First thanks in advance to all who read and/or Answer this post.
I am new to pellet stoves but have been in the HVAC business for many years.
When my oil bill hit $250/ month I decided to try the pellet stove idea.
I picked up a used Kozyheat Olivia on craigslist and took it completely apart and cleaned every nook and cranny and yes I did read the manual and did the 1 , 6 and 12 month maintenance before i ever lit the stove. the stove has settings from 1 -5 and auger can be trimmed up or down on each setting.
The exhaust is about 6' total horizontal with 1 45 and one 90 degree outside pointing down.
My first ton of pellets were Stovechow and seamed to burn well with alot of fly ash. Ash pan filled every couple of bags.
My next ton from lowes was called Greenteam and since using them my burn pot fills and I have to shut stove down once a day and clean it out. Hardly anything in ashpan. This happened occasionally with the Stovechow but nearly as often. I also noticed right after cleaning flame goes straight up but then over time gradually starts to hug the back of pot and a portion of it seams to ride or stick along the edge of pot between back of pot and back wall of stove .
I own gauges such as magnehelic etc so if there are any tests I should do please post them.
When taking stove apart I did not pay as close attention as I should have so I am not 100% sure of path exhast gas takes from ignition to exiting home. Is it being pulled into bottom of pot or is there an opening above the heat exchanger ?
some other factors that may be affecting things
1- My freshair in is not piped anywhere it just takes from the room stove is in. I did crack window about 1/4 inch to let some air in.
2- The igniter is not working and after speaking with local stove company decided not to bother fixing. I put a palm full of pellets in and light with small handheld propane torch similiar to what plumbers use to sweat copper pipe. It takes about 10 seconds to light.
3- this usually starts happening once I go past 2 or 3 (one being lowest heat setting)
4- Flame is a bit on the orange side but not much with some blue near the base
Thanks again to all who read
I am new to pellet stoves but have been in the HVAC business for many years.
When my oil bill hit $250/ month I decided to try the pellet stove idea.
I picked up a used Kozyheat Olivia on craigslist and took it completely apart and cleaned every nook and cranny and yes I did read the manual and did the 1 , 6 and 12 month maintenance before i ever lit the stove. the stove has settings from 1 -5 and auger can be trimmed up or down on each setting.
The exhaust is about 6' total horizontal with 1 45 and one 90 degree outside pointing down.
My first ton of pellets were Stovechow and seamed to burn well with alot of fly ash. Ash pan filled every couple of bags.
My next ton from lowes was called Greenteam and since using them my burn pot fills and I have to shut stove down once a day and clean it out. Hardly anything in ashpan. This happened occasionally with the Stovechow but nearly as often. I also noticed right after cleaning flame goes straight up but then over time gradually starts to hug the back of pot and a portion of it seams to ride or stick along the edge of pot between back of pot and back wall of stove .
I own gauges such as magnehelic etc so if there are any tests I should do please post them.
When taking stove apart I did not pay as close attention as I should have so I am not 100% sure of path exhast gas takes from ignition to exiting home. Is it being pulled into bottom of pot or is there an opening above the heat exchanger ?
some other factors that may be affecting things
1- My freshair in is not piped anywhere it just takes from the room stove is in. I did crack window about 1/4 inch to let some air in.
2- The igniter is not working and after speaking with local stove company decided not to bother fixing. I put a palm full of pellets in and light with small handheld propane torch similiar to what plumbers use to sweat copper pipe. It takes about 10 seconds to light.
3- this usually starts happening once I go past 2 or 3 (one being lowest heat setting)
4- Flame is a bit on the orange side but not much with some blue near the base
Thanks again to all who read