ECO-65 1st impressions

I wonder if the Ecotek Euromax has some of the extra's your looking for? Of coarse at what extra cost(Price diffence between the stoves).

As you use it and find others plus and minus's. Please update for us. And thanks for sharing the info.

hyfire said:

Well, I started the 1st burn on the new ECO-65 and I see some improvements could be incorporated


Cons:
1. Too long of ignition time.
2. Too many clinkers falling into the ash pot upon start up
3. Fan blower speed should be displayed on the screen, your guessing on the setting where it is set.
4. Blower runs on high on shutdown, which is fine but it should go to low then off..
5. Door gasket stuck to the front face and tore at the seam upon 1st start up....


Pros:

1. It burns pretty clean.
2. The blower has a good volume of air
3. Throws out plenty of heat on high
4. Low flue temperatures means; its pretty efficient.
5. Flue temperature display on the panel is nice.


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I'm typing this on my laptop which is sitting on a 65 right now... Some of these can be due to perception and / or adjusted. For ex. ignition time & overfeeding on startup can be adjusted. Just pm me and i'll send you the procedure.

#4 is for safety.
#5 PM me will send you new gasket.

Gotta go battery running low.

Please share it here so others with the Eco 65 can use the info.

I searched but was unable to find how high the vent needs to be after going thru the wall? And I believe it said it vented with 4", right?

Isn't this the stove that require a 5" intake?

Thats still a long ignition period. Thast stove has a pressurized ignition right?

smwilliamson said:

Thats still a long ignition period. Thast stove has a pressurized ignition right?

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I see an air pump in the manual.

hyfire said:

..... I don;t think the combustion air fan runs during the ignition cycle, but I'm not really;y sure on that.

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Just about every pellet stove has the comb. blower turn on immediately.

Ecotecks are OFF until the pellets are dun feeding

jtakeman said:

Please share it here so others with the Eco 65 can use the info.

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Dont wanna... If you need the docs for a personal service issue ok. But floating a reprogramming procedure could get us a lot of service calls if the users decide to play with all the factory settings.

To answer some of the questions above. The 65 requires 4" venting and fresh air intake. We recommend a vertical rise termination of at least 4 ft after a horizontal (restrictions). This is a 'rule of thumb' and conventional wisdom for any venting (oil, etc...) in order to provide 'some' natural draft in case of power outage.

BTW it's the Enerzone Euromax not Ecoteck. Different companies.

Yes there is an air pump. I've never counted the ignition time but I can ask.

There are 3 blowers: Combustion, Exhaust & Convection.

FyreBug said:

Dont wanna...

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I'm telling ma you won't share!



I understand! As long as they are available to the owners that need them its cool. If I ever work on one and there's an issue I know who to bug!

That does seem a little long. Hopefully FyreBug can fix ya up!

hyfire said:

Tried it again and it was under 10 minutes...maybe I'm doing something wrong? Or is it inconsistency in the pellets themselves?

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Are you using new, dry, this years pellets, or old leftover's?

This is a brand new stove that was dealer installed?

Have you contacted the stove's customer service and asked them why it takes so long to light?