How to replace your pellet sensor on your new Timberline or Ironwood grill.
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Applicable SKUs
KIT0632 and KIT0686
How to Replace a Pellet Sensor on Touchscreen Grills
IMPORTANT: Before proceeding
To continue you'll need to remove your hopper service panel. To remove this panel for the first time, you'll want to use an impact driver to remove the screws behind the P.A.L rail on your hopper service panel.
- If this is your first time removing the hopper service panel and you don't have an impact driver of your own. Contact our customer support team and we'll send you a complimentary manual impact driver.
- If you already have a manual impact driver, proceed to removing the hopper service panel.
- If you have already removed the service panel screws, you can disregard the impact driver and use a regular Phillips screwdriver.
- Once you've removed the screws using the impact driver, continue with the next steps outlined here in this article.
After removing the service panel screws:
- Ensure grill is off and unplugged.
- Remove hopper side service panel.
- Remove smart combustion cover.
- Locate the pellet sensor cables.
Replacing Pellet Sensor and Pellet Sensor Wire Harness Replacing Pellet Sensor Only Disconnect pellet sensor wire harness from motherboard. Disconnect pellet sensor from the pellet sensor harness. - Remove the two screws from the pellet sensor mount.
- Pull the old pellet sensor up and out of the hopper, feeding the connector through a small hole in the hopper wall.
- To replace, feed the new pellet sensor cable through a small hole in the hopper wall.
- Fasten the pellet sensor to its mounting bracket with two screws.
- Route the cable back through the small hole in the hopper wall from step 6.
- Connect the pellet sensor to the motherboard.
- Reattach the smart combustion cover.
- Reattach the hopper side access panel.