This took me a long time to figure out. I have a multi fuel Engalnder 10-CDV, corn and pellets
burn is terrible - when you take the mixer out it clogs up after 6-12 hours even on the lowest setting'
Does this evenwhen brand new, not a single thing in the stove for ash and with a fan installed in the air intake hose to help push air into the unit
Issue is this: the exhaust fan does not produce enough vacuum in the stove to suck the air in.
I installed a fan wheel - you have exactly 2 inches of dept where the fan is, can't remember the width, I think it was 4 inches. My wheel was 1 3/4 deep. You can unscrew the motor from the exahaust area. You take off the steel flashing (5-6 nuts) and the motor. The motor should easily come off leaving the soft gasket. The kasget is cloth and will not tear - don;t worry, you don;t need a new one.
Take off the cheap 1/2 deep fan and install the blower wheel. Make sure you buy one that is steel. Other materials will disintegrate as this is the one spot that has super hot gases.
When you do this, the stove will have 4-5 times more suck power. Install a variable speed control from Home Depot, this will allow tweaking the suck in the pot area. Example if you want to run it all night on setting 2, I turn down the suck a little. Or if I leave it on 6 all night (with the mixer off) I leave the suck power on max. It burns days on end with no cleaning and makes fine ash like talcum powder.
burn is terrible - when you take the mixer out it clogs up after 6-12 hours even on the lowest setting'
Does this evenwhen brand new, not a single thing in the stove for ash and with a fan installed in the air intake hose to help push air into the unit
Issue is this: the exhaust fan does not produce enough vacuum in the stove to suck the air in.
I installed a fan wheel - you have exactly 2 inches of dept where the fan is, can't remember the width, I think it was 4 inches. My wheel was 1 3/4 deep. You can unscrew the motor from the exahaust area. You take off the steel flashing (5-6 nuts) and the motor. The motor should easily come off leaving the soft gasket. The kasget is cloth and will not tear - don;t worry, you don;t need a new one.
Take off the cheap 1/2 deep fan and install the blower wheel. Make sure you buy one that is steel. Other materials will disintegrate as this is the one spot that has super hot gases.
When you do this, the stove will have 4-5 times more suck power. Install a variable speed control from Home Depot, this will allow tweaking the suck in the pot area. Example if you want to run it all night on setting 2, I turn down the suck a little. Or if I leave it on 6 all night (with the mixer off) I leave the suck power on max. It burns days on end with no cleaning and makes fine ash like talcum powder.
