Hello I am working on this stove. After replacing a few parts I put in a new Igniter and it started fine. So I thought it was working fine. The next time I started the stove, it would not fire up and the tip of the new igniter I put it was not warm! So I put in another igniter and before my eyes, the igniter almost lit the pellets and then blew out! Two bad igniters? Very Strange so I put in a 3rd igniter that was a different brand and then after less than a minute click the GFCI outlet tripped a ground fault! That means a hot lead is leaking to ground! So I looked at the wiring and I saw the problem! Pic 4 - shows the problem So The shorted to ground Purple wire caused the igniter to burn out? Pic 1 - 3 rd igniter that tripped GFCI outlet Pic 2 - Auger motors Pic 3 - tripped GFI outlet Pic 4 - close up of 2 purple wires going to the lower auger motor shows one bare purple wire!
Hello So I disconnected the igniter and the stove ran for more than 1 min so I put the 3rd igniter on the test bench. Well the 3rd new igniter seems to be damaged and not working at the tip. I put in a 4th igniter and the GFI still tripped. Therefore I plugged the stove into a non GFCI outlet in my shop and a little after 5 minutes it fired up nice! Watching FX with a La Fin DuMonde! Lol
Probably - resistance-based devices don't handle (over-current) shorting well, melts the internal winding pretty quick.
Yes, I thought the igniter was defective but not 3 igniters!! The auger motor wire must have touched the hot exhaust housing causing the insulation to melt!
Thanks for the post & pics don2222 - going to re-check -> visually verify -all- the wiring on the 25-PDVC here today - much appreciated. ( I'll stay away from the Beer until later. )
When you check your wires, have some wire ties handy and tie up anything with too much slack that could come in contact with and hot metal. Good Luck
