6041 Burn Pot/Door Adjustment

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Camackawitz

New Member
Jan 24, 2023
2
Indiana
Greetings,

I have read a lot of the 6041 threads/info thanks to all those that have posted the helpful info. I am just good enough at most things to make me dangerous and I cannot leave anything alone. I do not have FAK, I do not have holes plugged behind firebrick(plan to this week). Stove is on auto everything except room fan. I agree with getting me BTUS. I only burn Somerset's in er and have for about 4-5 years now. It seems this year on HR 3 me burn pot overloads and fills burn pot. I cannot seem to get into adjust the feed rate. I have HR1-5. 2 seems to be the sweet spot. I did notice today that there is a tiny air gap on the latch side of door. Door gasket is new this year and seemed to close air tight when I changed it. So I guess long way to this question(s) is can door be adjusted? Do not think I warped it.
Any tricks to get into feed rate adjustment. I have sat here for a long time hitting the two buttons in as many different ways as possible and just can't seem to get into that menu.

I plan to replace or maybe double gasket?

Thanks
 
I plan to replace or maybe double gasket?
Stove originally came flat gasket usually replace with 5/8 round gasket. Door is not adjustable and you would really have to have a hot fire to warp.

Any tricks to get into feed rate adjustment
You have to push the mode and auger delay buttons at exactly the same time and hold for 3 seconds. On some stoves I have had to do this over 20 times it has to be exactly at the same time and some stoves are finicky.

