Englander overfeeding!!

[Pelletproblems91]

I have a 25-pvdc/55-shp10 englander pellet stove, the stove aggressively over feeds on the lowest burn air settings righg now i am at 1-7-1 and it feeds as if i have it on the highest setting, the bottom auger is overflowing with pellets at all times-although they all burn up in a huge bonfire so i dont believe its my airflow, i think pellets may be falling down from the top auger (which was replaced at some point by the former owner) to the bottom but im not sure how to fix this problem please help if you could

 

[Ssyko]

Is there a metal gate over the opening in the hopper to the upper auger? If so try closing that up. If there isn’t one you may be able to make one to close up the feed hole.

 

[Pelletproblems91]

No there is not, what could i use to make one? And how would i mount it in there so it doesnt fall down into the auger?

 

[Ssyko]

Do you know wheather the stove is in C or D mode? You can make one out of tin or flat steel. But with the 2 holes under the burn plat plugged it should be controllable with your settings. Here is a pic of a restrictor plate.

 

[bill3rail]

now i am at 1-7-1 and it feeds as if i have it on the highest setting,
What was the factory setting? My 25pdv was 6-4-1 so 1-7-1 sounds off to me.


the top auger (which was replaced at some point by the former owner)
What is the motor RPM? there are many different motor speeds (1RPM, 2RPM Etc.)so if the previous owner just matched the motor up visually he may have bought the wrong motor.


Bill

 

[Pelletproblems91]

Yeah ive been using those settings due to the extreme over feeding, the motor speed is 1 RPM, i just installed a restrictor plate i bought from englanders website last night and it seems to have fixed the pellets falling/overfeeding so now ill have to play with the settings again to see what works out i set it to 1-5-1 last night but im sure theres tweeking those settings to get it perfect, the only problem im still having now is a very loud buzzing sound coming from one or both of the augers...im going to pull those out tonight and clean everything out real well and oil them, this is my first year with a pellet stove so i have alot to learn, good thing i bought a used pellet stove that doesnt mind teaching me ALL the things that could go wrong lol but if anyone has any tips on cleaning/oiling the augers that would help

 

[Pelletproblems91]

And my 25-pvdc is an 02’ with the original board so i dont have those settings

 

[Pelletproblems91]

And my 25-pvdc is an 02’ with the original board so i dont have those settings

Those being the “C” or “D” etc settings on the post-02’ boards