How many missed pellets is normal?

[Amin1992]

Hey yall, is it normal for some pellets to miss the fire pot in a pellet stove?

This is a photo after cleaning the stove and running her approximately 10 hrs, attached.

Seems like a lot of pellets on the shelf but wasn't sure what to expect. Thanks!

 

[kchace]

Are they missing the pot or being pushed out by a high airflow? On some stoves (at least) too much airflow can push pellets out of the pot.

Ken

 

[Amin1992]

Thanks for the response Ken. Hard to say, it seems like some just bounce out and some completely miss.

 

[johneh]

Some pellets miss or get bounced out .
How many Go question maybe 100th of 1%
but I would guess with my stove it is closer to 500th of 1%
1 pellet for every 500 released to the pot
Not enough for me to worry about

 

[Amin1992]

Got it. I tried to roughly estimate how much are landing on the shelf instead of burning in the pot. Looks to me like a handful, which I would guess is around 1 oz. 40 lb bag = 640 oz, so I'm losing around 1/10th of 1% haha. Ill live with it