Installed my first pellet stove yesterday.. Comfortbilt hp41. Observations and questions

[cabinner]

Install was easy. On exhaust I only have an adapter, 12" pipe, and that end cap/ elbow thing. Fired up and got a ton of heat very quickly.

Stuff I noticed -

1. During the ignition stage the pellets are burning and flying all over the place in pot. A bunch will fall to side catch thing.. Normal? Once it moves to heating it stops doing that.
2. I do see an occasional amber fly out of exhaust but it dies almost instantly.
3. It was on high heat for 3 hours yesterday (cooked us) then at night I sietched it to eco mode with temp option so it'll shut on and off. I poured one bag of 40 lbs during start up and I think I have about half left..maybe a little more. Hard to tell.
4. This is in my cabin. So it will be used a weekend and then not used at all for 1-3 weeks. Should I give it a good clean with vaccum before I leave each time?

Very happy with it so far. A little noisy but it's ok. And.. My hotspot plus ir blaster works. (Off grid cabin with battery +generator power). So I can turn on the stove a few hours before heading over so I arrive to a nice and warm cabin.. If anyone wants explanation about how to do it let me know. Super easy.

 

[peteski]

Install was easy. On exhaust I only have an adapter, 12" pipe, and that end cap/ elbow thing. Fired up and got a ton of heat very quickly.

Stuff I noticed -

1. During the ignition stage the pellets are burning and flying all over the place in pot. A bunch will fall to side catch thing.. Normal? Once it moves to heating it stops doing that.
2. I do see an occasional amber fly out of exhaust but it dies almost instantly.
3. It was on high heat for 3 hours yesterday (cooked us) then at night I sietched it to eco mode with temp option so it'll shut on and off. I poured one bag of 40 lbs during start up and I think I have about half left..maybe a little more. Hard to tell.
4. This is in my cabin. So it will be used a weekend and then not used at all for 1-3 weeks. Should I give it a good clean with vaccum before I leave each time?

Very happy with it so far. A little noisy but it's ok. And.. My hotspot plus ir blaster works. (Off grid cabin with battery +generator power). So I can turn on the stove a few hours before heading over so I arrive to a nice and warm cabin.. If anyone wants explanation about how to do it let me know. Super easy.

have a new hp 41, just installed and playing with it but it is summer so cant play too much but i wanted to ask you, so when i dial in eco mode, mine hit temp then shut off but i did not wait to see it starts up again, so my question does it really fire up again once temp lowers past set temp?

 

[johneh]

.ECO Mode Indicator: Indicates when ECO is currently active.a.ECO allows the stove to cycle on and off automatically in the Temp mode. From the manual, suggest you get well acquainted with that little book. Will save time and frustration down the line