Fireplace Guy, with the stove set to Regular pellets the agitator turns in lock step with the auger. Are you burning the M55?
Fireplace Guy said:No, but I have installed three and work on Enviro stoves a fair bit.
Here are details from a memo I had received from Sherwood on stirrer (agitator) operation. If I can figure out how to to do it, I have a chart with more info on this topic.
Just want to ensure we are on the same page. The agitator rotates in small "pulses" rather than rotating in full revolutions. Only revolves continuosly as per schedule below.
If you tinkered with the slider/damper prior to making adjustments on the control board, you might need to start at the start to set it all up right. A mag would definitely help you.
If you go to the Enviro website, you can find a tech manual for this stove towards the bottom of the HELP page.
Stirrer Operation Description
Program #1 (premium pellets)
- Startup, start stirrer at 5min then pulse with auger till run mode starts.
- Run Mode, stirrer on for 1min off for 30min
- Shutdown, stir for 5min
Program #2 (regular pellets)
- Startup, start stirrer at 5min then pulse with auger till run mode starts.
- Run Mode, stirrer pulses same as the auger.
- Shutdown, stir for 5min
Program #3 (multi fuel)
- Startup, start stirrer at 5min then pulse with auger till run mode starts.
- Run Mode, stirrer pulses same as the auger.
- Every 30min drop feed to low and run stirrer continuously for 1min
- Shutdown, stir for 5min
Threerun said:It's hard to see that fuel light from an angle, I had to get right on it to make out the color.
Got my M55 working right. I had to shut it down, unplug it again, waited a while and then reset it to Program#2 for regular pellets and to HI/LO.. Now agitator turns with auger simultaneously.
I'll chalk it up to operator error. It's hard to see that fuel light from an angle, I had to get right on it to make out the color.
Fireplace Guy said:No, but I have installed three and work on Enviro stoves a fair bit.
Here are details from a memo I had received from Sherwood on stirrer (agitator) operation. If I can figure out how to to do it, I have a chart with more info on this topic.
Just want to ensure we are on the same page. The agitator rotates in small "pulses" rather than rotating in full revolutions. Only revolves continuosly as per schedule below.
If you tinkered with the slider/damper prior to making adjustments on the control board, you might need to start at the start to set it all up right. A mag would definitely help you.
If you go to the Enviro website, you can find a tech manual for this stove towards the bottom of the HELP page.
Stirrer Operation Description
Program #1 (premium pellets)
- Startup, start stirrer at 5min then pulse with auger till run mode starts.
- Run Mode, stirrer on for 1min off for 30min
- Shutdown, stir for 5min
Program #2 (regular pellets)
- Startup, start stirrer at 5min then pulse with auger till run mode starts.
- Run Mode, stirrer pulses same as the auger.
- Shutdown, stir for 5min
Program #3 (multi fuel)
- Startup, start stirrer at 5min then pulse with auger till run mode starts.
- Run Mode, stirrer pulses same as the auger.
- Every 30min drop feed to low and run stirrer continuously for 1min
- Shutdown, stir for 5min
flynfrfun said:Fireplace Guy said:So far I like everything about this stove except I wish they would have allowed us to increase the convection blower manually.
Your preaching to the choir, I think if you polled all M55 owners they would say the same thing. This exact topic has been discussed
here before. Hopefully enough comments get back to Enviro and they make this an option. After a while of playing with the settings
you'll find something that gets the job done. I am currently burn Barefoots, settings heat 4, feed 1, air 5 with plenty of heat to blow
around. Currently -3*F, stove room 73, first floor 68, second floor 63. :coolsmile:
flynfrfun said:I wish Enviro would have given us a table showing the auger on/off times for each heat level and feed trim setting. I'm wondering if heat level 3, feed trim 5 is just a step below heat level 4, feed trim 1 on the amount of pellets it dispenses? Flynfrfun
flynfrfun said:Thanks Fireplaceguy for all your input....it really helps.
Here is a question...Is the net heat output the same if you have a low output convection fan that puts out less air, but really hot air compared to a high output convection fan that blows more air into the room, but at a lower temp? Seems like I've read about other pellet stove owners that turn the convection fan as high as possible on medium flame settings and seem to think they get more heat out of the stove (they notice the house is warmer). I'm pretty new to pellet stoves, so where would we have to worry about creosote? In the exhaust piping? Couldn't be on the heat exchanger since we can clean that with the cleaning rod? Just curious.
Would that turbofan mode require changing out the convection blower? I assume the blower is running at full speed when on heat setting 5? You are correct, this stove is really quiet. They met their goal in that respect. The only other stove I've heard as quiet is the Quad Mt Vernon, but I didn't like their auto-dump setup. Seemed mikey-mouse to me compared to the heavy duty and truly effective agitator tines on the M55.
Flynfrfun
flynfrfun said:Do you know if the auger feed times are the same for all 3 programs? Flynfrfun
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