Quadra Fire Feed Gate Adjustment

  • Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.

    We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.

    We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
Status
Not open for further replies.
Papelletman

Papelletman

Member
Mar 17, 2014
243
Montgomery County, PA.
I have been running my stove with the feed gate adjusted the way the book says to do it, set it on high 4 to 6 inches above burn pot.

With the stove running on low temp, high fan i was getting 267.5 degrees, so last night i decided to open the feed gate all the way, stove was still set on low heat, high fan, temp was now 317.5 degrees. This is the air temp coming out of the stove, with harbor freight digital thermometer sitting in the end of the heat exchanger tube. Same Pellets!!

Thermostat was set high enough so stove ran all night without shutting off. Pellet consumption was 40 lbs in 12 hours.

http://t.harborfreight.com/http-www...read-digital-thermometer-95382-html-3176.html
 
It's nice to experiment, but the question is, did you use more pellets then need be? Or was the extra heat worth the extra pellets? How was the flame with this experiment? One thing you dont' want to do is overfire the stove. They are made for X amount of heat. But, that is what the safety features are for. Did you see how much fuel was used on factory settings? Let us know. kap
 
Many here run low with wide open feed. I find it runs dirty like this. I adjust according to manual for best results. At the end of the day though u don't get more heat without more pellets.
 
Why do you think they went to the trouble to write the manual and tell you how to properly set the flame for the pellets you're running? What you did was over-fire the stove. You probably also sent more heat out the flue since it all couldn't be captured by the heat exchanger tubes. Like Kap said, do you really know what you accomplished? Basically, you stress tested the stove with unknown results.
 
tjnamtiw said:
Why do you think they went to the trouble to write the manual and tell you how to properly set the flame for the pellets you're running? What you did was over-fire the stove. You probably also sent more heat out the flue since it all couldn't be captured by the heat exchanger tubes. Like Kap said, do you really know what you accomplished? Basically, you stress tested the stove with unknown results.
Click to expand...

What he said....
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Nofossil
New to pellet stoves, Quad Castile questions
Replies
5
Views
797
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
Former Farmer
Former Farmer
S
Quadra Fire Santa Fe Insert broken feed control set screw
Replies
1
Views
296
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
sigfield
S
tlc1976
Adjustable thermodisc?
Replies
0
Views
552
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
tlc1976
tlc1976
J
Help: New Sante Fe Quadrafire issues list
Replies
0
Views
321
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
jcouncil
J
etorres16
Quadra-Fire Castile Not Working
Replies
5
Views
2K
The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
fish__
fish__
Top Bottom
Back