Good advice. No white recessed screw and nothing in the manual on Low Draft Adjustment. I'll need to borrow a camera to get pictures.
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Good advice. No white recessed screw and nothing in the manual on Low Draft Adjustment. I'll need to borrow a camera to get pictures.
F4jock
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Yes, they do throw up more ash than I am used too. Still burn them though, only pellets available here.
F4jock
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F4jock
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Instructions I'm looking at show the screw just to the right of the igniter light.
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Bioburner
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Corn may not be better in your stove but it sure is cheaper around here at around $130 ton.
I moved to this house in November. Have only tried the pellet stove occasionally. Stove had been used here, but was disconnected during renovations. Stove man cleaned vent fan compartment and cleanout under burnpot with shopvac when he hooked it up. I have since done the same again, but did not wire brush. Burnpot holes are open and ashes show air is coming out of them.
First I used 10 bags of Energex premium hardwood pellets that were here, and now I'm using premium pellets from Wood Pellets, Co.. which says "made with hardwood by-products". Have only burned about 5 bags of these. Both fuels did the same thing, but this ash is finer whereas Energex was clumpier.
The combustion fan runs at a constant speed (which I think is fairly noisy) except it slows down in test mode or when I open the door.
My stove does not have an igniter, igniter switch, or igniter light. Just 5 lights, feed adjuster, mode selector, and temp dial.
First I used 10 bags of Energex premium hardwood pellets that were here, and now I'm using premium pellets from Wood Pellets, Co.. which says "made with hardwood by-products". Have only burned about 5 bags of these. Both fuels did the same thing, but this ash is finer whereas Energex was clumpier.
The combustion fan runs at a constant speed (which I think is fairly noisy) except it slows down in test mode or when I open the door.
My stove does not have an igniter, igniter switch, or igniter light. Just 5 lights, feed adjuster, mode selector, and temp dial.
It only blows embers out when it has been in low-burn for a long while and the ashes have built up a wall close to the back of the burnpot, My guess is it just needs to ramp up sometimes to push the ashes away. I'll experiment with using Room Temp and setting the heatpumps differently when using the pellet stove so that it gets calls for heat and cycles up and down. Thank you all for your help.
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F4jock
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For room temp initially try feed of 4, temp at 70 or so (Above that of the heat pumps) fan on high. Also I drag the ashes out of the pot a couple times a day. Mine builds up too but never has tossed pellets. As well, location of the room temp probe is critical to good Room Temp operation. Play around with it
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F4jock
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When it comes to what I burn price takes somewhat of a backseat to convenience. I have a reliable supply of good pellets. Don't have to worry about supply, moisture, mixing etc. Open bag. Dump in stove. Enjoy. Well worth the extra hundred bucks a ton.
F4jock
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Bioburner
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Used over 10 bushels the neighbor dropped on the property line for free and the grain elevator is just over 2 miles away. Dropped in about 150 bushels in the gravity box after the 4th and got 2 tons of pine blend pellets and 2 more tons of cheap stuff for blending in July. Had all our heating needs done by the second week of July. Have three stoves that eat corn. Now if this is one of the coldest February's on record will eat into next seasons supply but hope the FL job pans out for half the winter anyway. We have a lot more heating degree days here in MN than in PA.
F4jock
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Yep you do but heading for record cold Feb here as well. Headed South soon ourselves. Wanna rub some oil on the wife and see the new bikinis she bought. Hate February!
F4jock
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SmokeyTheBear
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That adjustment on his stove may require that something be removed to access that adjustment potentiometer on the control board. Changes all the time with those critters.
SmokeyTheBear
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http://www.comfortbydesign.net/webapp/GetFile?fid={9989E28C-4AD6-4EB6-A610-EA8625A5D6F8}
ETA: Draft adjustment is on page 17 in that manual.
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SmokeyTheBear
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Need the numbers off of the control board.
The control panel facing on the P61-2 has no hole for access to the draft fan pot if the control board has one.
If the platinum board is a replacement for that stove then it would introduce the controls of the low draft trim.
The control panel facing on the P61-2 has no hole for access to the draft fan pot if the control board has one.
If the platinum board is a replacement for that stove then it would introduce the controls of the low draft trim.
Thanks for your interest in helping me adjust my stove. It has been performing well since I have been working it harder--setting it above heatpump thermostat and using it in Room Temp mode. It pushes the ash away periodically and doesn't throw embers.
I don't see any identification numbers on the control board. Is it worth trying to find a draft adjustment if I don't have any obvious problems?
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