Ya so, first flue liner brushing with the P61. Slightly over a ton burned. I didn't get what I thought to be a whole lot of ash, I'd say if you cupped your hands together the amount of ash would fill them more or less. But draft is certainly good, the pellets kind of hop around in the burn pot, change positions while burning, want to float up but not quite get blown out of the pot before settling someplace else in the burn pot. Is that good or too much draft ?
The ESP did not look bad but I was able to get a 1-1/2" nylon paint brush in to it and give it a brisk but gentle brushing off. It's all shiny metal now. The stove is acting fine too but it's not overly cold out, was 28 this early AM and about 34 now.. It's cycling good in room temp and didn't pig out on pellets overnight, no big huge ramp ups yet with the solid wall of fire I had last week when it was 26 out ( that I posted about). The house is comfortable as well. Go figure ! Well I think it was Bioburn who said when in doubt , clean !!
The ESP did not look bad but I was able to get a 1-1/2" nylon paint brush in to it and give it a brisk but gentle brushing off. It's all shiny metal now. The stove is acting fine too but it's not overly cold out, was 28 this early AM and about 34 now.. It's cycling good in room temp and didn't pig out on pellets overnight, no big huge ramp ups yet with the solid wall of fire I had last week when it was 26 out ( that I posted about). The house is comfortable as well. Go figure ! Well I think it was Bioburn who said when in doubt , clean !!
A little dancing around in the pot is OK as long as they are not getting thrown out... experiment with decreasing draft a bit and check your flames and temps but it sounds normal.
