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bypassing a thermodisk
#250033 - 03/27/11 05:16 AM
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I've got no choice. Old man winter lingers... & I need heat.
My thinking is that since the thermodisc is having trouble sensing heat and stopping the auger motor every few minutes -causing my fire to burn out- that I can just bypass this heat sensor and connect the wires going to it to each other.
I really hope my house doesn't burn down. 
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#250034 - 03/27/11 06:10 AM
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I wouldn't do that unless I was standing right next to it. So what is this a pellet stove? Are you sure that is what is bad and not the motor itself? Do you have a meter or even a test light?
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> I wouldn't do that unless I was standing right next to it. So what is this a pellet
> stove? Are you sure that is what is bad and not the motor itself? Do you have a meter
> or even a test light?
If you/anyone recalls this... http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/sho...true#Post243444
I've got a meter, but it would be extremely difficult to get in there with anything to check and see what's going on. Unless I moved the stove out further from the wall... 
Since I shorted it out it didn't quit as quickly as it would before... that is to say - it didn't quit at all and seemed to work as it normally should.
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#250048 - 03/27/11 09:05 AM
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Is this sensor supposed to regulate how the pellets are fed or to stop the pellets if the fire is out? In other words, Is it a control for the auger motor or a safety feature you are bypassing? Do you have a wiring diagram of this thing?
Edit:
Is this sensor similar to the high limit on a furnace that cuts the gas off if the burner gets too hot from something like a failed blower motor?
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> eta: also, see page 9, Troubleshooting, 5.1, #4 I'll probably be needing to call the
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I think I would just replace that part before calling a dealer. Can you get to it? Is there a part number on it?
Maybe THIS will help troubleshoot?
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> > eta: also, see page 9, Troubleshooting, 5.1, #4 I'll probably be needing to call
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> I think I would just replace that part before calling a dealer. Can you get to it? Is
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> Maybe THIS will help troubleshoot?
It'll be a while before I can do anything and it seems simple enough. I'll print that out for future reference. 
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But that must take effect after so much time -since the temp wouldn't be high enough at the start, so it could have a timer somewhere to ignore some shut-off signal to give time for it to warm up. I guess. 
