afton bay pellet feed issue

Hello people, my Afton bay seems to be feeding to many pellets and they are very high in the pot, also the glass gets black in about 1 hour of burning . this only happens when I set it on #4 (because its friggin cold). any ideas on what's going on here. stove is a 07 model. thanks

 

I had the stove since new, and yes lazy flame and black soot. I will lbt it today and report back...

 

Remember to pound on the back wall to try and dislodge any junk that may be stuck up in there.

 

X2 Sounds like a serious blockage/lack of burn air. Make sure that when you turn it to #4, the exhaust fan makes the necessary increase in speed. Could be on the way out, as mentioned by Dex above??

Also, does it have an OAK? Check for blockage in screen outside? Remove OAK connection at rear of stove is simple way to check that, being so cold out.

 

combustion motor did chit the bed, had another ready just in case. also deep cleaned and seems to be good so far.

 

Well its back to doing the same thing again , pellets stacking in the pot and lazy flame I am thinking control board may be the problem.

 

Check all wiring connections, terminals. Don't forget the neutral connection at the block above the Versa Grate motor. My manual mentions specifically to check the pins in the connectors, as they get displaced sometimes. Probably not the damper, since it did recover, but maybe it's icing up?

 

no icing but I will check the wiring again. Thanks

 

Also when everything is cleaned and repaired use a high quality softwood pellet . Your stove will thank you for it .

 

Okay I tried many many things but the crappy burn continues. Is there a way to check the exhaust fan to make sure its at full output and how about the control board could it be overfeeding pellets??. I am at a loss here and glass is black and pellets continue to overfull pot. HELP!!!

 

woods.....you can try slapping an amp clamp on the motor lead and see when the comb. fan is full bore is the amp close to or at the amp rating of the motor.

I know you said the said the stove is clean but are you sure all the exhaust passages in the stove are? Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with your stove so I'm just throwing stuff out there.

 

I would also check your outside vent cap to feel or hear if there's much exhaust coming out .

 

Any bare spots around the burn pot and cradl where ash should be?

 

To check for overfeeding, time the auger "on"time and "off" time. The correct times are in the manual i.e: level 3 auger should be on for 3.5 seconds, off for 8.
I suspect bad airflow. What does the flame look like?

 

flame looks lazy and there is a bit of wood smell in the house, I will check auger I am going to do another deep cleaning today.

 

Don't know if it was mentioned earlier in the thread, but double check gaskets on ash pan(?) and/ or door....use the dollar bill test on the door.