Traeger Smoker Fan Not Working

Listen for the hum of the fan motor to determine if it s working.

Traeger smoker fan not working.

First of all do not assume immediately that the motor has gone completely bad as there would be a couple of things that make the auger motor stopped. Pellet grills pro series ironwood series timberline series portable grills view all. The grill is not smoking. Grill not powering on.

How do you come to know whether it is gone completely bad or still have some options to make it works again. With traeger troubleshooting the fan not working can be for a number of different reasons. It was a bad auger motor which cost only 20 to replace. If you notice the fan is not working due to some obstructions then you can withdraw it manually and the fan should start again this way the induction fan will do its work.

Traeger pellet smoker grill hd replacement steel heat diffuser. If not there s your issue. If the fan is not running turn the grill off then spin the fan around manually about 5 10 times each way to loosen the grease on the shaft of the fan. The main purpose of a grill is to smoke.

How it works wood pellet fuel. If the fan is idle or not working it could be due to three things. I show step by step how to repair a traeger smoker that keeps blowing its fuse. Sometimes if the grill sits unused for some time or it is really cold out it can cause the grease on the fan to seize which prevents the fan from moving.

Wood pellets signature blend oak apple alder view all. It is a vital complaint about traeger grill that sometimes the grill is not smoking. Traeger auger motor problems are a common phenomenon when you have a gas grill. Explore classes traeger kitchen live.

The tip of the ignitor should glow red. Keep that barbecue firing away a replacement induction fan is ready to ship without delay. If the fan isn t working there may not be enough oxygen in the environment for the pellets to catch. So when you fix it you can run the auger motor once again.

First it could be that you don t have any power running to the orange wires from the controller. You know what that means call traeger. Another common problem the induction fan not working is actually connected to a lot of other areas and affects the performance of other components. Second the problem could stem from grease on the shaft of the fan which stops it from running due to disuse.