Crazy Amount of Ashes in My Burnpot

[Ashamatash]

Joe,

I have an Englander 25-PDVC and I'm on my 3rd season with it. I also have been burning the Bayou pellets since mid last season that I get from Agway for $279/ton and I believe tey crete a bit more ash than other brands I've used but that amount you have doesn't seem right. That is a crazy amount of ash you have in that stove. I ran my stove almost all day yesterday and I probably had 15-20% that amount of ash. I ran my stove on heat/ blower setting 1/1. I'm pretty sure that running it at a lower setting will produce more ash as the pellets aren't getting as good as a burn as they would on a higher setting. I would say make sure your settings match up (heat/blower 2/2, 3/3, etc.) and just to rule it out or not, get a bag of some other brand and see if that fixes your problem. I wouldn't buy a full ton until you tried some other brands.

Good Luck,
Scott

 

[joefraser]

I think I have my fix. I got this stove installed a little over a week ago. I've had quite a bit of ash buildup in the burnpot, dirty glass, and a good amount of unburn pellets that made their way to the front of the burnpot.I read the entire manual, checked all the gaskets, burned some paper with the exhaust blocked to double check and found nothing. So today I was doing a thorough cleaning and relized there are two clips above the burnpot to clip the baffle plate in. I set the baffle plate in the clips and now I have a perfect fire, no ash buildup yet, no unburn pellets, and much clearer glass!

The manual states to set the baffle plate on top of the firebox and slide back until it hits the backwall. Nothing about setting it in the clips. Ofcourse with the large plate in the stove you can't see the clips.

I am so much happier with my stove now that it is burning right!