How to burn wood pellets in 2006 Auburn corn burner

[Washed-Up]

Fire pics every hour please

 

[gfreek]

How loud is that blower ? Are there bearings in there or bushings ?

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[Ssyko]

 

[Rxwoman1961]

yeah i searched all my know spots and some i don't usually go to $80ish is actually alot better than the going $149 and up. maybe we can walk ya through a bearing change off season..


hows the fire looking i need to see fiiiiire

I let it go out as I needed to run a few errands and I dont dare leave it unattended.
By golly this thing gets HOT.
I ordered the fan from Amazon and bearings as well. Theyre only like $4.50 each. Maybe I can dink around with the old fan when I'm snowed in.
We've had an unusually mild winter...knock on wood... But that can change in the blink of an eye.

Nebraska, if you don't like the weather, wait an hour...it'll change.

Seems like I have to keep the damper open or pellets pile up and only blacken.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Had to charge my phone! Lol.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

yeah i searched all my know spots and some i don't usually go to $80ish is actually alot better than the going $149 and up. maybe we can walk ya through a bearing change off season..


hows the fire looking i need to see fiiiiire

Fire

 

[Rxwoman1961]

How loud is that blower ? Are there bearings in there or bushings ?

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Fire

For some reason I cant upload video. Im gonna' try again in the AM.

 

[Ssyko]

I let it go out as I needed to run a few errands and I dont dare leave it unattended.
By golly this thing gets HOT.
I ordered the fan from Amazon and bearings as well. Theyre only like $4.50 each.

Seems like I have to keep the damper open or pellets pile up and only blacken.

open the damper more till the fire looks like its almost a blowtorch. Its going to be adjusted everytime the heat range is changed. More fule more air, less fuel less air.

 

[rickwai]

Good to know! Thank you.

Rx, Remember it does have a live fire 6" from the door

 

[rickwai]

Ive been following! RX is a trooper Progress is being made. I would say to start it with the damper closed a little then open it as the feed level steps up. There is a approx. 5 min delay between steps. So if it is on 1 and you want it on 4, it will take approx. 20 min. to step up to 4. That is built in for corn burning. Corn does not like sudden change. Basically as much air as it will take and still keep up with feed. Ssyko, you probably already know that, but trying to throw so info out there in case it may help.

5 minutes may be a stretch. I think it may be 3 minutes.

 

[rickwai]

open the damper more till the fire looks like its almost a blowtorch. Its going to be adjusted everytime the heat range is changed. More fule more air, less fuel less air.

Once the stove is burned out and breathing properly I can help you to set the draft damper that will burn good on 1-3 and decent on 4. The St Croix dont like 5 much. it is basically get a clean burn on 1 and the sep up in fan speed compensates as you raise setting. But now of course it takes manual manipulation to keep it going

 

[rickwai]

How loud is that blower ? Are there bearings in there or bushings ?

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Bearing pressed on the shafts

 

[rickwai]

I let it go out as I needed to run a few errands and I dont dare leave it unattended.
By golly this thing gets HOT.
I ordered the fan from Amazon and bearings as well. Theyre only like $4.50 each. Maybe I can dink around with the old fan when I'm snowed in.
We've had an unusually mild winter...knock on wood... But that can change in the blink of an eye.

Nebraska, if you don't like the weather, wait an hour...it'll change.

Seems like I have to keep the damper open or pellets pile up and only blacken.

I have replaced the bearings this blower a few times. If you send it to me I will gladly install bearings and send it back. I use a brass nipple to tap the bearing back in place with out getting into the plastic covers. Getting the squirell cages out is kind of a pain but doable . They are just "pressed on to the shaft ends

 

[SidecarFlip]

How loud is that blower ? Are there bearings in there or bushings ?

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Do keep in mind that the bearings in the distribution fan are sealed but, not hermetically sealed, they just have a dust seal, which, allows fine dust to eventually enter and dry them out and they fail (which is why yours are noisy) and the need oiled yearly, a few drops of 3-1 oil. The alternative is bearing replacement or a new fan assembly. Better than oil light bearings but still not perfect.

Once they get noisy (from lack of lubricant) they have to be replaced.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Good morning (late) ya'll are such early risers. I work the evening shift and I tend to stay on evening schrdule. No 6ams for me!
Ok, so I had this pattern of soot on my glass this morning. I cleaned it up and restarted it.
The first two about 5 minutes after starting. The next 2 about 3 or 4 minutes later and the convection fan cuts on already..
I just left the damper open for now as I was getting so many unburnt pellets last night.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

10 minutes later, so far so good. I closed the damper a smidge (like by a third maybe) and its on level 2.
Last night I tried repeatedly to upload video. It just wouldnt.

 

[SidecarFlip]

You'll always get some fly ash deposits on the view glass no matter what you do. Again ,like I tell everyone (and no one seems to listen), just take a cheap NATURAL BRISTLE paint brush (I use a 1" wide trim brush) and brush the ash off the glass. I do that a couple times a day usually.

Whatever you do, makes sure it's not a POLY BRISTLE' brush as it will melt to the view glass and make a helluva mess. I do mine when it running and mine runs 24-7 unless I'm cleaning it which, in my case is every 4 days because I burn corn and corn makes a ton of ash.

You can get a 10 bag of them at Harbor Freight for 5 bucks.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

You'll always get some fly ash deposits on the view glass no matter what you do. Again ,like I tell everyone (and no one seems to listen), just take a cheap NATURAL BRISTLE paint brush (I use a 1" wide trim brush) and brush the ash off the glass. I do that a couple times a day usually.

Whatever you do, makes sure it's not a POLY BRISTLE' brush as it will melt to the view glass and make a helluva mess. I do mine when it running and mine runs 24-7 unless I'm cleaning it which, in my case is every 4 days because I burn corn and corn makes a ton of ash.

You can get a 10 bag of them at Harbor Freight for 5 bucks.

Oh. I been using paper towels. Your idea sounds better, and cheaper!

 

[SidecarFlip]

I'm into cheap, always have been, why I heat with a biomass stove running corn. I get all my corn for free and have for years now. I do mix pellets with it to mitigate the clinkers so my total heat bill in the winter is about 400 bucks including the electricity to run the stove.

 

[rickwai]

When a St Croix is breathing correctly this is the type of ash you should have burning straight corn. I just did a full cleaning and leaf blower on it for the first time this season

 

[Rxwoman1961]

When a St Croix is breathing correctly this is the type of ash you should have burning straight corn. I just did a full cleaning and leaf blower on it for the first time this season
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Yeah, it's not doing that well yet.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

I have the damper wide open and running on 3. Still not burning through the pellet.
But it doesnt go out on me!

 

[rickwai]

Turn it down to 2. sounds like 2 may be the correct fuel ratio for the amount of air that is being allowed thru the stove. You should not have pellets building up like that

 

[Ssyko]

X2

 

[SidecarFlip]

When a St Croix is breathing correctly this is the type of ash you should have burning straight corn. I just did a full cleaning and leaf blower on it for the first time this season
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That stove is filthy...........