Mt Vernon AE flame adjustment

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pelletkrzd

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Jan 2, 2010
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northwest NJ
cant seem to knock down my flame height, flame occassionally gets sucked up and over baffle. I have had this issue since install, 12/08. Didnt think much of it until lately I'm happy with heat output but trying to get stove to run as efficiently as possible. Flame height adjustment seems to have no effect on actual height have had it set -5 and still high flame. I called Quad tech he suggested turning down heat output, this works if on medium but then I dont have the heat output I would like. I have heard tale that there is an air adjustment on control box you turn with screw driver it has four settings 0,1,2, and 3. Mine was set on "O" and tech suggests it stay there because it is specific to North America. Any sugggestions would be appreciated. Currently burning Barefoot and Lingnetics.
 
I've been having the same problem. In Auto Mode, it burns fine, but it never reaches the desired room temp because it drop into Auto Low mode 2 degrees before shutdown. It burns well in Manual Medium mode, but in MH mode, it huge uncontrollable flames. I'm burning Lignetics and Blazers.
 
I noticed mine always seemed tall on softwood setting.
So I now use the harwood setting even tho i'm burning softwood.
Don't be afraid to try different fuel settings.
I never heard of the control box adjustment ???


edit: I always run on auto and set my thermostat 2 degrees higher then my desired temp.
 
no pane said:
I noticed mine always seemed tall on softwood setting.
So I now use the harwood setting even tho i'm burning softwood.
Don't be afraid to try different fuel settings.
I never heard of the control box adjustment ???


edit: I always run on auto and set my thermostat 2 degrees higher then my desired temp.

I've tried all settings, doesn't help. Setting the thermostat 2 degrees higher, only gets the house warmer. It still won't reach the shut down temperature. It's kinda like the dogs chasing the rabbit at the race track.
 
thanks for input must be someone out there that has found a remedy and is willing to share this info. I see I am not the only one with this issue here. I have tried varying fuel settings as well on thermo, still does not seem to do much.
 
gblaue said:
no pane said:
I noticed mine always seemed tall on softwood setting.
So I now use the harwood setting even tho i'm burning softwood.
Don't be afraid to try different fuel settings.
I never heard of the control box adjustment ???


edit: I always run on auto and set my thermostat 2 degrees higher then my desired temp.

I've tried all settings, doesn't help. Setting the thermostat 2 degrees higher, only gets the house warmer. It still won't reach the shut down temperature. It's kinda like the dogs chasing the rabbit at the race track.
I prefer not to hit the set temp to prolong ignitor life. thats why I stated I set my temp 2 degrees higher than I desire it to be.
it shuts down enuf the way it is. (autoclean)
just giving some ideas and trying to help.
 
I get a much better flame on the sunflower seed setting (I'm burning Okies). The flame looks more "active" on this setting, more like what people in here describe. Haven't tried the hardwood setting yet, but I'm curious how it compares.
 
I also tried sunflower setting for a while.
Seemed to me that it might send more heat out the vent instead of into the room ???
 
I have to always run on utility pellet and -5 flame. Otherwise it gets too many pellets and the tall lazy flame that goes with it.
 
the high quality pellets will always burn high at the top of the baffle. the more vertical venting the better it will help with extra draft. with a high quality pellet you need to make extra sure that the stove is clean or it will burn dirty. have you cleaned behind the air intake shield? that is a common place for build up and it will cause high flames due to lack of air. lastly manual burns a lot cleaner in my experience than auto the only difference is that you will have to set the heat output.
 
Thank You All for the advice. I have just cleaned entire stove up to clean out "T". I will attempt the different ideas posted, I was unaware that the higher quality pellets produced higher flame.

THANKS AGAIN...............ANY OTHER IDEAS WELCOMED
 
firestarter,
I have the same stove and the same pellets. I usually run my stove on medium high, with the flame dialed down to -2. Yes, the flame is still high but I have learned not to worry about it too much. I did find that if you run it on medium, by simply turning the flame up to +2 gives about the perfect flame height with good heat output also. I always run mine on the manual setting BTW, which my Quad tech. advised as well.
 
Rickster---thanks adjusting now. I had never adjusted heat output until the replies that were posted on here, I always ran on high, gues that was only PART of my problem. Flame has been much better, but I had been running on Med -5, I am going to give your suggestion a shot. Do you find less clean up running with these selections. I have some Barefoots left from last year I burn periodically and they leave very little behind in the way of clean up.

THANKS AGAIN
 
Generally, the lower the heat setting=more-clean up but like I said, if you bring up the flame height on the lower setting it should be about the same. Also, the tech that was here also said never to run the stove on the high setting for extended periods of time, which I found a bit suprising. Re: the Barefoots, I am actually very disappointed. Heard so many great things about them I bought a ton without even trying them first. Lots of ash but even worse, they seem smaller and less dense than others, so my stove eats them up at a much faster rate.
 
I am currently burning a mix of 2 parts corn to 1 part pellets, I am using Lignetics hardwood conifer blend. I too had the high flame problem, I was told to by a Quad tech that Quad now suggests burning a mix on utility setting instead of corn setting. I am on Utility -5 flame height and Manual Medium heat setting and am getting nice active flame and great heat. Also the utility setting uses the least amount of fuel so I am also saving fuel.
 
Have you tried to set the elevation to high instead of normal. Running on the high elevation setting puts more air into the combustion and produces a better flame. This being said however is just a short term fix, I believe that the stove needs a good cleaning. Every time this has happened to me (lazy flame) is because the stove was dirty.
 
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