Why?

Sorry to read that Pete.

Link to Pelpro stove service manuals:

PelPro Stoves | Manuals

Appears there are (2) SKUs of PP60 - PP60 and PP60-RF,

PP60 control board part #: SRV7079-050
PP60-RF control board part #: SRV7079-050,

looks like the same part # for both SKU's,

a "Google" search on that part # brings up various vendors / purchase options.

** Edit: Best that you check the above link / service manual PDFs, and confirm the above is the -exact- part you need. **

Hope this helps,
Regards, Rob

 

Cheapest price I saw was $271

 

Same.

Dunno if Pete's aware, but TSC is having the 20% off sale on all stoves through tomorrow, Tues. 12/12/17 - if the #'s worked out, a new stove would give lots 'o spare parts as needed.. But that's a several hundred differential for new vs. repair.. Just a thought.

 

Best price I could find was same $271 kind of queer as the one for my cellar dwellar stove pp130 was only $ 246 . Thought I may need to do the same as mine was acting spastic but after ripping it apart this weekend replacing all gaskets (convection,combustion,glass door and a serious OCD cleaning including the convection and combustion and the venting system it seems to be back in the saddle and performing just as i need her to. Was looking for replacement stoves as the brain aint cheap but glad i went mental on the clean up and tune up .

 

If it makes you feel any better... we dropped 200+ on the Francesca back in May '17 for a new burn pot & baffle plate - new burn pot is starting to stress crack in the -exact- same spot on the bottom as the previous one.. Looks like (2) seasons max. for each burn pot here. ... But in the grand scheme of things, that's still waaay cheaper vs. the Dino Burner.

Hey, it could always be worse - you could own the '01 Olds Intrigue we've got here.
* Thanks again for your post / that great info. in the other thread.

 

Nah, it's plate steel & appears decent thickness & quality - it's just a 'non-optimal' burn pot design..

Bottom plate is tack-welded to the sides (all pieces are tack-welded to each other), when the bottom plate gets hot -> expands, it doesn't have any flex room: so the bottom bows -> and stress cracks form, between the air holes, on the bottom plate.

Burn pot warping was a common complaint from the Ecoteck owners on the 'other' forum, so it's not a great surprise or anything.. My understanding is because of this issue was the reason Ravelli went to a cast burn pot & redesign on the newer Francesca models. All new models, if I read correctly. The new cast burn pot design is -much- different, vs. the older stove we got here.

Consumable burn pots suck.

I wish I could.. Have thought about taking the old spare burn pot down to the local machinist, and seeing what it would cost to get a 1/4" piece of plate drilled, and retro-fitted. I'm afraid to..

 

The pelpro "dial a fire" control system has issues,Some have had success with just replacing the dial.If was mine,i would remove the dial,spray the dial with contact cleaner,while rotating it,make sure the connectors,both ends of the harness that goes to dial and the brain,plug in and unplug several times(to remove any unseen corrosion,as it is low voltage),put back together and try.

 

I'm an expert at making things worse when trying to fix them. For me, it's a time-honored tradition.

 

Check the proof of fire circuit. I don't have any manuals on this or my new downstairs system but you are describing what goes on if the proof of fire system doesn't sense a fire within x minutes of the stove start button being pressed. Sounds like a thermo-disc not snapping when it should could be ash.

 

JT, Turd Baskets?

 

OK.