How to burn wood pellets in 2006 Auburn corn burner

[Rxwoman1961]

Where is your outlet surge suppressor??? No point in roasting the board now....

What's a surge suppressor? One of these?

 

[Rxwoman1961]

best i've seen yet out of that thing
is the damper wide open?

Yay!
It keeps trying to go out, but not quite. I havent messed with it. No blow dryer this time. Yes, it's wide open.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

if it cooks ill fix it. i just wonder how much noise that convection blower is gonna make

It sounds like someone is trying to kill it and it cant quite decide what speed it wants to run at. So basically the same.

 

[Ssyko]

ok lets close the damper a little bit at a time till the fire stays busy and doesn't go up and down to much.. do you have a window fan you can blow at the stove on low?

 

[Ssyko]

sheesh fellas lets just see if we can keep it running on its own for a bit.. we know its gotta have a convection blower already and a surge box. and yeah i'll send some fuses

need new pic of fire!

 

[SidecarFlip]

Depends on how dry the bearings are................ From the overall condition, I'd say dry as a popcorn fart.

 

[JbTech]

On pins and needles over here! Great job, all!

 

[Ssyko]

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[Ssyko]

Depends on how dry the bearings are................ From the overall condition, I'd say dry as a popcorn fart.

she did oil them but i think they were to far gone
previous owner abused the stove thats for sure

 

[SidecarFlip]

What's a surge suppressor? One of these?

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Ah, no. That is an outlet strip, not a surge suppressor, but I figure 'Santa Ssyko' will address everything in good time.

It's cold here today. I had to bump up my feed rate a notch as the central furnace has been coming on a bit. I don't like firing mine too hard on corn. It burns really hot. Hot enough to kick the high limit snap disc if I get too zealous.

Just keep cooking it. The longer you cook it hot, the more of the 'coagulation' gets removed.

 

[mikefromiowa]

The Frankenstove, IT'S ALIVE


Well done, everyone !!

 

[SidecarFlip]

she did oil them but i think they were to far gone
previous owner abused the stove thats for sure

it's my contention that EVERY owner abuses their stoves to a certain degree, I know I do but I also maintain it. When it really gets abusive is when an owner beats on one but ignores basic maintenance.
If it has skate bearings those are replaceable and I bet you already know the catalog number.

I'm 'abusing' mine right now actually. It's running pretty hard, harder than I normally run it but it's cold and windy and the price of propane is climbing and I have plenty of free fuel in the barn.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

ok lets close the damper a little bit at a time till the fire stays busy and doesn't go up and down to much.. do you have a window fan you can blow at the stove on low?

Yes.

 

[Ssyko]

what heat setting are you on? any goo coming out of the pipe?

 

[Rxwoman1961]

what heat setting are you on? any goo coming out of the pipe?

I had it on 2 then the stove turned off .
I had to turn it on and off again to get it back on and this time I cranked it to 4.
Yes, the stove pipe is sweating creosote.
Everytime I try to dampen it, it starts to die on me. So I opened back up a bit.
That fan is pulling. I can see little fire jets through the burn pot holes when the fire gets low enough. There's clearly fresh air being sucked in.
And just now the stove shut itself off again.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

The control board really seems to hate not having an exhaust fan hooked up to it.
Its wants to act wonky.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Lol. Then the fire died. No new pellets. So I dumped the burn pot. The stove turned itself back on!

 

[Ssyko]

hook your old blower motor up to the wires next to the stove and just let it run along with everything else and see what it does. new pics of flame. im wondering if its burning out faster than it can feed them put it up on 4 for a bit

 

[Rxwoman1961]

hook your old blower motor up to the wires next to the stove and just let it run along with everything else and see what it does. new pics of flame. im wondering if its burning out faster than it can feed them put it up on 4 for a bit

Good idea.

 

[Washed-Up]

Biting my nails to the cuticles...pretty stoked to see it at this point, just got home from work and checked this first

 

[Rxwoman1961]

I couldn't get to the damn wires without taking damn back off again as they are too short.
What a mess. But, ya the control panel behaves like it did before with the old fan motor hooked up.
But I can't leave like that.

 

[Rxwoman1961]

Biting my nails to the cuticles...pretty stoked to see it at this point, just got home from work and checked this first

Are you out of Netflix??

 

[Ssyko]

set it on an old milk crate or something. hell leave it there just watch the wires

 

[Rxwoman1961]

set it on an old milk crate or something. hell leave it there just watch the wires

Ssyko I considered leaving it there, but if it falls I'm afraid that spinning rod and blade will take the cord to the new one with it.
This ancient cracker box has old timey floor joists and everything shakes rattles and rolls when my fat ass walks through the room.
Ugg. Maybe I can find a bucket.

 

[Ssyko]

that works