Need help with englander 25-pdv

[trav787]

I recently purchased a new used englander 25-pdv and for the first week it Worked great. Now it seems like it isn't burning pellets completely. They sort of just glow red and pile up up until they overflow burn pot. I am currently burning hamers hot ones,but have tried 3 other brands and they were worse. Also bottom 3 settings are 4-6-1. In that order. Any help greatly appreciated. thanks

 

[david dodge]

I have the same stove with the same issue. I am burning Fireside Ultra. I get an inch of clinkers everyday.

 

[MCPO]

I recently purchased a new used englander 25-pdv and for the first week it Worked great. Now it seems like it isn't burning pellets completely. They sort of just glow red and pile up up until they overflow burn pot. I am currently burning hamers hot ones,but have tried 3 other brands and they were worse. Also bottom 3 settings are 4-6-1. In that order. Any help greatly appreciated. thanks

Ash buildup is common with that stove and it`s smaller sibling the pdvc. The burnpot screams out for attention everytime you refill the hopper. Not that it`s bad either cause it tales only a few seconds to pull off the crusty buildup

 

[trav787]

I was wondering about it. It forms a large hard crust of ash and unburned pellets. This is my first pellet stove. So I was trying different brands of pellets and none of them didnt form the crusty ashes

 

[letsblaze]

Just cleaned my burnpot. It was full of crusties from the Propellers I'm burning.

 

[MCPO]

The pellets are pushed into the burn pot and they don`t get pushed out too good at all so you have to reach in at least once a day(preferably two) and pull off that crusty buildup.
Hey, I have to do the same thing (not as often) on my Harman P-38 . That`s a push feeder too but it blows out a lot more of the ash than the pdvc does..

 

[99loco]

I had the same problem with my 25pdvc. Could not go 24 hours without cleaning the pot. I ended up making a complete new burner pot. Now I can go 7 days without opening the door and can burn any brand pellets.

 

[BUBIBEAR]

I had the same problem with my 25pdvc. Could not go 24 hours without cleaning the pot. I ended up making a complete new burner pot. Now I can go 7 days without opening the door and can burn any brand pellets.

 

[BUBIBEAR]

Can we get the specs on this burn pot. I would like to try that out. Looks like the pot on my 55SHPEP stove .

 

[MCPO]

I had the same problem with my 25pdvc. Could not go 24 hours without cleaning the pot. I ended up making a complete new burner pot. Now I can go 7 days without opening the door and can burn any brand pellets.

Nice workmanship on the weld job !!

 

[99loco]

Hi Guys: Like Bubibear said the burn pot is from a 55-shpep part number PU-BPEP that I modified. The lower part I made up to fit. Enclosed is more photos

 

[slvrblkk]

I had the same problem with my 25pdvc. Could not go 24 hours without cleaning the pot. I ended up making a complete new burner pot. Now I can go 7 days without opening the door and can burn any brand pellets.

Very nice job! Can you post a video of the stove in action?

 

[BUBIBEAR]

Thank you for the extra pics. Did you also add those tabs on the bottom of the impingement plate ? Or did the plate come that way. Being a retired machinist ,are dimensions available ? My E-Mail is [email protected].

 

[CladMaster]

I had the same problem with my 25pdvc. Could not go 24 hours without cleaning the pot. I ended up making a complete new burner pot. Now I can go 7 days without opening the door and can burn any brand pellets.

Hmmm ! Does the igniter still work to ignite the pellets ?

 

[Dgopetactical]

I want one!

 

[Dgopetactical]

Hmmm ! Does the igniter still work to ignite the pellets ?

Good question, it does not look at this end that the auto ignite would work in that application, still interesting though.

 

[MCPO]

Good question, it does not look at this end that the auto ignite would work in that application, still interesting though.

There goes that idea ! One step forward and one back.

 

[Dgopetactical]

There goes that idea ! One step forward and one back.

Still neat though, less ash pan cleanings vs auto ignite that's a rough call for me. To go from cleaning the pot every day to once a week might be worth it.

I can't see myself making one of them any time soon so I guess I'm stuck to daily cleanings.

 

[CladMaster]

I'm still looking at the custom burn pot idea, but I was thinking of using the original pot and just making a new burn pot insert where the burn plate is now.

The thing that bugs me with the current burn plate is that small pellets fall down the two large holes at the back of the burn plate. The idea of a burn pot where the pellets drop down is what I am looking at and the 55-shpep idea is on the right track.

I'd like to see a video of the stove burning with the 55-shpep burn pot.

 

[Dgopetactical]

I'm still looking at the custom burn pot idea, but I was thinking of using the original pot and just making a new burn pot insert where the burn plate is now.

The thing that bugs me with the current burn plate is that small pellets fall down the two large holes at the back of the burn plate. The idea of a burn pot where the pellets drop down is what I am looking at and the 55-shpep idea is on the right track.

I'd like to see a video of the stove burning with the 55-shpep burn pot.

X2

 

[99loco]

Hi: First, yes I will post drawings , and right now the igniter does not work but I have a idea for one. But right now the stove runs 24/7 so it is not a problem. The tabs were on the impingement plate . I was going to use the original pot but the sides were to high for the ashes to carry out . I can post more detailed photos for anyone if needed and I will try to post a video.

 

[trav787]

Update on stove. Turns out it was on burn mode "A". So I reset it back to burn mode "c" and readjusted bottom three. All was good for last 2 nights. Then this morning major burn pot overflow.

 

[trav787]

Huge pile up after 3 hours of burn time.

 

[Dgopetactical]

Huge pile up after 3 hours of burn time.

I get a big pile up frequently also. It's seems to happen more with certain pellets on the higher heat settings 4+.
I'm running on 5\5 right now burning TSC brand and woke up to a huge pile this morning.. I used a spatula to scoop out excess ash 2 times since 05:30.

That's one of the two things I dont care for with this stove, hopper capacity ( I fixed that) and burn pot design ( no where for ash to go).

 

[Dgopetactical]

Hi: First, yes I will post drawings , and right now the igniter does not work but I have a idea for one. But right now the stove runs 24/7 so it is not a problem. The tabs were on the impingement plate . I was going to use the original pot but the sides were to high for the ashes to carry out . I can post more detailed photos for anyone if needed and I will try to post a video.

Can't wait.