Stove Newbie here...
I had a free-standing Accentra installed in mid December 2010 with OAK. I was surprised how much heat that it put out. Pellets are Cubex and Greene Team. Running on stove temp 4, feed rate 4. At that setting under 20* outside temp I can maintain close to 70* on the first floor. I scrape burn pot nightly to break up any carbon build-up.
I clean it weekly and haven't had any issues with small flames/reduced heat output, but has been since the last clean on Sunday. What I did on Sunday, in addition to normal clean, was to pull the vertical panels (on either side of burn pot) and brushed and cleared ash from behind those. There was a fair amount of ash back there, but not too much. I thought that would be a good thing, but ever since this clean I am struggling to get anywhere near 70* on stove temp 5-6 and/or room temp 75*. Any suggestions?
Tom
I had a free-standing Accentra installed in mid December 2010 with OAK. I was surprised how much heat that it put out. Pellets are Cubex and Greene Team. Running on stove temp 4, feed rate 4. At that setting under 20* outside temp I can maintain close to 70* on the first floor. I scrape burn pot nightly to break up any carbon build-up.
I clean it weekly and haven't had any issues with small flames/reduced heat output, but has been since the last clean on Sunday. What I did on Sunday, in addition to normal clean, was to pull the vertical panels (on either side of burn pot) and brushed and cleared ash from behind those. There was a fair amount of ash back there, but not too much. I thought that would be a good thing, but ever since this clean I am struggling to get anywhere near 70* on stove temp 5-6 and/or room temp 75*. Any suggestions?
Tom