kps513 said:If I know that going straight out and up would guarantee the fix I will do it. I do have some siding around yet to patch that area.
I will take a pic of the flame on high this afternoon. Running on Med with stat at 72 pretty much keeps the stove running all the time. Last weekend with it being a little warmer it did turn off but wouldn't restart since there was to much ash in the pot.
jeff5347 said:One other question regarding the heatilators if Eric can chime in. Where is the combustion blower. My method of cleaning is after arond five bags i shut it down or let it run out, vacuum all the ash from inside the stove, dump the ash box, remove any clinkers in the fire pot and the try to get any hard build up of the inside of the fire pot. Also i take a hand broom and clean all the ash that has accumulated on the inside walls and remove the back plates to get any ash behind as well. I have removed the blower circular fans (that blows out the hot air) and cleaned them of dust and debris and then behind the back plates there is a hole that leads to the exhaust. I set the vacuum to blow and blow out and dust and ash that has accumulated in the exhasut trail as well as removed the term. cap to clean any settled dust. The one thing i havent cleaned as i dont know where it is is the combustion blower. I can see the exhaust blower (havent removed that) and the hot air blower but i am not sure if i have or where the fan is that pulls air into the stove for combustion....
jeff5347 said:The exhaust has a T right at the stove, and goes vertical right from there. Goes vertical for about 4 ft then 2 feet outside and then the term. I will have to do that clean more often and clean the T out more often. Ive been cleaning about 1/2 days and the T about once a week. Is there any way to get to the exhasut blower t oclean all the ash and junk off it?
tigerjeb said:Hello,
Just checking in to see if you CAB 50 problems are resolved. I have one that I have been cleaning out twice a day during the coldest part of the winter so far.
Curious to know what pellets you were burning and if you have switched brands. I have been burning ProPellets and they seem to be doing OK. When I was testing different brands, I tried NRG pellets, and they were the worst. Almost all dust. I scooped half out and had to do a full clean because of all the sawdust.
Our CAB 50 definitely has some small air leaks around the window also. I know it's just two, but I wonder how many of the other new out of box CAB 50's are having the same problem.
Is there a sealant patch kit for the rope, or does the rope just need to be completely replaced?
On another note, I am curious to hear responses on why the stove is priced so differently in different regions. I know in the mid-Michigan area, the stove sells for $1100 full price but I have seen $1600-$1700 quoted on this forum and in other circular ads.
As a lurker, I really appreciate this forum. Great ideas and helpful tips and tricks.
DexterDay said:jeff5347 said:The exhaust has a T right at the stove, and goes vertical right from there. Goes vertical for about 4 ft then 2 feet outside and then the term. I will have to do that clean more often and clean the T out more often. Ive been cleaning about 1/2 days and the T about once a week. Is there any way to get to the exhasut blower t oclean all the ash and junk off it?
The venting only needs cleaned every ton or so (give or take / horizontal sections more often).
As for the combustion blower. A $10 gasket will let you take it off and clean the fins with a small wire brush. Some do this every ton. Some do it at the end of every season. I do it twice a season normally. At the mid-point of the year (around now) and at the Spring cleaning (end of season).
My stove (Classic Bay) can go a week normally (running 24/7 non stop). Burning a good pellet, I can go about a week or so before cleaning/scraping the pot. That's running non stop though.
Some brands leave more ash than others. But if there gets to be a cake of ash inside the pot, I would start looking for leaks (door gasket, burn pot gasket, etc). I had a bad door gasket at the end of last season. Had to shut the stove down every evening to remove the thick cake from the backside of the pot. Went around the back half of the pot, from the top of the slope, to the top of the pot.. Looked hard like a clinker. But was very soft and broke easily.
New gasket and now the stove runs like new again. Im on almost 3 weeks without opening the door. (But I also dont use it a whole lot, maybe 2-3 bags a week, at best).
Cleaning schedules are different for everyone. Some do it more often than others. Do what works for you. Just make sure you remove all motors at least once a year, and the vent every ton.
I have recently installed this Heatilator CAB50 in my basement. The pictures show the back of the stove and the outside pipe. The other pictures show what the burn pot fills with in 12-18 hours. When the stove was first installed I had no troubles and the stove would relight without a problem and the burn pot would be ok for days at a time.
Right now I have burned about 35 bags so far since buying this stove. Since getting the incomplete burn I have to make sure to dump the burn pot every twelve hours as it is half full or more. Last week I noticed that the exhaust combustion blower was not turning real fast. There is a white mark on the outside of the plastic edge on the fan and it was visable spinning slower then it should be. I then attached the leaf vac and sucked out the pipe and it blew out quite a bit of ash. I think it was more then it should of been for just burning 35 bags.
I then restarted the stove and the exhaust blower was spinning faster now since I couldnt see the white mark any longer. The fire looked better then it has and was able to run for nearly 24 hours before the holes were plugged up on the burn pot. Now two days later I am back to having a full pot after 12 hours of running.
Heatilator support was not helpful as they wanted me to contact a dealer. I cant get the local dealer to call me back.
To me it seems like there is a problem with the exhuast blower not running at peak RPM. I do not think this stoves control board varies the speed of this fan. Could it be one or the other or a combination of the both?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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