Don't Love The Autoclean Feature On My Mt Vernon AE

[Drew1024]

It seems that when the autoclean feature kicks in every three hours or so, all the momentum I had in maintaining my house temperature goes down the drain. I am heating a large area and when the autoclean feature turns on, I lose about 3-4 degrees by the time the stove turns back on. For instance, today in NJ it is about 18 degrees, very cold by my standards, and I am having a tough time maintaining 65 degrees because of the unit turning off every 3 hours. I have my heat output set at 5 and my fan is on normal. On a typical 30 degree day, though, no problems. Are you guys seeing this as well? FYI, I am trying to heat 2200 sq ft on my first floor, open floor plan.

 

[jackovalltrades]

I could not agree with you more. I set my stove on softwood pellets, manual high, fan on normal in order to maximize heat. Those settings earn what seems to be an exact 4 hours of run time between autocleans. The darn stove takes a good 20 to 30 minutes to get back to max heat and in that time I too see drastic temperature drops in the house with temps outside in the 20's.

 

[smoke show]

no prob here. set on auto. fuel type softwood. 2000 Sqft. maintaining 73. a bag a day.

 

[Drew1024]

I noticed you guys are both using the softwood setting. Are you actually using softwood pellets or are you using hardwood and were told to put it on softwood?

 

[coryrhonda]

your stove is too small. you need a manual stove or maybe two stoves. Could you seal the house better and insulate more? the 60,000plus spec is BTU input and can vary with fuel variations. I have 2,200 square feet cosed floor plan and will lose 4-5 degrees in house in a hour with 5 below outside, big clean middle winter last year. 74 in stove room and oposite side of house 65. recovers in 45 minutes and auto idles downs to keep it from hitting call temp. my house is sealed very good and insulated good and I have an outside air kit. sometimes the house need more btus per square foot per house construction