Flames in Ash Pan?

Hey, you still with us Pete?

 

Good luck with this, I need to hit the sack....

 

Hmmmm, after some thought. Let's see, so they changed the stove to a 4" air intake and all the sudden they can run at 6. This stove has a 3" intake and occasionally has a problem even on 4. I'm thinking they realized they screwed up after they had some problems and re-designed em with 4" to get enough airflow to run well at higher heat settings.

I wonder if this is like the Whitfield Traditions of way back when. The store I worked for at the time sold them and they were supposed to be the biggest baddest newest thing on the market. Well, they were junk. I think we swapped out at least 15-20 replacement stoves over a years time, and many of them got pulled and replaced with Quadrafires. Stove manufacturers don't ALWAYS make sure their stuff is good to go before they put them on the market. I've seen it with other products as well.

Makes a guy wonder...

 

Try sticking a small mirror behind the exhaust fan and take a picture. We can read upside down if we have to. If in need of heat, try running in idle or just above for the time being after you do a thorough clean. Sorry to hear on the misfortunes and blessed with people coming to your rescue.

 

Yep, but had to take a break.

 

I would have to say that the change to 4" took the blockage caused by the fan in the intake out of the equation but that is just me. A P68 functions just fine at high fire with a 3" intake. My unit functions just fine with a 2" intake. A XXV has issues with a 2" intake.

 

Agreed, almost makes you wonder if you could remove the fan, and make some type of piece to fill the connection, and the thing would run fine? By my eye and the terrible diagram and the pics of the part on parts supply sites, it looks like a dinky computer fan. I doubt it moves much air anyways.

 

Yes....I seem to remember some guy coming to that conclusion back in posts # 50 & 80.

 

It should be able to match the exhaust fan and some of those fans haul butt in the airflow department.

 

And? The stove is clean, she's running it how they told her to and it STILL doesn't work? Been a month since a sweep. The stove is less than a year old.

 

Yes, and credit is due to you fine sir. They didn't change it because they were bored, they changed it because it didn't work.

 

There has to be a high altitude adaption for this unit as well since in this case it will need 33% more air flow to function correctly at all heat ranges and I haven't found an air adjustment yet not that I have looked at the controls yet either.

Just lining ducks up.

 

Gotcha, the thing is. I've installed stoves from a lot of manufacturers here where I live at 8000ft and even higher. Quadrafire being one that has no air adjustment. The best they give is you can alter the dial on the control box (newer control boxes) to run at 10% more or significantly less but that's the fuel rate, and you have the fuel restriction plate in the hopper. With a clean stove, a clean flue and good gaskets.... I'm pretty baffled.

 

Well I'm packing it in.

 

And when adjusting the flame height you bring the fuel feed into line with what ever air you get. That is if you read the manual.

 

I was sleeping by 1900 hrs. I missed this party.

 

It doesn't need to be packed full to reduce air flow enough to cause pile ups. How many bags have gone through since that last complete cleaning?