I purchased an Ecoteck Francesca stove back in November of 2009 and have been greatly disappointed in it's performance. Well, let me clarify that statement.
I'm afraid of the damn thing. I cannot run the unit for more than one hopper full of pellets before I have to shut it down and clean out the firepot. Any longer than that and the clinkers start to build up in the bottom of the firepot and soon I have burning pellets flowing over the top and backing up into the feed chute. I've come home on several occasions to find it in this state and now I don't trust it.
I thought perhaps it was the pellets I was buying, so I've bought several different brands. Last season I ran Cubex pellets exclusively because they were the least problem. I've never bought any softwood pellets and I honestly don't think it's the fuel, but the stove itself that's the problem.
I've tried changing the various settings and cannot eliminate the problem regardless of the adjustments I make.
I feel like I've been rooked. I spent over four grand getting this thing home and installed and now all I want to do is get rid of it. Currently, it's completely removed from my home and soon going onto craigslist.
I'm afraid of the damn thing. I cannot run the unit for more than one hopper full of pellets before I have to shut it down and clean out the firepot. Any longer than that and the clinkers start to build up in the bottom of the firepot and soon I have burning pellets flowing over the top and backing up into the feed chute. I've come home on several occasions to find it in this state and now I don't trust it.
I thought perhaps it was the pellets I was buying, so I've bought several different brands. Last season I ran Cubex pellets exclusively because they were the least problem. I've never bought any softwood pellets and I honestly don't think it's the fuel, but the stove itself that's the problem.
I've tried changing the various settings and cannot eliminate the problem regardless of the adjustments I make.
I feel like I've been rooked. I spent over four grand getting this thing home and installed and now all I want to do is get rid of it. Currently, it's completely removed from my home and soon going onto craigslist.