what do you guys see if you are burning pellets with longs ones in the bag. I have been seeing inconsistant flame pattern. It will be barely out of burnpot then back to normal.
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Longer pellets normally mean inconsistent feed rates (volume fed). So what your seeing is par for the course. How long are they? What brand?
exoilburner
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A few pellets over 1.5 inch long cause pellet bridging in my hopper and stop the pellets from dropping to the auger. The fire in the pellet burner goes out.
I have a 4x10 inch thin aluminum sheet to break them up. After dumping a bag in the hopper I plunge the edge of the aluminum sheet down into the pellets many times and it breaks them up.
I have a 4x10 inch thin aluminum sheet to break them up. After dumping a bag in the hopper I plunge the edge of the aluminum sheet down into the pellets many times and it breaks them up.
khenault
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exoilburner
Feeling the Heat
Ken-H said:
I didn't notice a lot of fines. Mostly shorter pellets. But the fines don't seem to bother anything; they run throught it and burn up okay.
tjnamtiw
Minister of Fire
On mine, long pellets will also bridge at the top of the chute and choke off flow, resulting in shut down.
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