Englander 25 pdv top auger cutting in and out

[Cedarjunki]

Is your stove in C mode?

No im only running it in D. And its been on level 6 blower 9 all day

 

[Chrisnow86]

That was a long hour.. Cleaned the convection blower and vacuum lines for both vac switches just stared and running now.. Getting 570 degrees above the door and 170 degrees at the thermocouple... That's running on 9-9

 

[Cedarjunki]

That was a long hour.. Cleaned the convection blower and vacuum lines for both vac switches just stared and running now.. Getting 570 degrees above the door and 170 degrees at the thermocouple... That's running on 9-9

Thats hot... havnt had a need to run mine that high. I would just keep an eye on it. If/when you notice the auger quit then take a quick reading.. no clue if theres a way to test the thermo or not

 

[Chrisnow86]

I did notice a Lot more air coming out of the stove after cleaning the blower.. The grate was half clogged with dust..

 

[Lake Girl]

Sometimes the devil's in the details!

 

[Cedarjunki]

I did notice a Lot more air coming out of the stove after cleaning the blower.. The grate was half clogged with dust..

Well ok.. back to ummm what was what? Clean it first sorry i had too

 

[Chrisnow86]

Well it just did it again... I honestly think it's just over firing with these pellets..

 

[Cedarjunki]

Well it just did it again... I honestly think it's just over firing with these pellets..

You never did answer that question.. what pellets are you using? And did you just get a reading at the thermocouple??

 

[Chrisnow86]

Thermocouple was about 200 and the door was about 625

I'm using green team pellets burn nice low ash lots of heat..

I have one bag left from the last ton the pellets are longer I scooped out all the pellets from the hopper and gonna put that bag in and see what happens

 

[Cedarjunki]

Thermocouple was about 200 and the door was about 625

secret pellets huh?

Possibly the thermocouple is giving a bad reading.. you should be able to run diagnostics with your board. Worth a shot anyway

 

[Chrisnow86]

Just compared two handfuls from each bag and the pellets from the new bag are half the size

 

[Cedarjunki]

It has been said that it is not recomended to run on 9 for any length of time. Mostly meant for short runs and thermostat runs. No clue if that is true or not. Like i said i havnt found a need to run mine that hot.
The smaller pellets will feed alot faster causing it to run hotter. Just wish i could find out what brand pellets they are :-/

 

[Chrisnow86]

I said it lol I'm using Green Team pellets they sell them here in mass there made in Pennsylvania hardwoods

 

[Cedarjunki]

I said it lol I'm using Green Team pellets they sell them here in mass there made in Pennsylvania hardwoods

Yup sorry.. thats the one line i did skip over.. the room blower isnt stopping is it?

 

[Chrisnow86]

Nope I have the other pellets in it now with the stove on 9 9 see if it trips then that will tell me if its a over fire from the other ton

 

[Chrisnow86]

It's the pellets.... Bun running for a hour and a half full bore and chugging along...

 

[Lake Girl]

So for the new pellets, back off the feed rate a bit and keep your blower up high...

 

[Chrisnow86]

That's the plan... Thanks for the help guys!

 

[DrewBoogie]

Like Chris, I run my stove in C mode on 9's a lot. When the temp goes below 20 outside, i have to run 9's to keep up. I've never overfired my stove though. interesting situation Chris, glad it's somewhat resolved now.

 

[Chrisnow86]

my stove also does not have a restricter plate, noticed that a month after owning the stove.. so with small pellets running on 9 is dumping in some serious fuel.... i will say i haven't had pellets burn quite as hot as these.. and the house is staying warm, even with the stove running on 6 so oh well

 

[Cedarjunki]

It's the pellets.... Bun running for a hour and a half full bore and chugging along...

my stove also does not have a restricter plate, noticed that a month after owning the stove.. so with small pellets running on 9 is dumping in some serious fuel.... i will say i haven't had pellets burn quite as hot as these.. and the house is staying warm, even with the stove running on 6 so oh well

Going to notice you will use up a bag a bit faster too.

 

[Chrisnow86]

with the longer pellets the stove was about 60 to 80 degrees cooler...

 

[Cedarjunki]

I still find it odd that you had a 200 degree reading as it quit.

I am tempted to turn my fan down and let it overfire to get a reading for comparison..just not sure yet tho

 

[Cedarjunki]

Thermocouple was about 200 and the door was about 625

I'm using green team pellets burn nice low ash lots of heat..

I have one bag left from the last ton the pellets are longer I scooped out all the pellets from the hopper and gonna put that bag in and see what happens

Apparently these stoves need to get extremely hot before triggering the over limit.
I vacumed mine out and changed it to mode C today. Cranked it up on 9 to heat the place back up. Only ran it on 9 about 35 minutes or so but center surface temp on stove was 500. The thermocouple was only at 250.

But this makes me wonder why yours was shutting down at 200.

 

[Chrisnow86]

Maybe my reading was off.... with the cold snap were in, the stove has been running on 8-9 for 2 days straight.. hasn't skipped a beat.. "knock on wood" i also noticed its was only a few of the bags with smaller pellets..