My aunt has had this bixby 115 since 06', the exhaust blower took a crap and she decided she didn't want it anymore. I have since acquired the stove, replaced the exhaust blower and having troubles getting it to work properly. (PS-newbie to pellet stoves)
When i hit "ON", the unit cycles the dump slide and empties the pot. then it starts up automatically and runs like a ***** ape! But then, it starts to slow down.... i have started the fuel and trim knobs at "0" and worked until i have a nice ( but not near as nice as when it starts up) flame going. When i first started it up, i had it set that it was running on pellets, but after about 8 hours of run, the burn pot kept filling up. So i would shut it off, turn it back on and wallah my problem is solved...... for another 8 hrs..... so i thought maybe, while on the pellet selection it doesn't empty the pot at all... so i switched it over to corn, bc it has to with corn.... and no such luck, now it does it even more often. I made sure its level, it empties with no issues when i shut off and restart... I have tore it down 3 times completely and made sure to clean all 109 holes in the pot as well as the side ones.. all the seals are in place and seem to be good? Lots of black soot on window after hours of operation and have taken a SS brush to the heat exchange tubes...
I am within days of going and buying a coal stove i am so frustrated with it... any help? Could it be the circuit board going bad and not telling it to dump? if so, best place to buy? the one i found was $600 and that will condemn this thing. ( before i spend that kind of money on a 10 yr old stove, it will be new;-))
This is supposed to be a supplemental heat to my Geo-thermal.... brand new $17k geo unit in '12, our electric rates are $0.15 / KWH so the strip heat back up is ridiculous to run... is a coal stove the way to go? Looking at a Keystoker Koker, or an Alaska 140 auger so it can run pellets or coal... thoughts???? I live in NW Ohio..
When i hit "ON", the unit cycles the dump slide and empties the pot. then it starts up automatically and runs like a ***** ape! But then, it starts to slow down.... i have started the fuel and trim knobs at "0" and worked until i have a nice ( but not near as nice as when it starts up) flame going. When i first started it up, i had it set that it was running on pellets, but after about 8 hours of run, the burn pot kept filling up. So i would shut it off, turn it back on and wallah my problem is solved...... for another 8 hrs..... so i thought maybe, while on the pellet selection it doesn't empty the pot at all... so i switched it over to corn, bc it has to with corn.... and no such luck, now it does it even more often. I made sure its level, it empties with no issues when i shut off and restart... I have tore it down 3 times completely and made sure to clean all 109 holes in the pot as well as the side ones.. all the seals are in place and seem to be good? Lots of black soot on window after hours of operation and have taken a SS brush to the heat exchange tubes...
I am within days of going and buying a coal stove i am so frustrated with it... any help? Could it be the circuit board going bad and not telling it to dump? if so, best place to buy? the one i found was $600 and that will condemn this thing. ( before i spend that kind of money on a 10 yr old stove, it will be new;-))
This is supposed to be a supplemental heat to my Geo-thermal.... brand new $17k geo unit in '12, our electric rates are $0.15 / KWH so the strip heat back up is ridiculous to run... is a coal stove the way to go? Looking at a Keystoker Koker, or an Alaska 140 auger so it can run pellets or coal... thoughts???? I live in NW Ohio..