New guys struggling a bit or anyone having low heat output and too much ash and too much cleaning the stove to keep it working up to par, give my experience a read below.... Thanks again to " SideCarFlip " for smacking me with some common sense. 
and getting me on the right track.
I started the season out with Easy Heat pellets from my dealer and also stocked at a local farm store. The stove generated a lot of ash, good heat and we were mostly happy, but not knowing what to expect and after falling into a daily clean and fill routine I was fairly happy.
On great advice from this forum I tracked down some Somerset pellets, as they are known for year after year consistency, hot !! and clean burning. WOW
what a difference. I have now burned a full ton, of the somersets and I now get almost 100 degrees more heat out the front when set on high, I can run from Saturday to Saturday between cleanings and when I do there is so little ash I am amazed. I now set the stove on 2 or 3 out of 5 setting for out put instead of 4 or 5 all the time and my pellets are going to be in excess instead of shortage as I end the season. Our only complaint is they put out so much heat that we sometimes wish we could stand to have a higher setting to see a larger fire when heating on low.
As to the fire pot getting a bit of a warp in the back lip on the 5660 stoves. I now have the same thing going on since it is burning so hot. It looks to be warped in about 3/16" but since I have a Dwyer Magnehelic inline all the time I can say that it is only having a very slight effect on vacuum and that goes away as soon as it burns a few hours after cleaning as it ash seals itself so far. In my case I can wait till spring to rebuild that area of the pot.
and getting me on the right track. I started the season out with Easy Heat pellets from my dealer and also stocked at a local farm store. The stove generated a lot of ash, good heat and we were mostly happy, but not knowing what to expect and after falling into a daily clean and fill routine I was fairly happy.
On great advice from this forum I tracked down some Somerset pellets, as they are known for year after year consistency, hot !! and clean burning. WOW
what a difference. I have now burned a full ton, of the somersets and I now get almost 100 degrees more heat out the front when set on high, I can run from Saturday to Saturday between cleanings and when I do there is so little ash I am amazed. I now set the stove on 2 or 3 out of 5 setting for out put instead of 4 or 5 all the time and my pellets are going to be in excess instead of shortage as I end the season. Our only complaint is they put out so much heat that we sometimes wish we could stand to have a higher setting to see a larger fire when heating on low.As to the fire pot getting a bit of a warp in the back lip on the 5660 stoves. I now have the same thing going on since it is burning so hot. It looks to be warped in about 3/16" but since I have a Dwyer Magnehelic inline all the time I can say that it is only having a very slight effect on vacuum and that goes away as soon as it burns a few hours after cleaning as it ash seals itself so far. In my case I can wait till spring to rebuild that area of the pot.
