How are you all doing this winter?
For the last 2 months I have burnt a ton of Fireside Ultras and they seemed to do well for me, but did have a lot of ash. Just recently my Dad bought me a ton of Energex American, and they have a ton of soot everywhere! The size of the pellets is all over the place, some are 1/4" and others seem to be 1 1/2" and maybe even slightly larger. I try to break the large ones down, but I'm sure that I don't catch them all. The big problem that I am having with them though is that there is a ton of soot now. I am not really sure if it is clinkers or not, but the Firesides never had build-up like this. In the burn pot both sides are filled with this thick soot looking stuff, and the "brick" wall is almost all covered by it too. It goes all the way up the "brick" and surrounds the where the pellets drop, and is about 3/4" thick.
I want to shut the stove off and clean everything out real well, but we are having a problem with our furnace and the HVAC is in the middle of replacing it. So shutting down the stove isn't really an option until tomorrow night or Thursday. Does anyone have any good ideas as to what is going on? If it matters at all my stove is a USSC 6039. Thank you for any help.
I will try and post pics once I turn the stove off!
Jacob
For the last 2 months I have burnt a ton of Fireside Ultras and they seemed to do well for me, but did have a lot of ash. Just recently my Dad bought me a ton of Energex American, and they have a ton of soot everywhere! The size of the pellets is all over the place, some are 1/4" and others seem to be 1 1/2" and maybe even slightly larger. I try to break the large ones down, but I'm sure that I don't catch them all. The big problem that I am having with them though is that there is a ton of soot now. I am not really sure if it is clinkers or not, but the Firesides never had build-up like this. In the burn pot both sides are filled with this thick soot looking stuff, and the "brick" wall is almost all covered by it too. It goes all the way up the "brick" and surrounds the where the pellets drop, and is about 3/4" thick.
I want to shut the stove off and clean everything out real well, but we are having a problem with our furnace and the HVAC is in the middle of replacing it. So shutting down the stove isn't really an option until tomorrow night or Thursday. Does anyone have any good ideas as to what is going on? If it matters at all my stove is a USSC 6039. Thank you for any help.
I will try and post pics once I turn the stove off!
Jacob