Quadra Fire Feed Gate Adjustment

[Papelletman]

I have been running my stove with the feed gate adjusted the way the book says to do it, set it on high 4 to 6 inches above burn pot.

With the stove running on low temp, high fan i was getting 267.5 degrees, so last night i decided to open the feed gate all the way, stove was still set on low heat, high fan, temp was now 317.5 degrees. This is the air temp coming out of the stove, with harbor freight digital thermometer sitting in the end of the heat exchanger tube. Same Pellets!!

Thermostat was set high enough so stove ran all night without shutting off. Pellet consumption was 40 lbs in 12 hours.

http://t.harborfreight.com/http-www...read-digital-thermometer-95382-html-3176.html

 

[kappel15]

It's nice to experiment, but the question is, did you use more pellets then need be? Or was the extra heat worth the extra pellets? How was the flame with this experiment? One thing you dont' want to do is overfire the stove. They are made for X amount of heat. But, that is what the safety features are for. Did you see how much fuel was used on factory settings? Let us know. kap

 

[reallyte]

Many here run low with wide open feed. I find it runs dirty like this. I adjust according to manual for best results. At the end of the day though u don't get more heat without more pellets.

 

[tjnamtiw]

Why do you think they went to the trouble to write the manual and tell you how to properly set the flame for the pellets you're running? What you did was over-fire the stove. You probably also sent more heat out the flue since it all couldn't be captured by the heat exchanger tubes. Like Kap said, do you really know what you accomplished? Basically, you stress tested the stove with unknown results.

 

[Fish On]

Why do you think they went to the trouble to write the manual and tell you how to properly set the flame for the pellets you're running? What you did was over-fire the stove. You probably also sent more heat out the flue since it all couldn't be captured by the heat exchanger tubes. Like Kap said, do you really know what you accomplished? Basically, you stress tested the stove with unknown results.

What he said....