Stove set on Max with wall thermostat

It can only go as high as you set it to go...

it's basically mimicking hi/low settings.

You can use medium/low if you want, but it will take loger to get up to temp. Just use the manual as a guideline... trail and error what works best for you.

The heat exchanger is most efficient when you are moving maximum air through it. Setting to 9 on the convection blower is good for efficiency. There is also the issue of running enough air through the exchanger to keep the stove from overheating. If you are running combustion at 9 you should be running convection at the same setting.
Basically setting the feed rate and bower speeds sets the upper limit of what you want to allow the stove to run at. You can use any settings you feel comfortable with. With them set to 9,9 the stove will do everything in it's power to keep you warm. If you had set it to 5,5 as an example it might not be able to keep up with the weather coming at us right now.

I don't know if all Englanders are the same, but on mine, you cannot set the convection blower to anything less than the heat range setting. This is to prevent overheating. So 9-9 is the only possible option for maximum heat output.

I don't see the recommendation to run at 9-9 in my manual, but that may vary by stove. I've not been running it on that setting though (I do have a thermostat). I'm also around most of the time, so I can adjust it as necessary. If the house was going to be empty, it would make sense to keep it on the highest setting to avoid a situation where the stove can't keep up with the demand.

thepaulmc said:

I have a 25PDVC and the manual suggests I set the stove on 9-9 when using the thermostat. What is the reason or theory behind this? When it stops calling for heat the stove will revert down to 1 for heat but the blower will remain on 9. This will cause it to only blow cool air...

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I've been wondering why the stove doesn't have an adjustable 'idle' setting for the blower.