So I have been posting on here for a long time for help with my stove. I bought a used Quadra Fire CB1200 for the first winter in my house in non-working condition and fixed it up. So far I have replaced: Control Box, Ignitor, Convection Blower, Combustion Blower.
Anyways, the problem I am facing now is the Burn Pot Clean out trap door is out of adjustment/sagging. The bottom door sometimes leaves a small gap to the ash pan, and the burnout door sags about 1/4" down on the right side (way farther than the Dime width maximum recommended. I think this is letting air leak as to start the stove I have to move the Feed Rod in the hopper up to 70, wait for fire and than slide it down to 55, and it normally takes 4 tries to get it going. If I slide the feed rod down to 50 or lower either the convection blower will never come on to heat the house, or it will come on for about 15 seconds and then take another few minutes before it comes on for seconds again.
Also, I have to clean and scrape the burnpot about every 4 hours or pellets will overflow out of the burnpot. I have to do a full cleaning (vacuum baffles, exhaust access door, ignitor box, fire box, ash pan, etc.) every 48 hours.
And worst of all the stove on high is struggling to keep the house at the 57 degrees the boil heats it to (As in it helps the boil cycle on and circulate less, but is not actually heating the area)
From all the research I have done on here it seems to suggest an air leak is cooling the fire which is causing trouble ignitions, pellets not burning completely which is requiring a higher feed rate which is overflowing the burn pot. I am not sure why it is not providing adequate heat but I am hoping that is related as well.
I have it disassembled now but I cannot figure out how to adjust the clean out system so the doors fit properly.
Anyways, the problem I am facing now is the Burn Pot Clean out trap door is out of adjustment/sagging. The bottom door sometimes leaves a small gap to the ash pan, and the burnout door sags about 1/4" down on the right side (way farther than the Dime width maximum recommended. I think this is letting air leak as to start the stove I have to move the Feed Rod in the hopper up to 70, wait for fire and than slide it down to 55, and it normally takes 4 tries to get it going. If I slide the feed rod down to 50 or lower either the convection blower will never come on to heat the house, or it will come on for about 15 seconds and then take another few minutes before it comes on for seconds again.
Also, I have to clean and scrape the burnpot about every 4 hours or pellets will overflow out of the burnpot. I have to do a full cleaning (vacuum baffles, exhaust access door, ignitor box, fire box, ash pan, etc.) every 48 hours.
And worst of all the stove on high is struggling to keep the house at the 57 degrees the boil heats it to (As in it helps the boil cycle on and circulate less, but is not actually heating the area)
From all the research I have done on here it seems to suggest an air leak is cooling the fire which is causing trouble ignitions, pellets not burning completely which is requiring a higher feed rate which is overflowing the burn pot. I am not sure why it is not providing adequate heat but I am hoping that is related as well.
I have it disassembled now but I cannot figure out how to adjust the clean out system so the doors fit properly.
