CAB50 timing Question

[Tedinski]

I recently purchased a Heatilator EcoChoice CAB50. I love it!

One thing concerns me. When the stove auto-starts on "call for heat", the stove lights up beautifully, and feeds pellets at a steady rate. The stove is set to "low". It takes a full 15 minutes before the convection fan comes on & starts blowing air into the room.

This seems like a lot of energy that's being blown right out the flue!

The snap switch is (if I read the manual properly) a 150F switch.

The temperature of the air coming out of the CAB50, once the fan starts, seems QUITE hot. Perhaps I'll bring my toolkit home & check the temperature on convection-air startup.

Is 15 minutes atypical for this unit?

Thanks much.

 

[Tedinski]

P.S. --- The stove is quite clean. Only 1 bag of pellets has been burned so far...

 

[Mpodesta]

I have the Ps50 and I would say on a cold start, that 15+- is in the ball park for when the convection blower turns on.

 

[Tedinski]

I have the Ps50 and I would say on a cold start, that 15+- is in the ball park for when the convection blower turns on.

Thanks for the feedback!
I wonder if I could replace the snap switch with a lower-temp snap switch. We use snap-switches all the time at work... It's a neat place to work. www.secowarwick.com I work in the USA, but travel a lot worldwide.

It seems like a LOT of heat is just going out the flue for those 15 minutes! Not very efficient, perhaps.
BUT: even if inefficient, it's typical for the stove apparently, so I should not worry that something is wrong!

Thx.

 

[kinsmanstoves]

I recently purchased a Heatilator EcoChoice CAB50. I love it!

One thing concerns me. When the stove auto-starts on "call for heat", the stove lights up beautifully, and feeds pellets at a steady rate. The stove is set to "low". It takes a full 15 minutes before the convection fan comes on & starts blowing air into the room.

This seems like a lot of energy that's being blown right out the flue!

The snap switch is (if I read the manual properly) a 150F switch.

The temperature of the air coming out of the CAB50, once the fan starts, seems QUITE hot. Perhaps I'll bring my toolkit home & check the temperature on convection-air startup.

Is 15 minutes atypical for this unit?

Thanks much.

About right on low.

Eric