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  1. Donn Fletcher New Member

    joined: Jan 10, 2012
    70 posts
    South Western NH
    Okay, so I havn't done this since I first got my stove last year. I'm working on finding the right setting for my feed rate. I just poured in a bag of Barefoot. Stove was cleaned today. I have the stove settings as followed. Fan on high set to stove temp and dial set to full go 7 I think. I started out at setting the feed rate at 6. How long do I wait to set the rate back a half turn? Been going now for about 15 minutes nothing is building up.

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  2. DAKSY Super Moderator

    Feedrate at 6? I'd start at 3 & start working from there. Turn the stove temp knob back to "normal" ... somewhere around 68...
  3. Mr. Spock Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 2, 2013
    460 posts
    SW MA
    Typically you want to get the pellets to maintain about 1" from the burn pot edge. For my current pellets a feed rate of 4.

    It could be the picture but that flame looks a little on the lazy side to me. Could you describe your cleaning in more detail?
  4. imacman Minister of Fire

    I was just going to say VERY lazy, especially for a Harman.
  5. Defiant Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 5, 2007
    1,980 posts
    Old Lyme CT
    I agree on the flame Spock. OAK? :cool:
  6. kinsmanstoves Minister of Fire

    How is the stove vented?

    Eric
  7. Mr. Spock Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 2, 2013
    460 posts
    SW MA
    Pictures can be deceiving sometimes so I didn't want to jump the gun... But that's three counts on a lazy flame including Defiant's vote.

    :: edit :: Eric snuck one in too
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  8. Donn Fletcher New Member

    joined: Jan 10, 2012
    70 posts
    South Western NH
    The cleaning I did today was a simple scraped out the burn pot dumped the ash pan a quick vacuum. 5 days a go i cleaned out the venting outside the house. It's a OAK set up vented out the wall. I'll take more photos when I get back home. The flame is usually very active. I normally have it set on Room temp but today switched over to stove temp. Is it east to post video on this forum? I've never tried it. I could do that as well so you can get a better look at the flame. Also that picture taken was with the door open. Could be the reason why the flame looked lazy.
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  9. Defiant Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 5, 2007
    1,980 posts
    Old Lyme CT
    That answers the lazy flame question.:cool:
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  10. john193 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 11, 2010
    395 posts
    Southeast PA
    My understanding was that your feed rate needs to be not low enough to cause the ash to smolder the fire and not high enough to push unburnt pellets into the ash pan. So it is entirely possible that a whole range works for you. The 3 years that I had my harman the most I bumped the feed rate was to 5 to help heat the house on a particularly cold day, otherwise it was on 4.
  11. Mr. Spock Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 2, 2013
    460 posts
    SW MA
    I see the lazy flame issue was identified :cool: .
    For a video, upload to a service like YouTube and copy the URL to the video in your post.
  12. imacman Minister of Fire

    Yup.
  13. chuckster Member

    joined: Jan 21, 2012
    165 posts
    Sussex County NJ
    keep my feed rate right around four all the time. Keeps the pellets about an inch from the edge.
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  14. from day 1 my feedrate has been 4 and never had to move it it runs great and keeps the Home super warm ! i have nothing to play with it does everything just fine !
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  15. subsailor Minister of Fire

    joined: Dec 8, 2011
    1,318 posts
    Winthrop, Maine
    X2.
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