well I have noticed lately that the flame on my pellet insert has become very lazy, i have the damper open all the way & still very lazy flame, resulting in a lot of black soot on the rear wall & top of the stove.
I had in issue a few months ago(some will remember) with the glass getting dirty very fast, i was told to adjust the air wash, so aded some washers to the bottom but it was too much & the flame was real lazy, then I removed those washers & added smaller ones, the flame got better but not as intense as it once was. I finally removed al lthe washers & the flame is still weak,
I assume this is becaue air is getting in other areas other then through the dampner, correct?
on an unrelated topic, the other day I tried clean energy pellets & the fire box got all caked up with ash, the pellets were filling over the top of it & into the ash pan, on fire, I have since went back to the stove chow but the fire box was so full of crusty soot I had to shut down the stove prematurely (sunday is stove cleaning day) & clean the stove firebox, ash pan & window.
so any ideas on the lazy flame? could the gasket not be making a seal all of a sudden? any way to test ? could it be a bad blower not pulling enough air any more?
I had in issue a few months ago(some will remember) with the glass getting dirty very fast, i was told to adjust the air wash, so aded some washers to the bottom but it was too much & the flame was real lazy, then I removed those washers & added smaller ones, the flame got better but not as intense as it once was. I finally removed al lthe washers & the flame is still weak,
I assume this is becaue air is getting in other areas other then through the dampner, correct?
on an unrelated topic, the other day I tried clean energy pellets & the fire box got all caked up with ash, the pellets were filling over the top of it & into the ash pan, on fire, I have since went back to the stove chow but the fire box was so full of crusty soot I had to shut down the stove prematurely (sunday is stove cleaning day) & clean the stove firebox, ash pan & window.
so any ideas on the lazy flame? could the gasket not be making a seal all of a sudden? any way to test ? could it be a bad blower not pulling enough air any more?