got a P-43 for years. when I first got it I was able to cook eggs on it. magnetic temp gauge was like 300 degrees. now cant get it past 150 temp no matter what the feed rate. flame gets bigger temp hardly moves. I always used home cheapo or tractor supply pellets.
P-43 not as hot
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Leaf blower trick and compressed air to get all of the ash off of the walls and heat exchangers, I also use a brush prior to the compressed air, on my P61A the side walls are always way hotter than the top
leaf blower did not work for me. I have a sliding door next to the stove. I take it out on the deck open all the doors fine cove plate under the burn pot after scraping the inside and the heat fins and use a gigantic back pack leaf blower on it. for almost a minute it looks like mount st helen going off. finally nothing comes out. still the same. there must be something I am not getting to scrape
ericofmaine
Feeling the Heat
Sounds like you're not doing the leaf blower trick. Get a blower that also has a vacuum function and put it on the end of your exhaust pipe (the one outside). That will get ALL of the hidden nooks and crannies. Search on You Tube for videos on what we're talking about.
Eric
Eric
If you don't want to do the leaf blower right now, take your shop vac switch the hose to the blow not suck side and remove the intake hose from the back of the stove, hook the vac hose to it. Now pull the cover off under the burn pot and close all the doors. fire up the shop vac and blow al the intake areas out. I had a problem with lazy/low flame this year and I ended up doing this, and making sure everything was cleaned well. It even helped keep my glass cleaner, it still gets dirty but not as quickly. while you have the hose unhooked to the stove put the shop vac hose in the end that goes to the outside if you have one and blow it out also.
I tried the leaf blower on vacuum using the most powerful electric blower. it did not do much. I have described what I did when I take the stove out on the deck. I do not have an intake hose but I can blow air in the open flapper door. I do blow air under the burn pot after taking the door off. maybe it is the wrong way and should be done from the intake.
And while it is on vacuum take a small compressor with a nozzle and blow the inside of the firebox wherever you can
I get a more ash dust when I take the stove out on the deck. I will definitely try using a compressor and air nozzle. I have 4 compressors . I am wondering if the v shaped heat exchangers are full of dust thereby stopping the heat from heating the top of the stove. does anybody know how to check that or clean them if they are not sealed. hopefully if so I can blow them out with the air nozzle
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What ever you do pull the hose from vac switch so not to damage it
I bypassed the vacuum switch 12 years ago. put in a new one stove was still going off. do not know what was setting it off but the stove was still hotter then now
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You have been running your stove with the vacuum switch jumped for 11 years?
I have no words but you are a brave man
yes and I am still alive lol. the new switch made no difference. could not get the guys where I bought it to get here. they were backed up 6 months. so it was the only way I could use the stove
Please tell me you replaced the vac switch…you do say you “put in a new one stove was still going off” not brave just dangerous…the V shaped heat exchangers are sealed and only need to be cleaned on the bottom and yes built up ash insulates the heat from being exchanged
what is dangerous? if it runs out of pellets it shuts down. I am always here only leave for no more then an hour or outside
yes I read all about the switch. when I put the new switch I also put in a new temp probe and door gasket. still the same
27yrs of pellet stoves i have never had my stove pipe at 300 deg. Or cooked eggs on the stove. Pellets make a big diff on heat so maybe try some other brands. Your big back pack blower is only cleaning the firebox area. So if it works for you so be it.
my blower creates more dust then using the blower as a vacuum like in the video. I blow air thru the empty hopper onto the burn pot all behind the ash bucket the fine box thru the exhaust into the stove then back out there are some Harmon stoves where I see pics on this forum of cats sitting on them. even now a cat cant sit on mine. I cooked eggs on mine when it was new. now I can heat up pizza lol
Try a different fuel. Fuel can vary from year to year even if its the same brand. I would suggest checking your draft and figure out your issue with that. A clean P43 pulls about .6 in/wc clean hooking into the test port on the left lower side of the stove. The vac switch only needs .1-.15 to close...
any so called good fuel costs to much like the hammer pellets. might as well turn on the heat. do not know how to check draft but I can look it up. right now I can get with the magnetic gauge the temp up to almost 200. so I guess that will have to do. a lot of good info here
You caid also take a temp gun to the output side of you heat exchangers and compare the temps to a thread I’ll try and find…brb
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wow those are some high temps. I will get a IR gun they are good for a lot of other things. people on this site are great and give out good info
Northwoodneil
Feeling the Heat
After learning what I did today (as explained in a different post) be sure the exhaust fan blade and passageway are CLEAN. I would of never believed what a 1/4 inch of ash build up will do. It's easy to miss when cleaning because the build up is behind the fan blade.
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