limit" fuse. Where's that likely to be put? On the exhaust? Anyone know just where to find it?
The other thing the manual says to suspect is the control box. Hopefully it's not that, as those are spendy.
There must be other possible causes for the augur not turning. It's not obviously jammed - removed all the pellets on top and put some back in to no effect after checking that. The exhaust pipe is freshly cleaned out.
Annoying that more than one thing has gone bad while the stove sat idle. Was working without a hitch into last spring. It's been through a couple of winters now.
The manual suggests that it's possible snap disk #2 is defective. (These things just like to go bad while the stove's on vacation?) Unfortunately it doesn't describe where snap disk #2 lives. The service parts flyer just shows it floating in free space - obviously it's from somewhere down in the middle of things, but there's no indication of just where. From (broken link removed to http://woodheatstoves.com/snap-disc-2-high-limit-175-p-2122.html) it looks like it's a "high limit" fuse. Where's that likely to be put? On the exhaust? Anyone know just where to find it?
The other thing the manual says to suspect is the control box. Hopefully it's not that, as those are spendy.
There must be other possible causes for the augur not turning. It's not obviously jammed - removed all the pellets on top and put some back in to no effect after checking that. The exhaust pipe is freshly cleaned out.
Annoying that more than one thing has gone bad while the stove sat idle. Was working without a hitch into last spring. It's been through a couple of winters now.