Clogged Auger PG1000

russwMember

The auger on my PG1000 got clogged. The only way I could clear it out was to back off the screws that hold the pellet hopper. I wasn't able to remove the hopper, but it somehow helped. I put all the screws back, but now pellet pieces are dropping below into the area that houses the controller, fan and auger.

These self taping screws don't see to allow precision assembly of the hopper to the feed chute. Anyone have any ideas?

12/18/203:24 PM

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mountainmanMember

Were you able to clear it?

When it was clogged did it sound like the motor was still turning?

Also is there a shear pin?

12/25/206:45 AM

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jimc 2Member

There are two self-tapping screws inside the pellet hopper on this. They are above the visible section of the auger on the burn chamber side of the hopper. These screw into the chute that delivers pellets from the top of the auger to the burn pot. If you removed all the screws from the hopper, you’d have removed these and the chute would have slipped down into the burn pot. Push it back up and line up the holes, re-insert the screws and you should be good to go.

Jim C.

California

PG1000

9/18/215:17 PM

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jay1924Member

Jimc, just in case you don't know, in the new forum format, the post dates are almost impossible to read in the lower left corner. The post you replied to is over 9 months old. Just a heads up.

9/18/218:39 PM

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ozenzopMember

If you removed all the screws from the hopper, you’d have removed these and the chute would have slipped down into the burn pot. techzpod mobdro download

4/19/2210:02 AM

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