I am only re-posting this sense there has been a rash of people saying there stove burn quality has went to crap recently and with a little help at least mine was a simple fix. I don't know why mine changed, maybe a bit dirty, that did help, but I think My pellet quality went from bad to worse too. But here is what fixed mine.
All mine took to fix it was for me to quit being hard headed, shut it down, clean the dog dodo out of it ( not a quicke ) and feed it good pellets. I was getting aggravated, since is had changed to making those ash bricks I mentioned in the other thread about every 16 to 24 hours. In fact it had shut itself down before the 24 hour mark once recently.
I took some sound advice from someone who has years of experience and not a new guy trying to figure it out. Side car Flip commented in F4jock's, Indek's thread that he has flawlessly ran Somersets for at least 3 years now. He has been heating with pellets and I assume wood too back in the day ?? for 30 years in his signature so I think that qualifies as sound experienced advice. All I had to do was spend 30 seconds on Somersets website and drive an hour to their nearest retailer and get some to try. That was Sunday night reading, got the new pellets Monday as I was luckily driving by there headed to a meeting anyway. Cleaned my burn pot Monday night, made a clean switch to the GOOD pellets and have not had to clean since. I have even mixed in a couple of bags of the crap Easy Heats along the way and the Somersets have carried them through. I have only been on high setting the first night for a bit and I my stove top temperature was 100 degrees hotter than the EasyHeats average. For me this was the answer. They just burn so much hotter and completely that the stove is staying clean. No black on the glass, until I mixed in the old stuff.
I am sure there are others pellets out there that can run the same so just read the threads and don't focus on just trying different pellets. Instead, focus on the optimum pellets you read about and that other users attest to using long term and that you never see a bad or average word written. Keep looking until you can source one of those and never look back. I think there is a few other brands mentioned that might fit into that category. I just got lucky with sourcing and that Side Car was willing to take the time to once again chime in and tell us what he knows instead of growing weary of answering the same old questions. I am 3.5 days and my fire pot is burning even across and the flames are all licking the heat exchangers this morning. Thanks S.C.F.
All mine took to fix it was for me to quit being hard headed, shut it down, clean the dog dodo out of it ( not a quicke ) and feed it good pellets. I was getting aggravated, since is had changed to making those ash bricks I mentioned in the other thread about every 16 to 24 hours. In fact it had shut itself down before the 24 hour mark once recently.
I took some sound advice from someone who has years of experience and not a new guy trying to figure it out. Side car Flip commented in F4jock's, Indek's thread that he has flawlessly ran Somersets for at least 3 years now. He has been heating with pellets and I assume wood too back in the day ?? for 30 years in his signature so I think that qualifies as sound experienced advice. All I had to do was spend 30 seconds on Somersets website and drive an hour to their nearest retailer and get some to try. That was Sunday night reading, got the new pellets Monday as I was luckily driving by there headed to a meeting anyway. Cleaned my burn pot Monday night, made a clean switch to the GOOD pellets and have not had to clean since. I have even mixed in a couple of bags of the crap Easy Heats along the way and the Somersets have carried them through. I have only been on high setting the first night for a bit and I my stove top temperature was 100 degrees hotter than the EasyHeats average. For me this was the answer. They just burn so much hotter and completely that the stove is staying clean. No black on the glass, until I mixed in the old stuff.
I am sure there are others pellets out there that can run the same so just read the threads and don't focus on just trying different pellets. Instead, focus on the optimum pellets you read about and that other users attest to using long term and that you never see a bad or average word written. Keep looking until you can source one of those and never look back. I think there is a few other brands mentioned that might fit into that category. I just got lucky with sourcing and that Side Car was willing to take the time to once again chime in and tell us what he knows instead of growing weary of answering the same old questions. I am 3.5 days and my fire pot is burning even across and the flames are all licking the heat exchangers this morning. Thanks S.C.F.
