piezo stove ignitor problem solved [RE-wrenches]

[Mick Abraham]

Greetings, fellow knuckle busters~

Thanks for the suggestions about my Peerless stove issue resulting in 
Outback FX shutdowns. The problem went continuous instead of 
intermittant so that was a big help in troubleshooting. As unlikely as 
this might seem, a wire got pinched between some sheet metal when the 
Peerless stove was built, and was shorting out to the stove chassis. I 
found it and fixed it in <only> 3.2 hours. The Peerless technicians were 
unavailable, but the trusty continuity test on my volt-ohmmeter saved 
the day.

As a suggestion for Christopher F., would it be possible for the FX to 
simply resume operation after the fault subsides? I know of another 
brand that shuts down when there's a short circuit on the AC output, 
then automatically comes back up when the AC short circuit goes away. My 
client and I made many trips up and down the stairs yesterday to 
"reboot" the FX, and I wonder if that's really necessary.

Have a nice day,

Mick Abraham, Proprietor
www.abrahamsolar.com


Jeff Oldham wrote:
> 
> 
> These stoves seem to have a very quirky ignition system. I have the same 
> model as does John Wiles and we were talking one day and this issue just 
> happened to come up. I also recall a string on here but good luck 
> finding it. I don't think that either of us resolved the issues. Mine 
> would start randomly igniting whenever I turned on my dishwasher, not 
> every time but about 80%. However,I could stop it everytime by turning 
> on the overhead CFL! Kitchen lights, stove and dishwasher are together 
> on one circuit. But turning on any other CFL even nearby would not stop 
> the persistant clicking. Sometimes we will get a few clicks when a large 
> load change would take place (on or off) and sometimes for no reason at 
> all. This was all happening on my trusty Trace U Series mod. sine. 
> (2512) When I moved up to sine with a Magnum (2812) all mentioned 
> problems went away. Although I ended up with less motor starting surge 
> power that has traded the stove issues for others now, aahhhh simple 
> living, gotta love it!
> There are lot's of these stoves out there on o-t-g systems as they don'y 
> have the nasty "glow plug" in the oven and I suspect many are on Outback 
> inverters. There is certainly a quirk in this Peerless and wiring 
> systems and load types seem to play a part. I do not think it is Outback 
> specific, keeping playing around with the varibles and wiring routing 
> and hope others on the list chime in with their experiences/solutions. 
> This remains a mystery to me....
> -jeff o
> 
> 
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> Oldham/Regenerative SOLutions
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Abraham Solar Equipment
Pagosa Springs, CO
www.abrahamsolar.com


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