Enviro ef3 fly ash

[fixall]

Hi all,
I just acquired a envrio ef3 that had a plugged hose barb going to pressure switch. It now seems to work perfect. It burns very clean and hot. With the damper fully closed its burns hot and I am getting flying ashes/embers every time the auger drops pellets, I didnt see any embers at the stove pipe exit, but have quite a few in the fire box, is this normal??

It makes alot of heat thats for sure..

 

[RAVinMetrowest]

Hi all,
I just acquired a envrio ef3 that had a plugged hose barb going to pressure switch. It now seems to work perfect. It burns very clean and hot. With the damper fully closed its burns hot and I am getting flying ashes/embers every time the auger drops pellets, I didnt see any embers at the stove pipe exit, but have quite a few in the fire box, is this normal??

It makes alot of heat thats for sure..

Yes, much can depend on the pellet brand. What are you burning?

 

[johneh]

It happens with all the different pellets I've used
As the pellets drop small ember are blown out of fire pot
burn out and 90% end up as ash in the ash bin at the
bottom of the stove . The rest in the ash traps behind
the fake fire brick . That's why it is important to do a full
disassembly and cleaning at least once a year depending
on the amount and type of pellets used . What you see
now is normal Welcome to the forum. You have a very good
and easy to work on stove which should give you years of warmth.

 

[fixall]

Great I am glad the fly ash is normal. A friend suggested Black hills gold pellets, they were sold out so I am currently running "magic spark". Them seem ok... the last stove I had I ran pellets from menards and was happy with them. I really like the stove, parts are easy to get and manual/wiring available.

I buy, fix and sell whatever I can get my hands on from craigslist. This year its pellet stoves, this ef3 was the 5th stove I picked up, It was too nice to sell. So it went in my livingroom and I live in the city with natural gas. Its nice to have it there in case I get cold or furnace quits. It a duplex so the ef3 heats it up QUICK