I have recently installed this Heatilator CAB50 in my basement. The pictures show the back of the stove and the outside pipe. The other pictures show what the burn pot fills with in 12-18 hours. When the stove was first installed I had no troubles and the stove would relight without a problem and the burn pot would be ok for days at a time.
Right now I have burned about 35 bags so far since buying this stove. Since getting the incomplete burn I have to make sure to dump the burn pot every twelve hours as it is half full or more. Last week I noticed that the exhaust combustion blower was not turning real fast. There is a white mark on the outside of the plastic edge on the fan and it was visable spinning slower then it should be. I then attached the leaf vac and sucked out the pipe and it blew out quite a bit of ash. I think it was more then it should of been for just burning 35 bags.
I then restarted the stove and the exhaust blower was spinning faster now since I couldnt see the white mark any longer. The fire looked better then it has and was able to run for nearly 24 hours before the holes were plugged up on the burn pot. Now two days later I am back to having a full pot after 12 hours of running.
Heatilator support was not helpful as they wanted me to contact a dealer. I cant get the local dealer to call me back.
To me it seems like there is a problem with the exhuast blower not running at peak RPM. I do not think this stoves control board varies the speed of this fan. Could it be one or the other or a combination of the both?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Right now I have burned about 35 bags so far since buying this stove. Since getting the incomplete burn I have to make sure to dump the burn pot every twelve hours as it is half full or more. Last week I noticed that the exhaust combustion blower was not turning real fast. There is a white mark on the outside of the plastic edge on the fan and it was visable spinning slower then it should be. I then attached the leaf vac and sucked out the pipe and it blew out quite a bit of ash. I think it was more then it should of been for just burning 35 bags.
I then restarted the stove and the exhaust blower was spinning faster now since I couldnt see the white mark any longer. The fire looked better then it has and was able to run for nearly 24 hours before the holes were plugged up on the burn pot. Now two days later I am back to having a full pot after 12 hours of running.
Heatilator support was not helpful as they wanted me to contact a dealer. I cant get the local dealer to call me back.
To me it seems like there is a problem with the exhuast blower not running at peak RPM. I do not think this stoves control board varies the speed of this fan. Could it be one or the other or a combination of the both?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks