Don2222 said:Hello Dexter
No, I did not buy one. Just going to help someone with theirs.
Thanks alot for the great tips!! I will check them out.
DexterDay said:Don2222 said:Hello Dexter
No, I did not buy one. Just going to help someone with theirs.
Thanks alot for the great tips!! I will check them out.
If you go to Magnums website, there is a lot of troubleshooting tips on there. Thats where the one Forum member found the air wash trick.
jrsdws said:Don - On my new Baby, I had to add some gasket to the ashpan door....the rest were ok. I had to go with the pellet only pot to burn pellets....and blocking the air wash slot helps alot. I have recently removed the airwash block and I'm still getting good complete pellets burns. I run on a thermostat and I keep burning when it goes into "pilot" mode which is feed level one with auger trim set at it's lowest.
The leaking ashpan gasket wasn't allowing me to bring enough fresh air in through OAK without tripping a vacuum switch error. The added gasket fixed this straight away and I have full range of damper on OAK available now.
Sounds like you're on the right track...a good cleaning and gasket fix and hopefully you're ok.
Peter SWNH said:Wow...this site never fails to amaze me. I bought one from Craig (the founder) last month and have not really been satisfied with it, due to it's performance (fire pot fills up in 12 hrs...pellets actually back up into the auger chute). After searching this forum (I'm a regular wood burner so I don't read this section much), I found some great tips to try.
I blocked the air wash yesterday and that helped. This morning, I ordered a new pellet-only firepot from AES. Since their delivery times are very slow (it's been 2 hrs since I ordered and it's not here yet... :ahhh: ), I decided to modify the existing firepot (why not? I'm not going to use it again.) I welded the top two rows of holes closed and it's burning now. I can already see the difference in performance.
Hmmm....might have to cancel that order.
DexterDay said:My buddy (forum member barnyard840x) modified his burn pot last year. We tig welded the top 2 rows and know he has to close the damper about 1/2 way. Great air flow now. Burns great. No black soot. Just light grey to almost white ash. Burns as good as my Quad. Quite the little heater now.
AES didnt put much thought into the Baby. Takes a little TLC to get it going right.
By closing up those top 2 rows, you essentially made a pellet pot.
I dont advise anyone to modify there stoves. But if you take all precautions and fully understand what your doing. Its possible to alter without any ramifications. Again. Take caution in doing so. But many Baby owners have had air flow problems. And its solved by plugging the airwash some or plugging up some upper holes in the pot.
Congrats on the stove. Craig had his all dressed up. I remember seeing it in the for sale section. The brass definitely makes the stove look much better.
SWNH said:"Then I used the tape to go over the auger screws in the hopper..."
I missed something here. The reason for this?
SWNH said:This morning, I ordered a new pellet-only firepot from AES. Since their delivery times are very slow (it's been 2 hrs since I ordered and it's not here yet... :ahhh: ), I decided to modify the existing firepot (why not? I'm not going to use it again.) I welded the top two rows of holes closed and it's burning now. I can already see the difference in performance.
Hmmm....might have to cancel that order.
SWNH said:SWNH said:This morning, I ordered a new pellet-only firepot from AES. Since their delivery times are very slow (it's been 2 hrs since I ordered and it's not here yet... :ahhh: ), I decided to modify the existing firepot (why not? I'm not going to use it again.) I welded the top two rows of holes closed and it's burning now. I can already see the difference in performance.
Hmmm....might have to cancel that order.
Called and canceled my order. My modified pot works fine. Been running at level 5 for 10hrs now. Fire pot is at the same level when it was at 1 hr. No ash build up like before and my basement is now 78F. Sweet! Now let's see if it'll stay burning at level 1...
jrsdws said: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
SWNH said:SWNH said:This morning, I ordered a new pellet-only firepot from AES. Since their delivery times are very slow (it's been 2 hrs since I ordered and it's not here yet... :ahhh: ), I decided to modify the existing firepot (why not? I'm not going to use it again.) I welded the top two rows of holes closed and it's burning now. I can already see the difference in performance.
Hmmm....might have to cancel that order.
Called and canceled my order. My modified pot works fine. Been running at level 5 for 10hrs now. Fire pot is at the same level when it was at 1 hr. No ash build up like before and my basement is now 78F. Sweet! Now let's see if it'll stay burning at level 1...
DexterDay said:SWNH said:SWNH said:This morning, I ordered a new pellet-only firepot from AES. Since their delivery times are very slow (it's been 2 hrs since I ordered and it's not here yet... :ahhh: ), I decided to modify the existing firepot (why not? I'm not going to use it again.) I welded the top two rows of holes closed and it's burning now. I can already see the difference in performance.
Hmmm....might have to cancel that order.
Called and canceled my order. My modified pot works fine. Been running at level 5 for 10hrs now. Fire pot is at the same level when it was at 1 hr. No ash build up like before and my basement is now 78F. Sweet! Now let's see if it'll stay burning at level 1...
With so much air, you may need to adjust the damper...... Maybe... Maybe not. If its dying out, you can raise the Feed trim up 1 (as per manual instructions) or close the damper.
DexterDay said:The trim is only good for level 1. You can raise or lower the trim by 1 each way.
Have you manually lit the stove. Takes about 20 seconds with a Propane torch. Light till pelllets are red coals, close door, and Boom. FIRE
With what you have done and it still wont run?? I would be thinking either Low limit isnt sensing fire, or vacuum switch is bad???
Don2222 said:SWNH said:SWNH said:This morning, I ordered a new pellet-only firepot from AES. Since their delivery times are very slow (it's been 2 hrs since I ordered and it's not here yet... :ahhh: ), I decided to modify the existing firepot (why not? I'm not going to use it again.) I welded the top two rows of holes closed and it's burning now. I can already see the difference in performance.
Hmmm....might have to cancel that order.
Called and canceled my order. My modified pot works fine. Been running at level 5 for 10hrs now. Fire pot is at the same level when it was at 1 hr. No ash build up like before and my basement is now 78F. Sweet! Now let's see if it'll stay burning at level 1...
What level was it working on?
Please let me know if it stays lit on level 1. Thanks
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