leaf blower broke me???

[chrisasst]

well I did the leaf blower last week (twice) and now it seems my stove is putting out less heat than before (which wasn't all that great). Now, it seems my feed rate is slower than my burn is. My pot used to build up with pellets and now the burn pot stays almost empty no matter how far I have the damper is pushed in. Is this what it is supposed to do? Before the leaf blower I tried a bag of New england pellets and they were decent, now I get the same as my other junk pellets...
(I don't have a feed rate control and a burn rate control, all I have is numbers)

does any of this make sense?

 

[PunKid8888]

type of stove, and venting config?

 

[tinkabranc]

I have never used the leafblower method, but sounds like you got a clog
there somewhere. Maybe some pellets bridged?

 

[chrisasst]

type of stove, and venting config?

Kozi 120 (junk)
direct vent..

 

[pegdot]

It sounds like the cleaning increased the air flow through the stove so that the pellets are burning up quicker than before. Increase your feed rate and see it that doesn't help. ;-)

 

[chrisasst]

It sounds like the cleaning increased the air flow through the stove so that the pellets are burning up quicker than before. Increase your feed rate and see it that doesn't help. ;-)

All I have is 5 number I choose from. No separate feed rate control or anything like that. Just 5 number

 

[investor7952]

Are you sure you were sucking and not blowing?
Well that didnt come out the way I wanted it too ! lol

 

[deiselboy]

It sounds like the cleaning increased the air flow through the stove so that the pellets are burning up quicker than before. Increase your feed rate and see it that doesn't help. ;-)

All I have is 5 number I choose from. No separate feed rate control or anything like that. Just 5 number

My old reliance just has one knob as well... no numbers though. BUT under the back cover, onthe bottom of the hopper where the feed mechanism is, ther is a set screw to limit the movement of that plate that go's to and fro to feed pellets. You might have the same hidden back in there somewhere? Just a wing nut on the set screw, so no tools even required on this one (other than the philips for the cover screws)