I have a Quadrafire Castile pellet insert (I've had it for a few years). I was just doing a cleaning of it and took off the side panels to see if there was anything to clean.
The right side panel's top bracket has a lid switch. The end of the wire was just dangling loose. I was pretty sure I didn't pull it loose but I wasn't positive. Regardless, I then tried to determine where to plug it in. I didn't see anything obvious so I looked closer at the wires and I saw something concerning…
There was a wire that with a protecting sheathing that was just loose not plugged into anything. I think this is the lid switch wire harness (SRV414-1220). The end that looks like it might be where the lid switch plugs into is quite melted. The other end looks fine but it's not plugged into anything and I don't see where it plugs in.
Questions:
1) Can anyone confirm how to lid switch connects into the system? Where does that lid switch wire harness plug into the system? The manual says the hopper switch connects to the vacuum switch and snap disc 2 but I don't know what I'm looking for.
2) Even though it was probably unplugged and melted for an unknown amount of time, I assume I shouldn't use the insert again until I fix this??
3) Is there a potential underlying issue besides the lid switch wire harness?
Thanks.
The right side panel's top bracket has a lid switch. The end of the wire was just dangling loose. I was pretty sure I didn't pull it loose but I wasn't positive. Regardless, I then tried to determine where to plug it in. I didn't see anything obvious so I looked closer at the wires and I saw something concerning…
There was a wire that with a protecting sheathing that was just loose not plugged into anything. I think this is the lid switch wire harness (SRV414-1220). The end that looks like it might be where the lid switch plugs into is quite melted. The other end looks fine but it's not plugged into anything and I don't see where it plugs in.
Questions:
1) Can anyone confirm how to lid switch connects into the system? Where does that lid switch wire harness plug into the system? The manual says the hopper switch connects to the vacuum switch and snap disc 2 but I don't know what I'm looking for.
2) Even though it was probably unplugged and melted for an unknown amount of time, I assume I shouldn't use the insert again until I fix this??
3) Is there a potential underlying issue besides the lid switch wire harness?
Thanks.
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