Whitfield Burn Pot Fills Up

[Two Flints]

Hello,

Need help and suggestions.

I have a Whitfield Advantage II-T Free Standing Stove, purchased by me new back in 1992. Has always worked well for me with minor problems. Now have the Ultra-Grate setup.

New problem. My Whitfield works great if my auger setting doesn't go above the #2 setting. If I turn my auger setting to #3 then the pellets start to build up in the burn pot. I am burning soft wood pellets. The pellets will build up even if I pull out the damper handle on the left side more than the recommended factory setting.

Any idea why the pellets build up?

Two Flints

 

[Pellet-King]

Last time you cleaned your stove and pipe? sounds like lack of air, dirty stove, weak combustion blower motor, air leaks from door/ash pan gasket's, try different pellet's? those pellets should "dance" in the burnpot

 

[Two Flints]

[QUOTE="Pellet-King, post: 2069634, member: 8554"]Last time you cleaned your stove and pipe? sounds like lack of air, dirty stove, weak combustion blower motor, air leaks from door/ash pan gasket's, try different pellet's?[/QUOTE]

I clean my Whitfield EVERYDAY - I really do! I get a bright active flame and if I keep the auger set at #2 setting, I can actually see the burn pot grid at the bottom, with nice hot embers . . . but when I go to the #3 auger setting I get a gradual build up of charcoal?? pellets in the burn pot. Combustion motor??? may be the problem, but why only on the #3 auger setting? Whitfield is direct vented out my wall. No vertical rise at all. Pipe is only three feet long. Always cleaned. I have no door leaks . . . I even have extra internal flat rope to prevent air leaks . . . so my Whitfield is tight!

Two Flints

 

[stellep]

Try an unrelated bag of pellets. I've had bags from the same ton burn differently.

 

[Bioburner]

Your cleaning has probably been good enough to keep it going for this many years but how about the rear exchanger wall. TAke a view of the leaf blower trick on youtube as this cleaning method can suck out some very ugly stubborn ash while hitting the back of the stove with a wood block or dead blow hammer. If that does not get the constipation out or there is none, your over due on getting a new exhaust fan.

 

[Pellet-King]

I rarely run my stove on a 3,.it get's too hot, when was the last time you took the firebrick out and gave her a real good clean?, you could easily do the leafblower trick

 

[bjr23]

Yes, remove the firebrick and get in behind the firewall and vacuum out there reallly good. I got a good deal on my old whitfield 2 advantage stove because it had quit working and that area behind the fire wall had not been cleaned and it quit working. bjr23