Amount of ash

[WoodPorn]

Apologies in advance;
I'm sure this topic has been beaten to death but I can't seem to find my answer in the archives so here goes.

I'm burning NEWP's in an englander 25 PDVC, I'm cleaning the burn pot regularly (almost daily) and removing all ashes and brushing everything down after every 40# bag. I'm pulling out 3-ish cups of ash every time and I'm curious if this is normal.
As a new-b to pellets I have nothing to gauge ths against.

Thanks in advance,
Werm

 

[kinsmanstoves]

That is a lot of ash. Try another brand of pellets and see what happens.

Eric

 

[green77bus]

We have an Englander 25pdvc that we bought last year. We burned a mix of pellets last year from Pennington to Future fuel, and One other Heat something. Well I had less ash last year but tons of clinkers or what ever you call them. The hard crusty things in with the ash. This year I bought Green Team pellets from Lowe's and there is about 3 cups of ash per bag that I find in my burn pot like you. But there are no clinkers. I am pretty happy with how the stove is burning and I think that I will try a different pellet next year depending on what is out there for a good price. I have been cleaning the stove every couple of days to keep it burning clean. I am not sure what kind of pellets you are burning but you may have better luck with a different brand but like me you may end up with other stuff in the burn pot.

Erin

 

[WoodPorn]

Erin,
I'm burning New England Wood Pellets, I'm not having many (really any) clinker issues, just seems like alot of ash to me, I might try some lignetics soon.

 

[Shepherd of the stove]

I too have noticed the New England Pellets (I have the pellets produced in Schuyler, NY) produce lots of ash this year. Others here in the valley have noticed the same thing. I'm quite sure they use some type of binder in their pellets, possibly oats. Last week I tried the Lignetics "Press to Logs" pellets and they have way less ash.
I still have 1 1/2 tons of New Englands to burn through, I might mix em up a bit with the Lignetics .

 

[HEMI]

Erin,
I'm burning New England Wood Pellets, I'm not having many (really any) clinker issues, just seems like alot of ash to me, I might try some lignetics soon.

werm, could be that i have a bad batch but the lignetics i'm burning have alot of ash, and hard carbon deposits in the burn pot

 

[WoodPorn]

I too have noticed the New England Pellets (I have the pellets produced in Schuyler, NY) produce lots of ash this year. Others here in the valley have noticed the same thing. I'm quite sure they use some type of binder in their pellets, possibly oats. Last week I tried the Lignetics "Press to Logs" pellets and they have way less ash.
I still have 1 1/2 tons of New Englands to burn through, I might mix em up a bit with the Lignetics .

I'm pretty sure mine are produced in Jaffrey NH, I have a Lig's dealer right up the street from me, I'm gonna try a few bags after I clean out the burn pot.
I'll measure the amounts between both brands and compare.

 

[sweetsncheese]

Aren't ash specs measured by weight and are typically very close in comparison between most premium brands (<1%)? Isn't the biggest difference the density of the ash which isn't really rated at all? In other words, the complaint would be that a certain pellets ash doesn't compact and therefore fills the ash pan or fire box faster but when weighed side by side with one with seemingly less ash, their weights and therefore ash percentage are identical.

 

[WoodPorn]

Aren't ash specs measured by weight and are typically very close in comparison between most premium brands (<1%)? Isn't the biggest difference the density of the ash which isn't really rated at all? In other words, the complaint would be that a certain pellets ash doesn't compact and therefore fills the ash pan or fire box faster but when weighed side by side with one with seemingly less ash, their weights and therefore ash percentage are identical.

Ahhhh.........I've just got alot of ash???

I know what you are saying, larger volume of less dense ash equals less volume of more dense. I don't really care about the weight or density, more the volume and ability to clog the burn pot.