I’m new to the forum and I’m unsure if this will receive any response but I’ll give it a shot! I bought a St. Croix Pepin stove a few months back. The gentleman I purchased it from bought it new and had it professionally installed but for some reason said he really never was able to get it to run and stay running. Despite having it for many years he never sought out professional repair or service and decided to just sell it. At the residence the stove started up and ran its cycle so home with me it came along with a pallet of pellets and a hearth.
I’ve now got it in my basement and the stove operates but in a manner I think isn't typical. The manual states to start the stove on feed level 3 With room fan on Low. The stove will go through a 10 min start-up cycle that will ignite the pellets dropped into the burn pot. After the stove is burning briskly set the feed to level 6 for 30 min to bring it to temp and then set stove to desired temp. So the start up goes fine, but the pellets dropped initially on feed level 3 will burn through and then leave no ember to allow next cycle of pellets that drop to catch and remain burning. Now if I perform this same start up procedure but starting it on heat level 6 I’m able to get the stove to run for inconsistent, but longer periods of time.
My issue ultimately is, the stove will drop pellet in periods of roughly 3 min intervals with the auger motor Turning and feeding pellets in sync with the “feed” light flashing on and off with the analog control board. Between these intervals the light will come on and turn off timed correctly with the manufacturers specific timing intervals consistent with the feed rate requested (1-6). Now is my stove suppose to always feed in sync with the feed light turning on? It seems like any video I watch the stoves run and burn steady while pellets drop consistently to desired heat desire. Or is it’s process of feeding suppose to happen In timed intervals where it then is in sync with the light?
With the current operation I will get a large flame that seems like it’s more than what normally should be occurring, then it burns down over about 1-1.5 min. Shortly after it then reduced to a small bed of embers and eventually this burn out and during this time no pellets have dropped until a “snap” from a limit switch sounds and then pellets drop but by then it’s too late, the burn pot fills and the stove is no longer burning.
If you’ve read through this long post, I thank you! Any insight would be INCREDIBLE!
I’ve now got it in my basement and the stove operates but in a manner I think isn't typical. The manual states to start the stove on feed level 3 With room fan on Low. The stove will go through a 10 min start-up cycle that will ignite the pellets dropped into the burn pot. After the stove is burning briskly set the feed to level 6 for 30 min to bring it to temp and then set stove to desired temp. So the start up goes fine, but the pellets dropped initially on feed level 3 will burn through and then leave no ember to allow next cycle of pellets that drop to catch and remain burning. Now if I perform this same start up procedure but starting it on heat level 6 I’m able to get the stove to run for inconsistent, but longer periods of time.
My issue ultimately is, the stove will drop pellet in periods of roughly 3 min intervals with the auger motor Turning and feeding pellets in sync with the “feed” light flashing on and off with the analog control board. Between these intervals the light will come on and turn off timed correctly with the manufacturers specific timing intervals consistent with the feed rate requested (1-6). Now is my stove suppose to always feed in sync with the feed light turning on? It seems like any video I watch the stoves run and burn steady while pellets drop consistently to desired heat desire. Or is it’s process of feeding suppose to happen In timed intervals where it then is in sync with the light?
With the current operation I will get a large flame that seems like it’s more than what normally should be occurring, then it burns down over about 1-1.5 min. Shortly after it then reduced to a small bed of embers and eventually this burn out and during this time no pellets have dropped until a “snap” from a limit switch sounds and then pellets drop but by then it’s too late, the burn pot fills and the stove is no longer burning.
If you’ve read through this long post, I thank you! Any insight would be INCREDIBLE!
