Yes, a weak exhuast blower can do that. I had to replace mine after 3 years because I was getting incompletly burned pellets and caked ash in the burn pot. Also do you have an Outside Air Kit? If so and it brings damp air into the stove, that will also contribute to the caked ash and unburned pellets when there is some early morning dew outside. Where are you located? If you put your location in your Avatar and pellet stove make and model in your signature, that will help us alot.
Envirofire EF2 does not seem to be efficient.
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Yes, a weak exhuast blower can do that. I had to replace mine after 3 years because I was getting incompletly burned pellets and caked ash in the burn pot. Also do you have an Outside Air Kit? If so and it brings damp air into the stove, that will also contribute to the caked ash and unburned pellets when there is some early morning dew outside. Where are you located? If you put your location in your Avatar and pellet stove make and model in your signature, that will help us alot.
I would not say that is an Enviro "flaw", that is so the ash will drop directly into the ash pan so you do not have to open ash dumps and sweep the ash into the ash pan every day like the Whitfield stoves.
The US Stove 5660 and Hudson River Saranac stoves also have that ash pan feature but, they have a much more secure ash pan strap type latch on both sides to help lock out the room air. The Enviro's only have one knob in the middle of the front of the ash pan to hold the ash pan closed. You can add an O ring type washer from a sink faucet to make that knob hold tighter. I have done that successfully! Good luck.
One problem I had with my EF-2 was a warped Burn pot liner.
If the burn pot liner is not seated squarely to the burn pot front and back, the combustion air will bypass the fuel.
I bought a new one but in hind site....careful use of a BFH would have solved the warped pot liner issue.
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If the burn pot liner is not seated squarely to the burn pot front and back, the combustion air will bypass the fuel.
I bought a new one but in hind site....careful use of a BFH would have solved the warped pot liner issue.
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enviro has beefed up there latch in last few months all the new units are coming in with a better latch than they had before. you should be able to get a new latch for yours
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