Lots of soot and buildup

[krushmoto]

Purchased a ton of Energex pellets from my pellet guy early/mid Jan and I noticed it's burning very sooty and leaving lots of buildup.
I scraped off buildup after using my stove for approx. 6 mths of use.
Purchased this batch and after a week and half of burning this batch I scraped off about double the amount of buildup on my auger and outlet pipe.
I've also noticed the flame isn't as hot as the first batch.
Any ideas what might be the problem? I performed a complete cleaning including replacing the bearing block and cleaning the combustion blower as well.


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[Ssyko]

What stove do you own? Pellets can change from batch to batch. Might need to adjust the feed or air to clean it up

 

[krushmoto]

What stove do you own? Pellets can change from batch to batch. Might need to adjust the feed or air to clean it up

Englander 25-pdv

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[Ssyko]

What settings are you burning at? When was the last thorough cleaning? You use the leaf blower trick to clean?

 

[krushmoto]

What settings are you burning at? When was the last thorough cleaning? You use the leaf blower trick to clean?

The startup setting or burner setting?
Regular burn setting is 3 and fan speed is 3-5 depending on temp of house.

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[Ssyko]

Well almost all stoves burn dirtyer at lower heat setting and these new batch of pellets are dirtyer than the first batch your cleaning of the stove has to be more frequent than before. Im thinking most of your issue is the pellets themselves. You could grab a couple bags of another brand and see if that changes anything.

 

[krushmoto]

Well almost all stoves burn dirtyer at lower heat setting and these new batch of pellets are dirtyer than the first batch your cleaning of the stove has to be more frequent than before. Im thinking most of your issue is the pellets themselves. You could grab a couple bags of another brand and see if that changes anything.

I think I played with the settings. But don't remember what I changed. Lol
Know how to reset it?

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[Ssyko]

Unplug the stove wait a few seconds then plug back in and within 5 seconds hold down the bottom 3 buttons for 5 seconds then release it should show F5 wait 15 seconds and unplug. Then plug back in and hold down both fan speed arrows for 5 sec then release mode will show in heat setting window, use the arrow to change it to “C” (factory for PDV) wait a few seconds and repeat to make sure mode change stayed at C. Hit start. And stove should be as it was when it was new. Bottom settings are 6-4-1 factory but they are only affect the stove while in heat settings 1 & 2

 

[krushmoto]

Unplug the stove wait a few seconds then plug back in and within 5 seconds hold down the bottom 3 buttons for 5 seconds then release it should show F5 wait 15 seconds and unplug. Then plug back in and hold down both fan speed arrows for 5 sec then release mode will show in heat setting window, use the arrow to change it to “C” (factory for PDV) wait a few seconds and repeat to make sure mode change stayed at C. Hit start. And stove should be as it was when it was new. Bottom settings are 6-4-1 factory but they are only affect the stove while in heat settings 1 & 2

Thank you sir!

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