How often does your Mt Vernon "shut down"?

[caseyclan]

The tech came out today to fine tune the stove as the low hopper icon stayed on constantly. Since he left, the stove has shut down 4 times (gone into auto-clean mode) within 7 hours . IS THIS NORMAL? I realize it needs to go into shut down mode to dump the ash, but 4 times in 7 hours seems excessive to me. Anyone have this problem?

By the way, the low hopper icon came back on and won"t go off. Go figure.

 

[jtp10181]

Shut down for the auto-clean? Or because something went wrong?

 

[caseyclan]

shut down for auto-clean.

 

[jtp10181]

There is a lot of discussion about it on another forum

http://hvac-talk.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=121383&page=9

Check the end of this thread, they are talking about the auto-clean in a few places I think.

 

[stoveguy13]

Auto cleqan times are set by the fuel type you are set on what fuel is the stove set on?

 

[caseyclan]

Wow, I wasn't aware of that. We usually use hardwood setting as that is what we use. However, the tech asked us to try the utility setting. Thoughts?

 

[jtp10181]

Utility should auto-clean more, because that type of pellet contains more ash.

 

[BIGISLANDHIKERS]

It is ultimately determined by the number of auger rotations. Cleans more often on high than on low.

 

[stoveguy13]

I would have to go back and look at the code for the utillity but i think it will clean about every hour and 5 minutes on the Utillity setting?