Stuck on this and it's cold here in New England so any help would be great. Emptied the ash pot yesterday and it has been full all season of partially burned pellets. well the pot was chock full this morning - almost like the pellets are burning and the auger is pushing them right into the pot. Thoughts?
P68 full of burning pellets, little ash
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Your terminology is a little confusing...Are you talking about the Ash pan or the burnpot?
Either way I'll ask you some Questions...
Room Temp or Stove Temp?
What is your feedrate set at?
How clean is your burnpot?
Have you punched out the air holes in the burnpot?
Have you cleaned the igniter & it's surrounding cavity?
Either way I'll ask you some Questions...
Room Temp or Stove Temp?
What is your feedrate set at?
How clean is your burnpot?
Have you punched out the air holes in the burnpot?
Have you cleaned the igniter & it's surrounding cavity?
stove temp on high
haven't clean stove good in a month
feed rate was high but moved down to two - hasn't made a difference as far as pellets not burning fully
what are air holes in the burnpot?
haven't clean stove good in a month
feed rate was high but moved down to two - hasn't made a difference as far as pellets not burning fully
what are air holes in the burnpot?
Wow. Get your manual out & read the MAINTENANCE SECTION. You will find out why your stove is acting up.
A clean pellet stove is a happy stove & a warm homeowner.
A clean pellet stove is a happy stove & a warm homeowner.
Dougsey
Feeling the Heat
Please thoroughly clean your stove and if you seriously do not know what burn pot air holes are then you may want to go back to your
owners manual and read it 3 times.
owners manual and read it 3 times.
okay. this is the wife, not the husband. He probably knows what the burn pot air holes are. I am simply asking the questions while he is out plowing.
The bottom surface of the burn pot, where the pellets sit, has air holes to get 1) combustion air & 2) heat from the igniter.
They need to be clear or your pellets won't burn. A small piece of 12 guage wire or a VERY small Phillips screwdriver can clear them.
Just carefully poke thru each one, but be gentle. the Igniter is located below the holes & it's pretty fragile...
They need to be clear or your pellets won't burn. A small piece of 12 guage wire or a VERY small Phillips screwdriver can clear them.
Just carefully poke thru each one, but be gentle. the Igniter is located below the holes & it's pretty fragile...
Ok. We'll shut it down and clear out the bottom of the burn pot. Makes alot of sense. Should have seen it sooner from the "lazy flame". Will check it out and let you know. Thanks
Good. Harman gives you a tool for scraping the burnpot. It's not the best but it'll work. Make sure you scrape ALL the carbon build up off the burnpot, then punch the holes. Then remove the two wing-type screws, remove the small cover & clean under the burnpot - in the igniter cavity - as well. If everything is cooled down, you can use your finger to clear that cavity. Before you replace the cover, tap the scraping tool on the burn pot to loosen anything that is sitting on top of the igniter. Bottom line is to really read the manual & ask us to clarify anything that you don't fully inderstand. Good luck!
newf lover
Minister of Fire
Check your vent. Do you have a a wire cover at the end to keep critters out? My stove was acting like that because there was ash build up over the wire cover.
Dougsey
Feeling the Heat
Good idea newf. Also, once upon a time, I had a crappy outside air intake that iced over creating incomplete burn as OP described.
I was having same problem....cleaned the wire cover,worked good for a week. Called dealer yesterday...he said with this brutal cold....it could be the flap on the back of the stove,on the left side( looking from front) it goes to the OAK...flap could be sticking not allowing proper air....spray with wd40. have to disconnect hose from back of stove to get at it
Thanks guys. Cleaned stove well, replaced gasket. Running 100x better. No wire cover on the back but will check the flap on the back of the stove tomorrow. Thanks again for all your help. You guys have saved me more than a few $ and a ton of work.
The burn pot on my P61A needed to be scraped daily to deal with the carbon scale buildup regardless of the brand ofpellets used. . Once per week, I'd shut it down completely and clean the heat exchanger, burn pot, igniter chamber and exhaust blower. There was also periodically removing the exhaust probe and cleaning it, cleaning out fines from the goesinta box (forget what it's called), blasting the comb blower finds with compressed air, checking the door gaskets, general vacuuming etc. A stove never malfunctioned because it was clean.
The flap does not shut all the way with the stove off. My husband says there was some gasket material or debris that he cleaned from the area and he sprayed with WD40 as suggested. You can easily move the flap front and back but it does not sit flush against the stove. Question is whether or not it is supposed to be flush against the stove when off.
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