QUAD CASTILE FEED ADJUSTMENT.

I have been burning for the last couple nights after install.

I think my fire is to tall out of the burn pot,on high it has about a 10 inche flame and med its the 6" .
The flame does not look lazy at all not much black smoke at all.

The burn pot is clean and holes and fans are clean, I cleaned everything before installing.

How does the feed rod work. does it move up and down or side to side. It seems to be pushed all the way down. the book is a bit unclear on this

Or is there a adjustment on the control box like I read in a previous post.

Up towards you will increase your feed.

From the manual...

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 [url]http://www.quadrafire.com/~/media/Files/Quadrafire/Installation[/url] Manuals/man_castile.ashx

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I'm guessing you haven't loosened the set screw ??????

Just curious, what is the factory setting for the cb1200. I'm between the middle and + on the adjustment. I don't remember where the setting was.

Sorry Lineman, I don't recall. I can tell you that I have had it at both extremes at one time or another depending upon the pellets being used and whether I am looking for maximum output or trying to reduce the number of ignition cycles...

At the moment I am running on low with the trap door only open enough so the stove won't die from lack of fuel... (This is to reduce ignition cycles)

I'll be nearly wide open in January...

Push the rod all the way to the left for the least flow. Yes, there is a set screw down at the bottom at the slide plate. You have to run the hopper dry to get at it and have an extra joint installed in your arm!
With the variation in pellets, I can't imagine that there would be a 'factory setting'. Adjusting the feed rod seems to be a necessity for each lot or brand of pellets to get the correct flame height. You have to play with it SLLLL000000WLY.

I would say you have bad pellets. Try a bag of hardwood pellets.Hamers,Barefoots,etc.I found Okies,Sprucepoints,etc (softwood) I back it out about a 1/4 inch.I have a 2007 Castille free standing stove.I have burned many diffent types of pellets.Some times you have to pay a little bit more for quality pellets.

There's really nothing wrong with a 10" flame on high. It won't hurt anything to have the flames in contact with the angled baffle plates. I think the OP just has some new-user jitters and there's no better way to get over them than to play around with the adjustment until the user is happy.

I am not seeing anything pointing to bad pellets here...

I kind of just wanted to play around with feed a bit.

I have good pellets Dry Creek recomended by people in my area and looked good on the chart.

It looks like it is on the min setting for feed rod. I will give it a look when I run the hopper down. I will mark the rod with a sharpie so I can put it back.

That's what I did with a sharpie 2!

Yea, with a 10" flame, it sure isn't bad pellets! %-P

I have a sante fe.... same innards, different outtards... I run mine with the feed adjustment rod all the way down.... so the lowest amount of feed...and I run it on medium... I put the control box at 7 for 10% more heat... and the thing heats like a charm.... When its super cold and If I;m feeling tropical, I may open up the feed a bit...but 90% of time its on the lowest setting... and on medium.

Does anyone know what actually is changed when you switch to the +10% settings on the Quads? All I've seen is speculation of things like reduced combustion fan speed, increased blower speed, or increased feed rate. Feed rate should be pretty easy to measure with a stop watch.

*HIGH ------- (2.2 SECOND ON TIME)
*MEDIUM -- (1.6 SECOND ON TIME)
*LOW --------(0.9 SECOND ON TIME)

What is your feed time?

I set mine 1/4" to 3/8" from closed setting flame on high about 6 " I run mine on medium when temps drop in the teens.
Running on low now to take the chill off.

this summer I was 'exploring' the hopper and feed system and discovered that when 'closed', the plate was still far from closed. Kind of surprising, actually.

I,m not sure guys,when my castille is running perfect my flame is about 3 inches above the firepot.The flame will wander up and down a little,but no whay 10 inches.Just my 2 cents.

It really depends a LOT on the pellets. I switched brands and went from closed to full open to get the same flame height and then later back to half open when I was half way through the first ton.

I was wrong on flame hight just rechecked looks like 3" to 4" on high

Bingo! Correct, A change in pellets can have a big impact.

Yea, never assume that the feed adjustment should remain in one place for eternity. Big mistake.

I have my feed rod in the all the way closed.
I have a good 4-6" flame on med
on high it almos touches the baffle.

Im happy with it just trying to learn more about it.
I had a bag of pa pellets left from summer that I burn in the fire pit basket I made.
They dont burn as good as the dry creek and stink more, in fact they make me sneeze.

They are nice fast flame, not slow and lazy like a tourch with to much accetalyne.

HI
Is there a setting to slow down the rate the pellets drop?
I have a Quad Castille. I set the feed rate all the way down. But the pellets are still coming so fast they eventually over flow the pot before burning.
I just had the stove and all the pipes and flue scrubbed clean.
The auger is brand new. That couldn't be the reason could it?

I see someone above, tjnamtiw, talking about

How is that stuff accessed on Control Box

PLEASE

10% is not going to cause an overflow... you have a bigger problem than that.

IMO, it's either the wrong auger or an airflow problem. Did this problem start with the auger change?

Oh boy.Wow. That is powerful info.
So if those are the two most common causes for this it has to be the auger was the wrong one they just put in since the airflow is actually 100% better now than it was before this started.
Thank you SFlue !
I will contact the guy who put it in.

Maybe first I will wait till it cools down and tomorrow I will see if I can identify what kind he put in .
I couldn't find the correct part myself at first , maybe Quadrafire will have it on their website? or I will contact them.
Quadrafire Castille 1182225 bought in Dec. 2004

Most appreciated!

I guess it is supposed to be this one

http://www.stove-parts-unlimited.com/Quadra_Fire_Feed_Motor_2_4_RPM_p/812-4421.htm