Pellet Stove Question ?
 

I have a Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon OE (Original Edition), I am the second owner.
I just installed a new Control box, and started the stove, which started right up!

Stove whet through normal cycling, and after about 10 min of operation the 'combustion blower' is suppose to kick on ! The combustion blower is the blower which pushes the warm air into the room.

Well, at the time the blower was to kick-in, we heard a loud 'pop', then the stove shut down, like I flipped a switch !

After trouble-shooting, I found an in-line fuse circuit breaker on the back of the stove that appears to be the culprit. The fuse holder contains a 5 Amp AGC glass fuse, but what I noticed and dumb-founded, was when I pulled apart the fuse holder, I found that the fuse was wrapped with aluminum foil ? WT* ?
Anyway, I discarded the aluminum foil around the fuse and checked the fuse element, which was totally destroyed !

Why would anyone in their right mind, wrap any fuse in aluminum foil, for what purpose ? That seems like a dangerous thing to do, which could potentially cause short-circuit, and maybe a fire !

Anyway, I have a new fuse to replace, and will install w/o the aluminum foil.
Will report back with results.

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated !!!!

Ahh, the old 500 amp no blow fuse!
Good luck with the stove and be safe.

My dad would place a penny under the fuse then screw it back in. Never understood, until I understood


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I have the same pellet stove. Why did you end up needing to replace the control box? Curious about issues to be aware of down the road. Thanks in advance.

Had one of those a few years back...good stove. If I remember the box, it was wrapped in a heat shield that kinda looked like aluminum foil..

The stove stopped dropping pellets into the stove, I had a stove dealer trouble-shoot the stove and their diagnosed it was the control box. They eliminated the 'snap discs' on the stove as the issue. Bought the new control board, installed,
and all started working great, including the pellet feed.

If you are blowing the fuse when the circulation blower should kick in, then that blower is most likely bad.

A lot of times when they (blowers) go bad they start drawing more current, so the previous owner probably did the tin foil wrap to circumvent blowing the fuse. Lucky you did not have a fire in the wiring.

I'd put in the right fuse, disconnect the blower and see if it will get past the point where the fuse blew. You could even patch a light bulb in where the blower 'should have' been to see if the process of the blower coming on now works without popping the fuse. If the fuse still pops then you have a short in the wiring (worn insulation to chassis) between the fuse and the blower.