Thermostat not working in High/Low Mode - Enviro Mini

Hello All,

I have an Enviro Mini connected to a Skytech 3301P wireless thermostat. Since I have had the stove running, I used the stove in On/Off mode with the thermostat. This worked just fine and automatically started and stopped the stove as needed. I was reading that the High/Low mode was better for the igniter and decided to switch the stove to this setting. Once the stove shut off automatically, I made the change last night at about 9pm. This morning I heard my electric heat kick on and new that the pellet stove was not running. I went out and the Skytech thermostat showed a temperature of 60 degrees in the house which is under the 2 degree swing of 65 degrees as the thermostat is set to 67 degrees. I had to manually start the stove. Is this normal behavior for the high/low mode? I was under the impression that the thermostat would automatically turn on the stove for high/low mode once the desired set temperature with swing was hit. Now I'm thinking I must manually turn it on and the thermostat is only helpful for setting the stove to high and/or low modes based on temperature read.

Your advice is much appreciated,

Mike

Thanks for your replies. I guess I was thinking it was more complex than it is but this does make sense as once it is on it will always run. Thanks!

One more question about high/low mode. I understand that in low mode the high settings are shown on the control board. However when it is in low mode can I still adjust the feed trim? My problem is that in low mode the fire is going out and all I have is 'coals' and eventually gets smothered. If I cannot adjust here do you know how I can adjust the low mode while keeping the high mode set?

Thanks for the response. I figured out the auto on/off and had all settings right. I'm new to this high/low mode but after reading too much about the igniter possibly going out early in on/off I want to make sure I have everything set. So basically I can adjust the high mode to one setting (combustion and feed trim) and low mode to another setting (combustion and feed trim) while in high/low mode? And the stove will show the high settings the entire time? I guess I just want to confirm that I can adjust each mode separately while in high/low mode but I just have to wait to adjust settings while in the respective mode.

Thanks all for the answers!