Englander EP25 Question

Goodmorning;

I had trouble before with my stove and Mike from Englanders helped me get it running a couple weeks ago. It has never run this good before now.. I put Okanagan pellets in it and it has never run better ,It puts out tons of heat and a really great flame. Its feeding pellets with no problem at all. The combustion fan started making noise a couple of mornings ago so I oiled the bearing on the motor and it stop making the noise. The stove just won't make a fire now for some reason. It will start really well and burn good for a few minutes but soon after will smoulder down to almost going out. If I open the door a crack the flame jumps up for a few seconds when the room air hits it. I turned the stove off and let it cool and pulled everything apart I vacuumed behind every panel that isn't welded on and tried it again. Still getting the same thing. Starts great then the flame dies right down to almost nothing and barely stays lit. I checked the 3 windows at the bottom of the control panel and its set to 1 5 1 . I don't know what that means but during my searches it seems to be relevant .I have seen other people with it set to 1 4 1 and was wondering if I should change my settings.

Thanks in advance for any advice, Pete.

The stove isn't throwing any codes and it will run , but just barely. I ran a pipe cleaner through that hole and it wasn't blocked at all.
It's really strange because it was finally running the way it should. Tons of heat and a tall strong flame .

Any other suggestions ?

I checked the oak and its clear and I took apart the vent clean out and vacuumed it out. I don't have a leaf blower and since I ran so few bags of pellets through this stove last year I wasn't expecting a lot of build up. Im willing to try anything.

It just started making a vibrating noise a couple days ago but it stopped after I oiled the bearing on the combustion fan motor. The fire seems like its starved for air because when I open the door the flame seems to grow when the room air hits it. I hope it's not the combustion motor because I just bought 2 replacement motors for the auger that I didn't end up needing them.

imacman said:

Petewood159 said:

The stove isn't throwing any codes and it will run , but just barely. I ran a pipe cleaner through that hole and it wasn't blocked at all......

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Unplug stove, then open up the back panel. That hole you cleaned with the pipe cleaner should have a silicone tube attached to it inside the rear of the stove.....it runs to a vacuum switch. If the hole, the hose, or the switch have any ash plugging them it will stop the auger from running = no fire after a few minutes.

If you don't see any ash plugs, try removing the 2 wires from that vacuum switch and connect them together (again, while the stove is unplugged!) and wrap some electrical tape over them. Plug stove back in and try re-starting. If the stove runs fine, then either the tube/switch/connections have ash plugging them, or the switch is bad.

And you're SURE the exhaust pipes are all clear?????

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I ran the pipe cleaner until I could see it in the rubber tube and there wasn't any obstructions. As far as the exhaust clean out goes , I
Checked the air flow when then the stove was running outside and there was plenty of air flow.That was before I cleaned it out. I have to admit my stove has been running hotter lately since I've been using the Okanagan pellets. I dont know what to do next?