First I'd like to just introduce myself as a newbie to the pellet stove world. I recently found a used pellet stove on Craigslist and apparently the previous owner never did any maintenance. The manufacturing date was in 1990 and if anyone ever opened this thing up to clean it since then I'd be surprised. Anyhow, after reading this forum and initially having a very lazy flame problem I took it all apart and cleaned it, I cleaned the combustion fan and oiled it also. Needless to say wow! What an improvement! I found a wireless thermostat so I don't have to run any wires in my walls and now have another problem...the thermostat turns the stove on and back to pilot mode fine, however, it doesn't burn right while it's in pilot mode. It loads with pellets and gets a huge sooty flame before ultimately going out. I've read that the old style burn pot with the holes is pretty much a piece of junk when trying to hook up a thermostat. I don't really wanna spend the 200$ on the ultra grate conversion kit, has anyone modified the old burn pot to solve it's problems? I'm quite handy and if it's some drilling Or cutting I'm most definitely up for it. It's no good now the way it is so if I wreck this pot beyond repair I'm in the same place I am now...buying an ultra grate.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
