Englander 10-cpm bad burn

[Farmer Jeff]

Hi
I've been burning my first winter with my englander 10-cpm and love it. Up until recently it has ran great down to some fine tuning to get her going good. Lately it's gotton a lot colder (single digit day time temps with negative windchills) and I've really had to crank my heat setting. It burnt great on lower heat settings but when I get it above 7 the burn pot will fill up with unburnt clumped pellets in about 12 hours time. I just had it apart and cleaned it completely a few days ago and I just started on my 2nd ton of pellets. Any ideas why I can't get a complete burn on high heat. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jeff

 

[woodmakesheat]

Can we assume the stirrer is turning? I sometimes have the pellets build a little in the center on high, but the stirrer usually gets air under them and gets them going. Flame bright yellow or more orange? Did the fine tuning involve increasing feed or reducing air? Are the bottom three 1-4-1 still? I'll stop here for now.

 

[Farmer Jeff]

Stove is currently in corn mode because I'm burning a mix of corn and pellets so the stirrer is moving quite a bit. Flame is bright yellow but kind of tall. It is active though. Bottom buttons are at 3-5-1 but I thought those only applied If heat setting is below 3. Thanks for your help

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

IIRC on the CPM those settings apply across all heat ranges.

 

[woodmakesheat]

Stove is currently in corn mode because I'm burning a mix of corn and pellets so the stirrer is moving quite a bit. Flame is bright yellow but kind of tall. It is active though. Bottom buttons are at 3-5-1 but I thought those only applied If heat setting is below 3. Thanks for your help

On this stove the buttons apply all the time, so you're adding more fuel all the time (left button on "3") - it may be too much when running on high. My flame gets pretty tall at times but I don't worry until it gets a orange tint, usually indicating a cleaning is needed. Sometimes I up the air (middle button) a tic when it's getting close to cleaning time to ensure it has enough air. I also run the stirrer @ 3 (right button) in pellet mode as it seems to keep the pot cleaner.

As far as running a mixture on corn mode, it seems you may need to make some adjustment for full throttle operation

 

[Farmer Jeff]

Ok. Less fuel and more air. 2-6-1?

 

[woodmakesheat]

Ok. Less fuel and more air. 2-6-1?

Yes, try it. If that's still too much, 1-5-1 maybe. Experiment...

 

[Farmer Jeff]

I'll give that a try tonight and see what I find in the morning. This thing can really crank the heat especially with a little corn mixed in. My propane man has called twice already concerned that I'm out of gas because he hasn't been here yet this winter. This week will be the test for it with negative night time temps and a strong wind. So far it's been a great addition. Thanks so much for your help!