US 5502M Slide Plate Inside Hopper Adjustment
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It was not getting enough pellets so I opened it up all the way. Guess I will have to work with it to see what setting works best. Thanks
St_Earl
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yep similar set up on my stove.
check what your manual says flame height should be. mine says to set it while the stove is on the high setting (i don't what settings your stove has)
but not so many pellets that the air is restricted and the flame gets too high and/or lazy. you want a vigorous flame.
and i have to wait at least 15 minutes with the stove running to evaluate any change i make. takes that long for the auger channel to fill with the new amount of pellets on a new gate setting.
also shorter pellets will fill the auger channel with less air space than longer pellets.thus delivering more pellets per cycle than longer pellets. so even with the same gate setting, you may get different flame height and performance with different pellets and need to reset the gate accordingly.
i marked inside my hopper with a sharpie on the one setting i most use. then i can adjust relative to that if things change.
check what your manual says flame height should be. mine says to set it while the stove is on the high setting (i don't what settings your stove has)
but not so many pellets that the air is restricted and the flame gets too high and/or lazy. you want a vigorous flame.
and i have to wait at least 15 minutes with the stove running to evaluate any change i make. takes that long for the auger channel to fill with the new amount of pellets on a new gate setting.
also shorter pellets will fill the auger channel with less air space than longer pellets.thus delivering more pellets per cycle than longer pellets. so even with the same gate setting, you may get different flame height and performance with different pellets and need to reset the gate accordingly.
i marked inside my hopper with a sharpie on the one setting i most use. then i can adjust relative to that if things change.
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