I believe the cast pot is #BC2650. Couple other parts of interest: High Output comb fan blade is #MF3614. The two speed high output comb fan (whole thing) is #MF3650.
CWR said:Yes please on the pictures! We looove pictures! My discharge temps are now 140 degrees, up from 125 with the burn pot mod....and that's on low! The stove is off now but when I restart it, I'm going to run it on high for a half hour and see what the temps are.
Chan
Czech said:I believe the cast pot is #BC2650. Couple other parts of interest: High Output comb fan blade is #MF3614. The two speed high output comb fan (whole thing) is #MF3650.
CWR said:Don, ok, I fired the stove and set the thermostat at 70. It went to 3 and stayed on that setting for 20 minutes until the thermostat was satisfied. I have my thermocouple on the lower right hand tube. It read 252 degrees. That's a good 20 degrees hotter than with my unmodified burn pot. It's on low now and reading 140. Not bad! I'll be interested to see what the temps are with the cast iron pot....(Assuming I buy it)
Chan
CWR said:Don, no I left it as it was. I was afraid if I restricted the airflow there, my window would get dirty real quick. I also noticed that the burn pot in the picture is different than mine. I'll take a picture of mine when I clean the stove tomorrow. I do not have a continuos lip around the pot. Do you know what year that stove is? Mine is a 2005, I believe.
Czech, do you know what year yours is? They made some substantial changes year to year.
Chan
CWR said:Czech, do you know what year yours is? They made some substantial changes year to year.
Chan
CWR said:Wow! Czech, yours is WAY different than mine or Dons. I have never seen one like that. It's a Baby? Don, I saw that on the AES forum. I guess it would be a simple matter to just pop some tape of the slot, punch a couple of holes in it and see what happens.
Chan
CWR said:Don, I haven't taken it out since I replaced mine. The switch should be sealed so the soot shouldn't affect it. The switch I replaced tested good on the bench but when it had a load attached to it, it didn't work. I got mine from Graingers too.
Chan
CWR said:That's true. I misunderstood you I would be interested in seeing how much higher the temp has to get before the switch closes when it's covered with ash.
CWR said:Ok, here are a couple of pictures of my burn pot. Dexter, while I had it out today, I drilled out the two bottom most rows. I see a definate improvement. I have it shut down again and I'll drill out the third row.
Now, it looks like there is creosote in my pot but it is just wet ash. I rinse it off in the sink. Boy does it show up with the camera! Notice the gaps at the corners.
If you notice the temps on the last picture, that is on setting 3 after 20 minutes of running.
Don, yes, I have a heat shrink gun...[/quote]
Nice pics Chan
I was just thinking that a good test would be to pull out the Lo Limit switch from the exhaust. The heat it with the gun and with a meter see what temp it closes at with the thermoprobe. Then clean it real good and try it again.
I know it is not that easy to get out but it may be worth while to give it a good cleaning.
I may try that with my pelpro when I have time, the Low Limit has been in there for 5 years. I do not have a heat gun so I could just put it in front of my astoria heat tubes on leve 3 which is approx 333 degrees f. :-)
Yep that's the right pot....I actually just modded mine with foil tape on the outside of the pot and smeared some high temp gasket adhesive along the joint....cheap and easy and easily reversed if I want to burn corn. I'm running the jumper on 1-2 for pellets. I think I found out about the jumper settings on one of my many google searches
Glad you got it going
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