Error Codes; Hopper; Priming The Auger - Buffalo B100 Owner's Installation And Operation Manual

Error Codes

Error
Meaning
Code
FA1 No fire in burn chamber
Control board not receiving signal
4
from thermal sensing cable
Figure 6

Hopper

The hopper of your stove is where pellets are
stored before being transferred to the burn
pot and burned to create heat. The hopper is
located at the top of the stove and can be
accessed by pulling the top front cover of
your stove forward (it is attached to rollers)
and lifting the back top cover of your stove
up. Load pellets into the hopper by dumping
them directly into the hopper opening. The
maximum volume of pellets can be loaded
into the hopper by pushing the pellets into
each corner of the hopper and leveling them
out with the top.
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Note: Never rest a bag of pellets or put
any significant downward pressure on the
front cover of the hopper cover when it is
when it is in the open (forward) position.
Putting downward pressure on the front
cover when it is the open position may
damage the sliders that allow the cover to
slide forward.
Located at the bottom of the hopper is the
auger, which carries the pellets to the drop
tube. The drop tube guides the pellets into
the burn pot. The auger located at the bottom
of the hopper rotates within a tube that
restricts the volume of pellets that can be
dropped into the fire. Keep your hands away
from the auger at all times. If at any time it is
necessary to remove jammed pellets from the
auger/auger tube area, first turn off the stove
and disconnect the power cord from the
power source.
Potential Cause of Error Code
Stove out of pellets
Ignition of pellets during start-up
failed
Thermal sensing cable not
plugged in.
Thermal sensing cable
damaged
As a safety precaution the rear hopper cover
is equipped with a switch, which senses the
condition (open or closed) of the rear hopper
cover. When the rear hopper cover is in the
open position, power to the gear motor that
drives the auger is cut off to stop the auger
from turning to ensure that the turning auger
will not pinch fingers. When the rear hopper
cover is returned to the closed position, power
to the gear motor will be restored and pellets
being transported to the burn pot will resume.
If there is a fire in the burn pot when the rear
hopper cover is opened, leaving the rear
hopper cover open (suspending the feed of
pellets to the fire) for too long will allow the
fire to go out. If the fire goes out while the
rear hopper cover is open, leave the rear
hopper cover open until all burning pellets in
the burn pot have completely burned up.
After the fire and all remaining smoldering
pellets have extinguished, turn the power
switch to the off position (the exhaust fan may
continue to run), leave the stove turned off for
a minimum of 5 minutes, then turn the power
to the stove back on and resume operation of
the stove as desired.

Priming the Auger

Before firing your Buffalo Pellet Stove for the
first time or any time the hopper has been
burned completely empty of pellets, it is
necessary to refill the hopper and auger with
pellets before firing the stove. If the auger is
not loaded with pellets when a start-up
sequence is started, the stove will not have
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Corrective Action
Fill hopper with pellets
then prime auger
Clean burn pot, grate,
burn box, burn chamber
Plug in thermal sensing
cable
Replace thermal sensing
cable