ECO-65 1st impressions

[hyfire]

Well, I started the 1st burn on the new ECO-65 and I see some improvements could be incorporated


Cons:
1. Too long of ignition time.
2. Too many clinkers falling into the ash pot upon start up
3. Fan blower speed should be displayed on the screen, your guessing on the setting where it is set.
4. Blower runs on high on shutdown, which is fine but it should go to low then off..
5. Door gasket stuck to the front face and tore at the seam upon 1st start up....


Pros:

1. It burns pretty clean.
2. The blower has a good volume of air
3. Throws out plenty of heat on high
4. Low flue temperatures means; its pretty efficient.
5. Flue temperature display on the panel is nice.


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[jtakeman]

I wonder if the Ecotek Euromax has some of the extra's your looking for? Of coarse at what extra cost(Price diffence between the stoves).

As you use it and find others plus and minus's. Please update for us. And thanks for sharing the info.

 

[FyreBug]

Well, I started the 1st burn on the new ECO-65 and I see some improvements could be incorporated


Cons:
1. Too long of ignition time.
2. Too many clinkers falling into the ash pot upon start up
3. Fan blower speed should be displayed on the screen, your guessing on the setting where it is set.
4. Blower runs on high on shutdown, which is fine but it should go to low then off..
5. Door gasket stuck to the front face and tore at the seam upon 1st start up....


Pros:

1. It burns pretty clean.
2. The blower has a good volume of air
3. Throws out plenty of heat on high
4. Low flue temperatures means; its pretty efficient.
5. Flue temperature display on the panel is nice.


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I'm typing this on my laptop which is sitting on a 65 right now... Some of these can be due to perception and / or adjusted. For ex. ignition time & overfeeding on startup can be adjusted. Just pm me and i'll send you the procedure.

#4 is for safety.
#5 PM me will send you new gasket.

Gotta go battery running low.

 

[jtakeman]

Please share it here so others with the Eco 65 can use the info.

 

[herdfan2003]

I searched but was unable to find how high the vent needs to be after going thru the wall? And I believe it said it vented with 4", right?

 

[smwilliamson]

Isn't this the stove that require a 5" intake?

 

[hyfire]

No it requires a 3" intake if the EVL is under 15', but I would use a 4" intake as the connector is 4".
Your venting system should have at least one foot of vertical rise for each foot of horizontal run. The
total vertical rise should never be less than 3 feet.............

I found out why it took so long to ignite 20 minutes, when I put the burn pot in it was not shoved up tight to the back wall, and the ignitor was not pushed all the way down in its slot, maybe it moved from shipping, I shoved it down about 1/2".. Its lighting now in about 12 minutes or so,.

 

[smwilliamson]

Thats still a long ignition period. Thast stove has a pressurized ignition right?

 

[hyfire]

Thats still a long ignition period. Thast stove has a pressurized ignition right?

Yes it does, and the ignition cycle stays on until about 130F then it shuts down. I don;t think the combustion air fan runs during the ignition cycle, but I'm not really;y sure on that.

 

[jtakeman]

Thats still a long ignition period. Thast stove has a pressurized ignition right?

I see an air pump in the manual.

 

[imacman]

..... I don;t think the combustion air fan runs during the ignition cycle, but I'm not really;y sure on that.

Just about every pellet stove has the comb. blower turn on immediately.

 

[hyfire]

Just about every pellet stove has the comb. blower turn on immediately.

Actually, I think your right, but I think on heat setting 1 the combustion blower is barely turning, wonder why?

 

[smwilliamson]

Ecotecks are OFF until the pellets are dun feeding

 

[hyfire]

Thats still a long ignition period. Thast stove has a pressurized ignition right?

How long should the typical ignition time be?

 

[FyreBug]

Please share it here so others with the Eco 65 can use the info.

Dont wanna... If you need the docs for a personal service issue ok. But floating a reprogramming procedure could get us a lot of service calls if the users decide to play with all the factory settings.

To answer some of the questions above. The 65 requires 4" venting and fresh air intake. We recommend a vertical rise termination of at least 4 ft after a horizontal (restrictions). This is a 'rule of thumb' and conventional wisdom for any venting (oil, etc...) in order to provide 'some' natural draft in case of power outage.

BTW it's the Enerzone Euromax not Ecoteck. Different companies.

Yes there is an air pump. I've never counted the ignition time but I can ask.

There are 3 blowers: Combustion, Exhaust & Convection.

 

[jtakeman]

Dont wanna...

I'm telling ma you won't share!



I understand! As long as they are available to the owners that need them its cool. If I ever work on one and there's an issue I know who to bug!

 

[hyfire]

I just timed another ignition cycle 20 minutes, It needs some tweaking for sure...

 

[jtakeman]

That does seem a little long. Hopefully FyreBug can fix ya up!

 

[hyfire]

Tried it again and it was under 10 minutes...maybe I'm doing something wrong? Or is it inconsistency in the pellets themselves?

 

[imacman]

Tried it again and it was under 10 minutes...maybe I'm doing something wrong? Or is it inconsistency in the pellets themselves?

Are you using new, dry, this years pellets, or old leftover's?

 

[hyfire]

They are from August of this year, that is when I bought them, stored inside.

 

[imacman]

This is a brand new stove that was dealer installed?

 

[hyfire]

Its a new stove bought online and installed by a friend who is a local hvac contractor. The stove is secured and leveled. 4" inlet and outlet all pipes high heat siliconed inside and out, 27 ft EVL and one foot veritical rise for each foot of horizontal pipe and all dimensions are in spec of the manual.

 

[imacman]

Have you contacted the stove's customer service and asked them why it takes so long to light?

 

[hyfire]

Have you contacted the stove's customer service and asked them why it takes so long to light?

No, but I;m working with Fyrebug on a solution, could just be a minor tweak in the settings.