I have had this stove for about 9 years now. It is an early model I got used. No ash fly clean out ports behind the firebrick. Would not keep going until I found out about eye being dirty and cleaned it, no problems since with the eye. The problem is the way the fire burns, up, then down, sometimes so far down, it goes out and shuts off! I read on here about proper cleaning methods, so I got a brush, cleaned out the ports, blew them out with a leaf blower, took both fans off and cleaned them, Cleaned the chimney, tried running it outside without the chimney hooked up, still burns the same!
I was watching the auger feed and sometimes it will go two or three cycles without feeding anything. It did have 1/4" of play at the motor, so I put a bronze washer in to eliminate the play, and get the auger all the way to the top, no change. It does have the nylatron bushing on it. I have timed the auger and the rotation is 1 rpm. I tried increasing the feed rate through the control board but it still burns the same. Is that the way these are designed to burn?
Fire burns nicely when it has fuel. Any ideas I have not tried yet? I appreciate any help. Thanks! Mike
I was watching the auger feed and sometimes it will go two or three cycles without feeding anything. It did have 1/4" of play at the motor, so I put a bronze washer in to eliminate the play, and get the auger all the way to the top, no change. It does have the nylatron bushing on it. I have timed the auger and the rotation is 1 rpm. I tried increasing the feed rate through the control board but it still burns the same. Is that the way these are designed to burn?
Fire burns nicely when it has fuel. Any ideas I have not tried yet? I appreciate any help. Thanks! Mike
Not sure on the rpm for the auger so hopefully a forum member will be able to provide some numbers for you. Have you tried a search using the top right box. Stovensen and Snowy Rivers seem to be the best ones for answers on the Whitfields...
