So tonight 11-30-2020 was first start up with new burn pot and stove clean, new flu, oiled convection motor too. I think I likely put too many pellets in the burn pot to start before adding gel, maybe I was just anxious? Anyway, I put a handful in, maybe too big a handful, because once started to burning, the stove was cold, the feed rate overfilled the burn pot and un touched pellets were falling into the ash bin and pushed even fire starter gel coated pieces in, some very few were blackened.
So I waited for some heat, hit off button, auger stopped but combustion fan kept going as it sensed heat, I shoveled some unburned pellets into the ash pan, let the combustion fan run, no auger, then I got a metal bucket and emptied the ash pan's unburned pellets into it, then put my hand in them, they were room temp at best, so I dumped them in hopper to recycle.
After a few minutes watching, seen thin layer of pellets aflame across burn pot, flames were good, hit green go button. Stove working GREAT.
I'm thinking of making a 6 or 8 inch long extension from a left over 24" piece of 3" Dura Vent, to bring my stove out into the room that far for easier service access. Tucked back into this corner, the 400 pound stove is not so easy to move at will. I have the flue pipe that is the insulated venting, it's just two seasons old, the inner wall or tube is stainless steel, I just need the female end good so it will twist lock into my current fitting which I initially just relieved to let me clam the inner but it still has locking tabs, but the stove end I'll trim to length, inner & outer, add a couple or 4 slits in narrow "vees" so clamps will tighten outer to inner to tighten inner to the steel pipe like stove exhaust stub. I could just cut the outer an inch or so shorter to allow easy clamping of the inner? Likely if I do this, I'll just replace the adjustable elbow at the same time.
It'll work out .
