Has anyone seen the burn pot in their stove glow 'cherry red' when running on the max setting 5 ?
Checked on the stove to see if it needed some more pellets in the hopper, it's running at full bore tonight as it's down to 14F (-11C) here outside. I opened the hopper, checked the fuel level, I then glanced down into the stove as the flames had died down, I was surprised to see that the entire burn pot was 'cherry red', it was like it had just come out of a coal forge !
I grabbed my IR gun and pointed it at the flames in the center of the chute where the pellets fall into the burn pot, got a constant reading of 588F ! HOLY SMOKES !
The stove is producing loads of heat, I can not stand in front of the stove for more than 10 - 20 seconds, it's that hot.
I have the damper for the air intake set at 3 quarters open so that the pellets don't burn too fast, just wondering if I should open it fully. The stove is keeping the house above 75F downstairs at the moment with it being 14F outside.
I will be keeping an eye on this, never seen a burn pot glow red like that before.
First picture -- stove at heat level 5, active flame, no black tips or smoke.
Second picture -- Cherry Red burn pot, I opened to hopper lid to stop fuel feeding in.
Checked on the stove to see if it needed some more pellets in the hopper, it's running at full bore tonight as it's down to 14F (-11C) here outside. I opened the hopper, checked the fuel level, I then glanced down into the stove as the flames had died down, I was surprised to see that the entire burn pot was 'cherry red', it was like it had just come out of a coal forge !
I grabbed my IR gun and pointed it at the flames in the center of the chute where the pellets fall into the burn pot, got a constant reading of 588F ! HOLY SMOKES !
The stove is producing loads of heat, I can not stand in front of the stove for more than 10 - 20 seconds, it's that hot.
I have the damper for the air intake set at 3 quarters open so that the pellets don't burn too fast, just wondering if I should open it fully. The stove is keeping the house above 75F downstairs at the moment with it being 14F outside.
I will be keeping an eye on this, never seen a burn pot glow red like that before.
First picture -- stove at heat level 5, active flame, no black tips or smoke.
Second picture -- Cherry Red burn pot, I opened to hopper lid to stop fuel feeding in.
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