AWF or Prestologs

[imacman]

.... When I switched the stove from On off to high low, the room air fan would stay on all the time with AWF, but when I was burning Presto Logs the room air fan would occasionally kick off because there wasn't enough heat. For the record, the 10-CPM was at 1-9 when it was in the "low" setting and the bottom buttons 2-5-1......

I have mine set at 2-5-1 and Hi-Lo also, and have been burning mainly Stove Chow & Greene Team, with a little Somerset for the real cold nights.

But I had the same problem last year burning the horrible North Americans (aka Curran) and CleanFire (aka NEWP)....just not enough heat to keep temp sensor satisfied.

I never run my room blower at 9, partly because there's no change past 7. You might try lowering it to 6 while burning the Presto's.....might keep a tad more heat in to keep the blower running.

 

[DOLLARBILL]

I burnt the 4 bags I picked up @ K-Mart they did the job well with less ash than the MWPs ! Ahhh I almost forgot they were 5.29 a Bag so Id say a bit more expensive then Id like to pay @ your price Id do them !

 

[DexterDay]

I love my Presto Logs, but the New AWF bags this year (Hardwoods got a different look) are HOT!!

 

[becasunshine]

Burning some PrestoLogs this year. Can I say this? We burned PrestoLogs right after we burned Somersets. The temperature in the stove room and in the house at large went down by maaaaybe a degree from the Somersets to the PrestoLogs... and the PrestoLog pellets looked almost identical in length, diameter and color as the Somersets. Also, they were hard pellets, without a great deal of fines.

We were impressed.

 

[mithesaint]

Good thought Imacman. I'm still figuring out the right way to run this stove. This is my first year on the stat, and I tried to set "Hi" @ 8-9 and just let the stat and stove do its thing. That worked fine with the Somersets, but not with the Prestos. I'll turn things down a bit. I have to watch things because my stove is just a bit undersized for the house, and if I set it too low, it struggles.

 

[imacman]

.....This is my first year on the stat, and I tried to set "Hi" @ 8-9 and just let the stat and stove do its thing. That worked fine with the Somersets, but not with the Prestos. I'll turn things down a bit.....

On the stat, Englander recommends running the stove at 5-5...from the manual:

"We recommend the Control Board be set at “5” on Heat Range and Blower Speed while using the thermostat."

 

[George Tucker]

I just bought Presto Logs at HD, $165.00 a ton, they work great in my Englander.

 

[mithesaint]

On the stat, Englander recommends running the stove at 5-5...from the manual:

"We recommend the Control Board be set at “5” on Heat Range and Blower Speed while using the thermostat."

Interesting. Well...5-5 won't happen. That's not enough heat to keep up when it's cold out. I'll have to move things around and see where it does best.