Should I be using this to burn pellets? The manual says to remove it for pellets, but another member on here says they use it for pellets.
Brokemofo said:Yes it is a corn/pellet stove. Should I be using it with pellets? I know how to install it.
Brokemofo said:Ok Ok the reason I am asking is because the pellets and ash build up to the auger hole and it doesn't seem to throw alot of heat. This is like when it has been burning all night. I thought maybe reinstalling it would help.
Brokemofo said:..... I cleaned it before install and about a month ago....... I clean the burn pot and ash pan regularly.
macman said:Ash build-up in the burnpot is usually due to lack of proper amount of airflow through the stove, which is usually caused by a dirty stove.
Cleaning the burnpot & ash pan are nice, and have to be done on a weekly basis, or maybe even more, but please explain what you did when "I cleaned it before install and about a month ago".
Also, describe your exhaust set-up...how many bends and what type, lengths of pipes, vertical or horizontal, etc, etc., starting at the back of the stove.
Brokemofo said:When I got it home I blew it out with compressed air and when I cleaned it good I took the elbow off outside and cleaned all the way into the exhaust fan. My exhaust goes straight out the back through exterior wall then up maybe six feet to one of those ends that blow down. Finishing up my third ton of pellets. This stove has been my sole source of heat in my house other than an occasional bump from the oil furnace. This pellet stove has been running almost continuously For 3 months. I tap the back of the firebox to knock the ash out of the heat x and shop vac the whole thing out weekly.
Brokemofo said:Yes outside air is hooked up. Kinda scared to take blower off without new gasket in hand.
SteveC. said:I would leave the stirrer in and in corn mode and set the trim settings to 5-9-1 on the bottom 3 buttons of the control panel. And burn pellets.
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