Question on Harman Accentra Operation

[guitarjamman]

Couple quick questions:

1. When I got my Accentra 52i installed, the guy more or less stated to leave the feed control set at around 3.5-4. I understand what it does and how it affects the pellet delivery interval, but would leaving it this high prevent the stove from performing a really low burn? Lets say I set the stove temp dial to 1, would having the feed rate around a 4 affect how low the flame could run? And on a similar note, if I crank the feed rate to a max setting, would it override the stove temp dial regardless of what I set it at?

2. If I run the stove for a night, and then let it sit during a warm spell (could last upwards of a week), does all the fly ash on the interior of the stove need to be cleaned out, or am fine letting is sit without a cleaning? Not sure if the ash is caustic or would cause premature rusting on the interior.

Thanks!

 

[JDenyer236]

The feed rate dial only limits the maximum amount of pellets that can be burned, your stove will still be able to go to a low burn if needed. The feed rate dial is really only there to adjust for differences in pellets, 4 is a good starting point for most pellets. If you are burning on stove temp at the max setting then you can adjust your feed rate so that there is 1-1.5 inches of ash at the edge of the burn pot, you don't want burning pellets in that zone as you could end up having unburnt pellets in the ash pan. This would not be a safety hazard, but it's not very efficient. Check out the sticky in this forum about what the manual doesn't tell you about the harman stoves. This should answer all your questions. Letting the stove set for a week between burns in the shoulder season is not a problem, you don't need to clean the stove, I would just scrape the burn pot out real quick so that it is clean for your next burn. Hope this helps.

 

[Harman Lover 007]

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[guitarjamman]

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