Fahrenheit Endurnace 50F Project

I didn't check mine but will get back on it! If it was tempered with, it was the PO.

 

Must be, and wow, yours does burn a lot better than mine. 120F is all I can get out of mine on heat setting 5.

 

Mine is off at 100 F and on around 130 F.

 

Are you measuring where the probe is? The probe is seen from the 10" hole on top of furnace which is where the heat goes out and up.

Cause if you get 120 and it's set to blow at 130....something is off.

 

Mine shows off at 110, on at 130 & high limit of 200.

 

130 degrees must be set from factory

 

The thermometer I am taking my reading with is very crude. Also, the dash marks on the thermostat are a bit hard for me to read. But it appears my stove is fairly close in thermostat settings to what everyone else has.

When I take my air temp reading I'm placing a meat thermometer into the air stream as it passes out the front of the deflector. My stove isn't connected to the heating ducts yet.

Really, to get good accurate readings I am going to get a Type K thermocouple for my 4 in 1 meter and then take some temp readings. just above the fire box and in the air blowing out of the deflector.

 

Sweet. That'd be a good little experiment. I'm definitely game to figure out a plan to do some testing with the unit I bought on your stove.

I did some quick tests tonight and was getting 1700 ish, wide open. That being said I was loosing some air around the device. To be accurate I guess your supposed to rig up a device to get all air flow past the anemometer. I still have to rig up a hose to do this. But I will report back when I get the readings.

To me though, something still seems off in my unit. With all the upgrades I have done my unit still doesn't seem to move the air it should be moving. I wish I had bought an anemometer and taken some reading before I did the mods. I shouldn't have to run wide open to make the unit burn clean.

I redid the ash pan seal tonight and did another clean behind the back panel. Got a bit more debris, but nothing crazy. Also, tested with the Base Tee cleanout cap off and the change in air flow is like 50ish fpm. Again, this is without a hose to give a good seal between the stove and anemometer.

Furthermore, just taking a quick reading at the air intake for the glass cleaning port the anemometer reads around 400 fpm. And that's just holding the device in front of the intake port. It's probably much more than that.

 

Yeah, but if I raise the on temp, the air cools pretty quick anyways, so do I really gain anything?

Also, I've found on heat setting 5, my stove fires MUCH quicker than on heat setting 3. It must have something to do with the amount of fuel in the burn pot??? Today when I started it I started it on heat setting five and it had flames in under 5 min. I never timed it exactly.

 

Does the deflector cover the 10" output on top?

 

Yes it does.

 

Old LED board and put the 2 rpm auger back in.

 

I guess the big thing is that I am still starting my stove on manual. So it seems to start on the heat setting I set on start up. But good to know on auto start that unit does start on heat setting #5. I will ensure that when I start the stove in manual, I always start it in heat setting 5.

The pellets I am burning are a touch longer than probably what is optimal, however, I also still have an auger alignment issue. The auger chute does not line up properly to the pellet chute that drops the pellets into the burn pot. I've watched this unit burn long enough now that I am seeing a big pattern where the pellets are being damaged at the top of the auger before they can drop into the burn pot. These damaged pellets don't have enough body to get a good burn out of them, or to allow for the building of a good coal bed.

What I am going to need to do is lift the whole hopper so that I can align it better with the chute. Do you have any experience on this? Matt has given me a few pointers on what I need to do.

As for the 4 rpm auger, no, I took it out and put the OEM auger back in the stove.

As for the LED screen, it has been pointed out to me that I may qualify for the LED upgrade. I still haven't asked this of Matt, but will do so this week.

 

HAHA.

Hey Ivan, I love that you know the status of my unit as well as I do! SO yup, what was said of Ivan is where the stove is at!

 

Just to mention again. I start my stove in manual, so I have played with what setting I start it on. Sooooo, there are times I have started the unit on setting #3 (my bad) not knowing any better. However, knowing what I know now. I will always start it on setting 5.