Englander 25-pdvc settings

This fall I picked up a used 25pdvc for my basement. https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/78883/

Did a complete cleaning and installed up and out with 4".

It burns great on 3 and above, but I can't get it dialed in for a low burn.

I PM'd Mike a while back asking about the 3 lower settings and he replied 4-1-1 the PO had them at 2-9-1 or 1-9-2 can't remember.

I tried the factory reset the other day and couldn't get it to work, after searching the forum(for a long time) I found the non ignitor boards use a different procedure.

After sucessfully performing the reset it comes back 1-9-2 heat mode C. I thought AOT wasn't ever suppossed to be anything but 1 and 9 for LBA?

Haven't started it yet to see how 1-9-2 works.

Also gonna PM mike again.

Any thoughts Englander peeps?

AOT is always 1.

The newer ignitor PDVC's use 4-6-1 settings, but if Mike H. said it should be 4-1-1, then that's where you should start.

Don't know what you meant by "I can’t get it dialed in for a low burn"......is it a lazy flame, or very active/blowtorch like, or what? You need to be more descriptive.

Lazy flame and/or pellets not burning completely....raise the LBA a notch or 2. Poor heat output, raise the LFF a notch or 2. ETC, ETC.

As for the "mode" the stove is in, Mike will have to answer that one.

So how do you explain the factory reset to 1-9-2?

does the reset also reset the heat mode?

maybe because its in mode c and not d its messing up the 3 lower numbers?

I'll try setting it to d then doing a reset tonite.

emailed Englander tech support, within minutes I had a response of "it should be in the "d" mode, set bottom buttons to 4-5-1"

maybe I can't get a decent low burn cause its in mode c. although that little sucker really cooks the way it is now.

Guess I'll try that tonite and see what happens.

Alec said:

what is the difference between modes and how do you change from c to d mode?

thanks

Alec

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They are different air/fuel ratios built in to the control board programming, since these boards are used for different stoves.

IMO, leave it at what the factory setting was.

Alec said:

what is the difference between modes and how do you change from c to d mode?

thanks

Alec

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Mode c feeds alot more pellets which equals more heat and more fuel consumption and a dirtier burn.

I have mine in mode d and am happy with how it burns.

The three bottom button settings vary from year to year.

Just because someone says theirs is a certain combination doesn't mean they all are.

Best to check with Mike H. or email tech support.

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titanracer said:

hit another button to actually change the setting.

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