Hello!
Well, I recently took the plunge and purchased a Pellet Stove (USStove 5500M) to replace our Fuel Oil Based Heating system. I fired it up Wednesday to see how it would work. For the first three days, no problem!
Last night, it got a little wierd.
I woke up to the smell of smoke at 1:30 in the morning and came down to see what was up. There was a light haze, and after shutting down the stove and opening the windows, the haze cleared up quickly. I left the stove off for several hours and then inspected it.
Friday night, I had cleaned out the burn pot and removed all the ash I could. The glass had some soot on it, that I also cleaned.
Cut to this morning.
The glass was completely covered with a brownish soot, and there was grey/brown ash all over. It looks like I didn't put one of the ash doors all the way down.
I cleaned the stove again, and now, six hours after restarting the stove, there is brown soot on the top 1/3 of the glass. There is a fine layer of ash inside the chamber, but the flame does not appear to be lazy. The burn pot is not full, if anything it appears to be low. (I can see to the bottom of the pot)
The Pellets I picked up are labeled "Instant Heat Premium grade" from TSC.
I guess I have a few questions:
1) Is it normal to have some soot buildup on the glass?
2) If so, what's the normal timeframe between cleanings
3) Could leaving that ash door open have caused the smokey smell (which is now gone).
4) Anyone have good/bad experience with these Pellets? Any recommendations?
Well, I recently took the plunge and purchased a Pellet Stove (USStove 5500M) to replace our Fuel Oil Based Heating system. I fired it up Wednesday to see how it would work. For the first three days, no problem!
Last night, it got a little wierd.
I woke up to the smell of smoke at 1:30 in the morning and came down to see what was up. There was a light haze, and after shutting down the stove and opening the windows, the haze cleared up quickly. I left the stove off for several hours and then inspected it.
Friday night, I had cleaned out the burn pot and removed all the ash I could. The glass had some soot on it, that I also cleaned.
Cut to this morning.
The glass was completely covered with a brownish soot, and there was grey/brown ash all over. It looks like I didn't put one of the ash doors all the way down.
I cleaned the stove again, and now, six hours after restarting the stove, there is brown soot on the top 1/3 of the glass. There is a fine layer of ash inside the chamber, but the flame does not appear to be lazy. The burn pot is not full, if anything it appears to be low. (I can see to the bottom of the pot)
The Pellets I picked up are labeled "Instant Heat Premium grade" from TSC.
I guess I have a few questions:
1) Is it normal to have some soot buildup on the glass?
2) If so, what's the normal timeframe between cleanings
3) Could leaving that ash door open have caused the smokey smell (which is now gone).
4) Anyone have good/bad experience with these Pellets? Any recommendations?
