Hello
I have seen many reviews of the Englander stove and I am filtering the fact and fiction. I am finding these stoves are extremely rugged and very good heaters for a nice affordable price. Another issue I came across was how many pellets did not go down the auger chute. This I call hopper efficiency. I heard a half of a bag of pellets were left not burned. Well that was way off in my test. Here are the pics to prove it. I did find that the RTV adhesive in the 4 corner joints of the hopper sheet metal. This can be easily modified with high temperature foil in the corners. Just before the opening to the horizontal auger chute is a lip or cliff that does back up small amounts of pellets.See last pic.
I did spray the hopper with Graphite Spray before taking these pics.
So, Has anyone done anymore to enhance this process of getting the pellets over the overhang or cliff?
Also has anyone closed down the blocking plate to limit the pellets falling into the auger chute? See 1st pic
I have seen many reviews of the Englander stove and I am filtering the fact and fiction. I am finding these stoves are extremely rugged and very good heaters for a nice affordable price. Another issue I came across was how many pellets did not go down the auger chute. This I call hopper efficiency. I heard a half of a bag of pellets were left not burned. Well that was way off in my test. Here are the pics to prove it. I did find that the RTV adhesive in the 4 corner joints of the hopper sheet metal. This can be easily modified with high temperature foil in the corners. Just before the opening to the horizontal auger chute is a lip or cliff that does back up small amounts of pellets.See last pic.
I did spray the hopper with Graphite Spray before taking these pics.
So, Has anyone done anymore to enhance this process of getting the pellets over the overhang or cliff?
Also has anyone closed down the blocking plate to limit the pellets falling into the auger chute? See 1st pic