Easy Question I hope from Newbee

[spower]

Hi Everybody,

I have a pellet stove, love it! It runs great all day but after many hours the cup (where the pellets burn) starts to fill up and then over flow with unburned pellets. At this point I have it set to low heat, fan on high, air set at 2 or 3.
Any ideas why this happens?

Thanks!!

 

[Pellet1]

Looks like your feed rate is too high for the amount of combustion air available to the burn pot--or the burn pot air holes are clogged. What does your flame look like?? Any possibility of an air leak in the seals??

 

[j00fek]

i would do a full cleaning, then start with a full review of your door,hopper,ash pan seals then start er up and give it more air (open the damper)

 

[spower]

Flame looks fine and it runs fine all day then the pellets just start to pile up, maybe holes getting clogged....don't think there is nay air leak

 

[imacman]

Might help if you said what make & model stove you have, how long you've had it, etc.

 

[spower]

Its a Yankee Bay by Lopi, 5 years old, don't know model #, it is bigger model insert.

 

[imacman]

I have an Astoria FS, but your stove and mine are almost the same. If you have the heat setting on low, and the air control on 2-3, that should run fine. The fact that you say it runs all day, and then the burn pot fills with pellets is strange. When was the last time the stove was given a good cleaning?

Do the holes in the burn pot stay clear, and blow the ash out, or does it build-up?

I have been running my Astoria for the past 2 days 24/7, on Heat #2, and air at 2.....no problems.

BTW, I suggest next time put something more descriptive in the subject line, like "Lopi Yankee Bay pellet buildup", or something like that...helps attract people that have the same (or similar) stove to the thread.

 

[spower]

Do the holes in the burn pot stay clear, and blow the ash out, or does it build-up?

No they do not stay clear after a while, it builds up.

 

[imacman]

Well, according to the manual, you need to increase the air. Try going up to 3 1/2-4. Usually when you have to increase the air intake to keep the firepot holes clean means you have a dirty stove.

 

[spower]

Ha! I just opened the flu more to get more air in and it seems to be burning better. Hmm, guess it needs a good cleaning huh? Are there directions posted here anywhere that tells you how to do that?
Thanks for your help and quick replies!

 

[imacman]

Glad it's running better. Do you have an owners manual? It explains in there what to clean under "maintenance" or "cleaning".

Are you the original owner?

 

[spower]

Yeah I bought it new, would have to try to find the manual......

 

[imacman]

Yeah I bought it new, would have to try to find the manual......

If you find it, it should explain what to clean. If you can't find it, let me know...... I can email you one, although it's a '08 manual. Probably about the same, I would think. Look on the back of your stove, there should be a sticker telling you what year it was made. If the sticker isn't there, it might be on the hopper lid when you lift it up.

Also, take a look under the yellow sticky topics at the top of the page here in the forum...The ones about troubleshooting your stove, and the routine maintenance one will help too.

 

[spower]

Great, will do! Hey thanks again for all your help!! By the way I am from NY, Nassua County, on Long Island. Where is Orange County?

 

[imacman]

Great, will do! Hey thanks again for all your help!! By the way I am from NY, Nassua County, on Long Island. Where is Orange County?

Your welcome....that's what the forum is all about, helping people figure out their stoves.

Oh, Near Newburgh...SW of Poughkeepsie

 

[j00fek]

easy way to clean it is take it apart, vacuum, then per er back together!

 

[spower]

Yeah I figured that, just dont'know how to take it apart.

 

[j00fek]

not sure if yours is like the new stove, but here is the new manual

(broken link removed to http://www.lopistoves.com/TravisDocs/100-01145.pdf)

 

[imacman]

Yeah I figured that, just dont'know how to take it apart.

(broken link removed to http://www.lopistoves.com/TravisDocs/100-01145.pdf)

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