Hi, I may have solved my problem but would like to know what went wrong.
My problems started after I replaced the rope door gasket material since the old one was frayed and probably not sealing as well as it should. The good thing I immediately noticed was hardly any ash/smoke buildup on the glass anymore, but after running the stove for a while the burn pot plugged up and was overflowing pellets. I was burning Northeastern pellets at the time which left creosote that needed to be scraped off with a razor blade (other brands only left ash/smoke buildup on the glass). I don`t think these pellets are to blame for my problem however as I used almost 1/2 ton & just dealt with the creosote buildup on the glass with no pot overflowing problems. I then switched to Infernos (I don`t like this brand either but it was all I could find) with the same overflowing pot plugging problem.
I have cleaned my stove 3 times using a leaf blower, I also removed the exhaust fan and cleaned it, ran flue brushes down the exh passages of the stove and even blew it out with compressed air and a shop vac. Totally disassembled my flue and cleaned that as well. Even after all that the flame seemed lazy and orange in color.
This is my third winter with this setup. I usually run my stove on the low heat setting and the fan on high with no problems. When I switched to the medium heat setting and the fan still on high the overflowing/pot plugging problem stopped. I set the calibration to the lowest possible setting to give more time between pellets dropping into the pot it seemed to help.
Running my stove last night and switching between the low,med & high heat settings. I can see a real drop off in flame intensity on the low setting while on med or high my stove seems to run fine. It seems to me there is a part failing but I don`t know what it could be any suggestions are appreciated.
My problems started after I replaced the rope door gasket material since the old one was frayed and probably not sealing as well as it should. The good thing I immediately noticed was hardly any ash/smoke buildup on the glass anymore, but after running the stove for a while the burn pot plugged up and was overflowing pellets. I was burning Northeastern pellets at the time which left creosote that needed to be scraped off with a razor blade (other brands only left ash/smoke buildup on the glass). I don`t think these pellets are to blame for my problem however as I used almost 1/2 ton & just dealt with the creosote buildup on the glass with no pot overflowing problems. I then switched to Infernos (I don`t like this brand either but it was all I could find) with the same overflowing pot plugging problem.
I have cleaned my stove 3 times using a leaf blower, I also removed the exhaust fan and cleaned it, ran flue brushes down the exh passages of the stove and even blew it out with compressed air and a shop vac. Totally disassembled my flue and cleaned that as well. Even after all that the flame seemed lazy and orange in color.
This is my third winter with this setup. I usually run my stove on the low heat setting and the fan on high with no problems. When I switched to the medium heat setting and the fan still on high the overflowing/pot plugging problem stopped. I set the calibration to the lowest possible setting to give more time between pellets dropping into the pot it seemed to help.
Running my stove last night and switching between the low,med & high heat settings. I can see a real drop off in flame intensity on the low setting while on med or high my stove seems to run fine. It seems to me there is a part failing but I don`t know what it could be any suggestions are appreciated.