ADJUSTING OPERATIONAL CONSTANTS
TO ADJUST THE OPERATION CONSTANTS, PRESS & HOLD THE “MODE” AND “AUGER DELAY”
BUTTONS SIMUTANEOUSLY FOR 3 SECONDS. THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW “C-1”. USE THE HEAT
RANGE UP OR HEAT RANGE DOWN BUTTONS TO CHANGE THE CONSTANT NUMBER (SEE THE
LIST OF VALUES BELOW). WHEN THE DESIRED CONSTANT IS DISPLAYED, PRESS THE “ON”
BUTTON UP, TOGGLING BETWEEN VIEWING AND EDITING THE VALUE. WHILE EDITING A
PARAMETER, USE THE “AUX UP” AND THE “AUX DOWN” BUTTONS TO ADJUST THE VALUE TO
THE DESIRED POINT. THEN PRESS “ON” AGAIN TO RETURN TO THE CONSTANT NUMBER LIST.
PRESS THE “OFF’ BUTTON TO EXIT THE ADJUST OPERATIONAL CONSTANTS MODE.
 C-1- RESET TO DEFAULTS (HOLD “MODE” AND “AUGER DELAY” BUTTONS FOR 3 SECONDS
TO RESET ALL TO DEFAULTS.
 C-2- FUEL LBS. PER HOUR HR-1 (0.01-6.50) - THIS IS THE FUEL RATE IN POUNDS PER
HOUR FOR A HEAT RATE SETTING OF 1.
 C-3- FUEL LBS. PER HOUR HR-3 (0.01-6.50) - THIS IS THE FUEL RATE IN POUNDS PER
HOUR FOR A HEAT RANGE SETTING OF 5. THE DEFAULT IS 5.00 LBS. THE FUEL RATES
USED BETWEEN SETTINGS 1 AND 3 ARE LINEARLY INTERPOLATED BETWEEN THE TWO
SETTINGS.
 C-4- AGITATOR ON PERCENTAGE HR MIN (0-50) - THIS IS THE PERCENT ON TIME FOR
THE AGITATOR, FOR A SETTING OF 1. THE DEFAULT IS 25%.
 C-5- AGITATOR ON PERCENTAGE HR MAX (0-50) - THIS IS THE PERCENT ON TIME FOR
THE AGITATOR FOR A SETTING OF 9. THE DEFAULT IS 50%. THE PERCENT ON TIME FOR
THE AGITATOR USED BETWEEN SETTINGS 1 AND 9 ARE LINEARLY INTERPOLATED
BETWEEN THESE TWO SETTINGS.
 C-6- ROOM FAN LEVEL HR MIN (1-500) – THIS IS THE OUTPUT LEVEL APPLIED TO THE
ROOM FAN FOR A SETTING OF 1. THE DEFAULT VALUE IS 250/500.
 C-7- ROOM FAN LEVEL HR MAX (1-500) – THIS IS THE OUTPUT LEVEL APPLIED TO THE
ROOM FAN FOR A SETTING OF 9. THE DEFAULT LEVEL IS 370/500. THE ROOM FAN
OUTPUT LEVELS USED BETWEEN SETTINGS 1 AND 9 ARE LINEARLY INTERPOLATED
BETWEEN THESE TWO SETTINGS.
 C-8- DRAFT FAN LEVEL HR MIN (0-500) - THIS IS THE DRAFT FAN OUTPUT LEVEL FOR A
DRAFT FAN SETTING OF 1. THE DEFAULT IS 230/500.
 C-9- DRAFT FAN LEVEL HR MAX (0-500) – THIS IS THE DRAFT FAN OUTPUT LEVEL FOR A
DRAFT FAN SETTING OF 9. THE DEFAULT IS 270/500. SEE NEXT PARAMETER FOR
DISBURSEMENT.
 C-10- DRAFT FANFULL ON AT SETTING 9 (0-1) – IF THIS PARAMETER IS SET TO 1
(DEFAULT), THE SETTING FOR C9 IS USED FOR A FAN SPEED OF 8, AND A VALUE OF 500
IS USED FOR A FANSPEED OF 9. IF THE PARAMETER IS SET TO 0, THE SETTING FOR C9 IS
USED FOR A FAN SPEED OF 9, AND ALL REMAINING FAN SPEEDS ARE SET BASED ON THE
INTERPOLATION BETWEEN C9 AND C8.
 C-11- RAMP SECONDS FOR INCREASING LEVEL (0-300) – WHEN THE HEAT RANGE
SETTING IS ADJUSTED, THE CONTROL WILL RAMP FROM THE CURRENT SETTING TO THE
TARGET SETTING TO AVOID ABRUPT CHANGES IN THE OUTPUTS THAT COULD CAUSE
PROBLEMS WITH THE FLAME QUALITY. THE RAMP SECONDS VALUE SETS THE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO SPEND ON EACH HEAT RANGE SETTING (1-9 PSEUDO RANGES NOT 1-3 HEAT
RANGES) AS THE CURRENT SETTING
IS RAMPING TOWARD THE TARGET. IF THE CURRENT SETTING IS RAMPING DOWN
TOWARD A LOWER TARGET, THE RAMP VALUE IS HALF THIS NUMBER. THE DEFAULT
VALUE IS 90 SECONDS.
 C-12- STARTUP MINUTESFOR DETECTING WARM STOVE- (10-50) THIS IS THE AMOUNT
OF TIME THE CONTROL WILL WAIT FOR THE STOVE TO REACH THE WARM
TEMPERATURE (110 DEGREES F) AFTER THE STOVE HAS BEEN STARTED BEFORE
SHUTTING DOWN AND REPORTING AN ERROR CONDITION ERR3. THE DEFAULT IS 30
MINUTES.
 C-13- PELLET CORN SWITCH- (0-1) THIS PARAMETER MAY BE USED TO SWITCH
BETWEEN THE CORN AND PELLET MODES. IF SET TO 0, THE UNIT WILL OPERATE IN
CORN MODE, AND IF SET TO 1, THE UNIT WILL OPERATE IN PELLET MODE. THE DEFAULT
FOR THIS PARAMETER IS 0 OR CORN MODE.
 C-14- PELLET AUGER PERCENTAGE ADJUSTMENT- (50-150) THIS PARAMETER CONTROLS
THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE AUGER DUTY CYCLE WHEN IN PELLET MODE. IF SET TO 100
(THE DEFAULT), THE AUGER WILL RUN IN THE SAME DUTY CYCLE IN PELLET AND CORN
MODES, BUT IF SET TO 50, THE AUGER WILL RUN AT 50% OF THE CORN RATE WHEN IN
PELLET MODE. IF SET TO 150, THE AUGER WILL RUN AT 150% OF THE CORN RATE.
 C-15- PELLET AGITATOR PERCENTAGE ADJUSTMENT- (50-150) THIS PARAMETER
CONTROLS THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE AGITATOR DUTY CYCLE WHEN IN PELLET MODE.
IF SET TO 100, THE AGITATOR WILL IN THE SAME DUTY CYCLE IN PELLET AND CORN
MODES. IF SET TO 50 (THE DEFAULT), THE AGITATOR WILL RUN AT 50% OF THE CORN
RATE WHEN IN PELLET MODE. IF SET TO 150, THE AGITATOR WILL RUN AT 150% OF
THE CORN RATE.
 C-16- PELLET LIGHTING PHASE 1 PERIOD- (1-600) THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN
SECONDS SPENT IN THE FIRST PHASE OF PELLET LIGHTING. THE DEFAULT IS 180 OR 3
MINUTES. DURING THE FIRST LIGHTING PHASE, THE DUTY CYCLE FOR THE AUGER IS SET
TO 100%.
 C-17- PELLET LIGHTING PHASE 2 PERIOD- (1-600) THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN
SECONDS SPENT IN THE SECOND PHASE OF PELLET LIGHTING. THE DEFAULT IS 240 OR 4
MIINUTES. DURING THE SECOND LIGHTING PHASE, THE DUTY CYCLE FOR THE AUGER IS
SET TO THE VALUE SPECIFIED IN C-19 (DEFAULT 50%).
 C-18- PELLET LIGHTING PHASE 3 PERIOD- (1-600) THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN
SECONDS SPENT IN THE THIRD PHASE OF PELLET LIGHTING. THE DEFAULT IS 120 OR 2
MINUTES. DURING THE THIRD LIGHTING PHASE, THE DUTY CYCLE FOR THE AUGER IS
SET TO THE VALUE SPECIFIED IN C-20 (DEFAULT 20%).
 C-19- PELLET LIGHTING PHASE 2 DUTY CYCLE- (0.01-6.50) THIS VARIABLE CONTROLS
THE DUTY CYCLE OF THE AUGER DURING THE 2ND PHASE OF PELLET LIGHTING. BY
DEFAULT, THIS PARAMETER IS 50%.
 C-20- PELLET LIGHTING PHASE 3 DUTY CYCLE- (0.01-6.50) THIS VAIABLE CONTROLS THE
DUTY CYCLE OF THE AUGER DURING THE 3RD PHASE OF PELLET LIGHTING. BY DEFAULT,
THIS PARAMETER IS 20%.
 C-21- CORN MODE LIGHTING TIME- (1-600) THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IN SECONDS
SPENT IN THE CORN LIGHTING STATE, WHERE THE IGNITER IS ON AND THE AUGER IS
OFF. THE DEFAULT IS 240 OR 4 MINUTES.
 
Thank you for the detailed info.

Im gonna have invoke some patience on gettin er into mode adjustment. Not my strong suit.

I have replaced door with menards or online round gaskets. This one was direct from USSC.

Perhaps I need a gasket replacement as well.

Thank you again and stay warm!!!
 
I should have asked can you see flame/light through the crack in the door? The left side (latch side) does not fit flush the top of my door is around 1/8 inch from flush and that widens to around 3/16 on the bottom but the door is sealed because of the gasket not the cast metal on the door.

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Have you done the dollar bill teat on the door?