This thread will be a test of how I can check pellet desity at the stove. Blimp you watching? Input please from the other techies here would be great!
My plan:
Get a bag of dense pellets Cubex= Pellet A
Get a bag of less dense(you pick the brand if I can get it)
Remove the burnpot from my Omega to give the pellets a straight shot to my ash pan.
Fab a timer relay(still need to do the leg work on this!) to the auger motor to run in a timed interval say ten minutes.
Clean the hopper and purge out the auger.
Test A
Load the hopper with pellet A purge the auger to be sure that it has a good charge and empty the ash pan. Run the timer at the 10 minute setting. Weight the pellets
Clean the hopper and purge out the auger.
Test B
Load the hopper with pellet B purge the auger to be sure that it has a good charge and empty the ash pan. Run the timer at the 10 minute setting. Weight the pellets
Compare the weights of test A and B. The highest weight should have the higher temp????
What do you all think??? Now Blimp be nice OK! I am trying to do a lab test for you here! Vent and OAK are plugged as to not have the wind mess with my test! :cheese:
Off to figure out how to time the auger intervals. I will post something when I have a clue on how to do it!
Testing is complete! Results are here:
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/58373/P22/#670016
My plan:
Get a bag of dense pellets Cubex= Pellet A
Get a bag of less dense(you pick the brand if I can get it)
Remove the burnpot from my Omega to give the pellets a straight shot to my ash pan.
Fab a timer relay(still need to do the leg work on this!) to the auger motor to run in a timed interval say ten minutes.
Clean the hopper and purge out the auger.
Test A
Load the hopper with pellet A purge the auger to be sure that it has a good charge and empty the ash pan. Run the timer at the 10 minute setting. Weight the pellets
Clean the hopper and purge out the auger.
Test B
Load the hopper with pellet B purge the auger to be sure that it has a good charge and empty the ash pan. Run the timer at the 10 minute setting. Weight the pellets
Compare the weights of test A and B. The highest weight should have the higher temp????
What do you all think??? Now Blimp be nice OK! I am trying to do a lab test for you here! Vent and OAK are plugged as to not have the wind mess with my test! :cheese:
Off to figure out how to time the auger intervals. I will post something when I have a clue on how to do it!
Testing is complete! Results are here:
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/58373/P22/#670016