I have read alot of posts about the crappy burn this stove has and I had purchased one of these stoves last fall. I too agree that this POS does burn crappy and is noisy. however, I have been trying to make the best of it and this is what i have done to improve things so far. I have only been using pellet stoves for a few years so correct me anyone or add any opinon please.
first problem was the door gasket was crappy and it seemed when the stove was good and hot, the metal bent and made gap even larger at the top of the door. I fixed this by adding rope to the top of the door only as the rest of the seal seemed fine.
second I drilled about 50% of the holes in the burn pot bigger for more air to get thru and burn the pellest better.
I sealed the holes in the ash pit in the corners. I am not sure if they were a problem with air leaking but to be sure I sealed them.
and just recently I have been tinkering with the feed rate and draft rate. this is what i have found to work best. I put the draft rate on 9. this is the highest setting but since I have done this the glass has stayed cleaner WAY longer. the glass would be dirty within a few hours if I left the draft on auto, or pretty much any other setting.
also I had the problem that many others had with the pellets filling the pot and spilling all over and the pot would be one solid clinker ect. well now i have feed rate set at 4.5 and (max) and keep draft on 9 all the time, min feed rate set at 1.7. it has been hovering around zero here last few days and seems to be working fine.
also I have tstat hooked up and set at 70 and has kept it 70 in liv room with no prob.
I hope this info helps someone because I have been tinkering with draft rate and feed rate ect for quite awhile now and this seems to be working well. my only question is having the draft fan set so high, is it putting more of the heat out my exhuast instead of in my house? at any rate it seems to be working well. please chime in with any comments. tks.
first problem was the door gasket was crappy and it seemed when the stove was good and hot, the metal bent and made gap even larger at the top of the door. I fixed this by adding rope to the top of the door only as the rest of the seal seemed fine.
second I drilled about 50% of the holes in the burn pot bigger for more air to get thru and burn the pellest better.
I sealed the holes in the ash pit in the corners. I am not sure if they were a problem with air leaking but to be sure I sealed them.
and just recently I have been tinkering with the feed rate and draft rate. this is what i have found to work best. I put the draft rate on 9. this is the highest setting but since I have done this the glass has stayed cleaner WAY longer. the glass would be dirty within a few hours if I left the draft on auto, or pretty much any other setting.
also I had the problem that many others had with the pellets filling the pot and spilling all over and the pot would be one solid clinker ect. well now i have feed rate set at 4.5 and (max) and keep draft on 9 all the time, min feed rate set at 1.7. it has been hovering around zero here last few days and seems to be working fine.
also I have tstat hooked up and set at 70 and has kept it 70 in liv room with no prob.
I hope this info helps someone because I have been tinkering with draft rate and feed rate ect for quite awhile now and this seems to be working well. my only question is having the draft fan set so high, is it putting more of the heat out my exhuast instead of in my house? at any rate it seems to be working well. please chime in with any comments. tks.