Quadrafire Mt Vernon E2 Pellet stove will not start

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jordan69s

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Jan 10, 2008
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HUdson Valley NY
So this is kind of a new for me. I am using a wireless thermostat brand Skytech. The pellet stove worked perfectly until this morning when it failed to start even though the thermostat was calling for heat. The Pellet stove was (is) in ready mode, so the blinking green light is on. So I change the thermostat batteries and nothing. If I click the off button, I can hear a beep from the thermostat receptor on the pellet stove. If I click the ON button, I hear the same beep. For kicks, I reconnected the thermostat with the base, and still nothing, so I am at a total loss of what it could be. We never change the temperature setting on the thermostat, so it is always sitting on the thermostat cabbie on the wall. So, there is communication between the thermostat and the receiver, but it is not calling for heat. I did try unplugging the pellet stove, and it starts up and goes through all the diagnostics... then it turns off, and the green light blinks.

Your help is greatly appreciated,

Jordan
 
Can you test the thermostat receiver output contacts with a meter? Is it a contact that closes at the stove to turn the stove on?
Can you disconnect the thermostat receiver contacts and jumper the stove to prove the stove works. Trouble shooting is dividing the problem in half first.
 
Un hook the remote from the stove terminals and connect the terminals together (paper clip). Plug stove in and see if it runs normal
 
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