M'kay.
What would cause a 20-30'F temperature variation, given consistency in everything else?
Burning the same pellets, at the same settings, in a stove that is cleaned/vacuumed consistently every day. We use a deep fryer thermometer inserted in the far left heat exchanger. We can get 255'F out of that tube on one day, and then two days later we get 230'F out of the same tube- with all things the same. Today, we are struggling to reach 230'F.
????
The only difference may be how long the stove has been running when we take a temperature reading. The stove's been running about 1.5 hours since we last cleaned it and we are reading about 220'F to 225'F.
I just shut the damper down to 2. It looks like our pellets are burning down to almost nothing before the auger delivers more pellets. The stove's output temp started inching up almost immediately.
It's not particularly windy outside. It is cold, cloudy and humid.
This is when I (once again) begin to wonder if the OAK and outside air temps affect the stove's heat output.
What would cause a 20-30'F temperature variation, given consistency in everything else?
Burning the same pellets, at the same settings, in a stove that is cleaned/vacuumed consistently every day. We use a deep fryer thermometer inserted in the far left heat exchanger. We can get 255'F out of that tube on one day, and then two days later we get 230'F out of the same tube- with all things the same. Today, we are struggling to reach 230'F.
????
The only difference may be how long the stove has been running when we take a temperature reading. The stove's been running about 1.5 hours since we last cleaned it and we are reading about 220'F to 225'F.
I just shut the damper down to 2. It looks like our pellets are burning down to almost nothing before the auger delivers more pellets. The stove's output temp started inching up almost immediately.
It's not particularly windy outside. It is cold, cloudy and humid.
This is when I (once again) begin to wonder if the OAK and outside air temps affect the stove's heat output.