Excess pellet usage on EP-25

[dubbz]

My EP-25 all of a sudden is burning like it's on a feed rate of 4. My bottom 3 buttons are 1-5-1. It was running great all winter. I only adjusted the feed air rate to 5 to get a better burn. Since the feed rate is on 1, i'm scratching my head wondering why it's feeding so many pellets. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.

 

[Washed-Up]

Has it been thoroughly cleaned recently?

 

[dubbz]

Yes , throoughly cleaned.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Does that include the venting and did you do the suck out / leaf blower trick? Sounds to me like it has a blockage somewhere. Always eliminate the easy stuff first.

 

[dubbz]

Thanks , I will do a major cleaning again.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Thanks , I will do a major cleaning again.

I'd be concentrating on the venting. Sounds like a partially blocked vent pipe to me.

 

[dubbz]

I read on a thread that all the new auger motors for the EP-25 are 2.4 RPM. I guess I just have to live with the higher pellet usage.

 

[SidecarFlip]

Cut the feed rate down a bit......

 

[dubbz]

The EP-25 has no means of cutting the feed rate.

 

[SidecarFlip]

I wasn't aware of that. Maybe you could put a resistor in the feed to the auger motor to slow it down some? I don't know, maybe Sysko does. Not electronics savvy.

 

[dubbz]

I was hoping Mike Holton would chime in with advice.

 

[Ssyko]

Sorry to say Mike hasn’t been around for a few years now. Adding a resistor wont help with the auger rpm’s , did you replace the auger motor?

 

[dubbz]

Yes, I did. The right part number and 2 RPM. Guess i'll just have to buyan extra ton or two.