I know this has been beat to death ..... BUT

Marko8589 said:

Ok guys , I'll take the heat for bringing this up as I am sure it has been discussed. If what people say is true , that the 3 buttons on the bottom for LLF LBA etc. only work for heat settings 1 2 and maybe 3. If you increase the LLF to get a good feed for a number 2 heat setting , what is the difference if you just set the heat setting at lets say 4 ?? Wouldn't the feed rate be close at 2 with tweaking the LLF as it would be on 4 ????

Maybe I am just missing something here or ignorant as to how that setup works. Oh BTW I have 2 Englander 25-PDVS stoves.

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macman said:

Marko8589 said:

Ok guys , I'll take the heat for bringing this up as I am sure it has been discussed. If what people say is true , that the 3 buttons on the bottom for LLF LBA etc. only work for heat settings 1 2 and maybe 3. If you increase the LLF to get a good feed for a number 2 heat setting , what is the difference if you just set the heat setting at lets say 4 ?? Wouldn't the feed rate be close at 2 with tweaking the LLF as it would be on 4 ????

Maybe I am just missing something here or ignorant as to how that setup works. Oh BTW I have 2 Englander 25-PDVS stoves.

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Marko, the LFF and LBA are "tweaks" to the burning of the stove on really low settings. Pellet stoves have the most difficulty burning cleanly on low fuel settings, so Englander (and other stove companies) have given you a way to burn just a little fuel, and not have a real dirty burn.

Yes, you can crank-up the LFF & LBA to get more heat, but why bother? Just increase the heat setting to 3 or more.

In my opinion, bottom button settings of 4-6-1, 4-5-1, 5-6-1 will get you in the "ballpark", but depending on the pellets and the exhaust set-up, you need to "tweak" them slightly sometimes.

And the bottom buttons work on heat settings 1 & 2 only.

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Topshelf said:

Are you sure the bottom buttons only effect the burn at the 1 & 2 settings?

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packerfan said:

I have found it best to adjust the lff to the point where I get the smallest continual flame at a heat range setting of 1. After that, just adjust the heat range setting for more heat.

Currently I find that a lff of 4 works good for me, but that will be different depending on the size and quality of pellets, how big of an opening on the restrictor plate inside the hopper, and will also depend on the lba setting as well.

The best thing to do, is play with the settings a bit to find out what works best for your situation. As far as your ?, yes you can make the settings equal out, but it is best to find what works for you (LFF) at a heat range of 1.

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