Quadra-Fire Pellet stove-Pellet pot fills. Motor is running but will not light.automatically shuts down after about 5 minutes. Cleaned out

check vent --fire sensor

None of those seemed to address the rattling you described. Our Sante Fe started doing that after sitting all summer. It operates fine, but when the auger is not feeding it makes a rattling noise that appears to come from the auger motor area. When the auger is feeding or you lift the fill lid it stops vibrating. Still trying to figure this out.

Wood burning or pellet stoves create acid vapor. The vapor damages thermocouples faster than a gas stove.

The E-2 Error code indicates an automatic shutdown because the stove does not detect a fire. Check out Englander's troubleshooting guide to some of the causes.

http://www.heatredefined.com/faq/troubleshooting-guide/pellet-stove/evolution-pellet-stove/evolution-pellet-troubleshooting-guide/e-codes/e-2-failure-to-start

motor not turning cause could be motor burnt check fuses or at worse faulty mother board have some one to have a look at it

Hi,
I will assume that you do not have an electric starter on yours...
So you fill the pot with pellets and then use a product like this to help you get the fire started...
You can do it by using newspaper or wood chips, but it is much more difficult...

heatman101

Try this....before starting the stove, place a handful of pellets into the burn pot. Start stove with feed rate about 2-3. Let the pellets ignite fully, then turn pellet rate to about 5, less then max. Let a good flame develop for 5 minutes or so, then turn on the fan. I set the fan at about 3-4 as advised by the tech. Reduce feed rate to about 4. I keep my damper on 2 1/2 to 3 to supply air intake. Napoleon is not the greatest stove, and I'm having an issue with mine after 3 years, but hopefully this helps. It will never give the heat of a wood stove, but get a strong fire going first, then tune it down after the room gets warm.

It may be working properly. If it seems that it's a little cool in the room and the blower is cycling like you say then the stove may be getting chilled. If this is the case then the low-temp switch is cutting the blower off.

If the room is quite hot there may be a problem with the blower. Check to see if it has a bunch of dust in it making it run hot and tripping the internal thermostat.

Please respond with the 'comment' button, down below the ads. I'm considering a pellet stove and I'd like to hear anything you have to say about yours.

lp

Hi lovinthepine:
1st. clean the unit, inside and out! Clean fire bowl/pot, it'll have small'ish holes for air and a larger one for the igniter. Clean out all holes in fire pot! Make sure fiberglass gasket material between firepot and firebox floor is in tacked and not leaking. make sure ash pan door is closed tight. Clean finned heat-ex's, this requires pulling out the two heat exchanger cover plates inside the firebox., next pull the right side panel and remove neg pressure blower & clean. These can get cloged up with ash and half burnt pellets. Tall flames & black smoke mean the unit is out of adjustment. Try closing up the pellet feed plate some, it's located in the pellet hopper area. Adjust opening smaller and wait 15 min, takes that long for change. If that doesn't get it, try opening the positive pressure blower's restrictor plate some. Remove left cover panel & find semi funneled blower cover plate, loosen screw and slide plate sideways +/- 0.25". If that doesn't do it, make sure all blowers are coming on, check for exhaust blockage in stove output/Flue sys. I hope that help ya, good luck!
C.B.