Erratic fire/erractic pellet feed

[robrose77]

just bought an old whitfield advantage pellet stove. fire seems to burn almost to nothing and then pellets come out and there are so much is burns with smoke then dies down and the feed may only drop 3-4 pellets or a bunch when it drops a bunch it burns with smoke when it drops a little it goes down to almost nothing...a few times i must intervine so it doesnt go out.....seems like the feed is inconsistent alot or hardly anything over all its probably an average but my fire either burns ineffienciently or burns right out....any help is appreciated...this is my first pellet stove
thanks
Robert

 

[imacman]

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BTW, welcome to the forum

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[SmokeyTheBear]

Are you burning the stove on the lowest setting?

Is the auger turning consistently? Sometimes they come loose and act flaky. The motor actually turns but the auger doesn't because of loose set screw and the next revolution the auger turns with the motor.

Can you time the auger and see if the timings match the stove manuals timing information?

Also you might want to check the auger flight for a pellet bridge somewhere near the top of the flight.

A wobbling auger can allow pellets to fall back in the fight one feed time and not the next couple.