Build up in burner pot

What causes the burner pot to get a clump of burnt pellets after a day of straight burning. I'm new to pellets. It's a breckwell p28 fs

 

Can you post a pic of it? What pellets are you burning? How long have you been burning this season? How many pellets have you gone through? When was the last time the stove and vent had a legit deep clean?

 

I would question if it is clean, and what about the draft? Are you using outside air for combustion? Do the dollar test with the door gaskets.

 

Will post pictures and answers to questions tomorrow thanks for the responses

 

If you're new to pellet burning, typically a stove will get unburned pellet buildup due to poor airflow through the stove (aka a dirty stove). A exhaust system that is poorly designed and/or too long with too many bends and/or long horizontal runs will make the problem show up fairly quickly.

 

This is the stove I cleaned it the best I know how. It has a short exhaust through the back wall straight it is clean as new. Cleaned the burner pot and ash pan and cleaned everything that the side covers exposed. It burns perfect for about 10 hours then I have to clean out the pot. I burn summer set pellets it does not have a oak.

 

These guys are all on it. They would also most likely agree carbon deposits are a fact of life when it comes to pellet stoves.

 

Very true.

 

Did you do the dollar test on the door gasket and ash door if it has one?

 

I'm not familiar with your stove, but if I'm burning a good pellet and get to much build up It's one of two things....

1. You need more combustion air or ( not enough air due to a air leak )

2. To many pellets are feeding in for the amount of combustion air available.

You said your stove, stove passage ways and vent pipe are clean, if there dirty or clogged is the other possibility.

 

Hey! That's my wood stove.

 

I will try that in the morning when I shut it down

 

Another thing that contributes to your problem is if you are not burning hot enough. Low fires for long periods will make a lot of ash. Is your flame, like lazy, like doing the hula, Or is it vigorous like a flaming pitch fork? go to you tube and you can see flames that are good and bad. If they are doing the hula, you have a dirt/draft issue. With no OAK, your burn shouldn't be impacted unless your home is really tight. You can tell that by first observing the flame, then open a window or door and watch the flame. If it changes, then that is also an issue. Another trick to a good cleaning is the leaf blower trick. You have to see it to understand it. This is done after your clean out is done inside.

 

I agree with Savemoney....if your new to pellet stoves, many of them have hidden passages in the stove that are hard or near impossible to clear of all the ash. The Leaf Blower Trick (LBT) seems to get most of the remaining ash.

Stove should be as thoroughly clean as you can possibly get it first, then do the LBT. If the stove has a removable back wall in the burn chamber, and the true back wall is steel, hitting it some with a hard rubber mallet or small steel hammer can dislodge a lot of stuck on ash inside.

 

Rubber mallet is a good idea.

 

Thr LBT will change your life forever. Also, can you get a pic of how your burnpot sits in the cradle? There need needs to be a good fit with no way for air to go around it.

 

The small ball peen hammer actually gave better results since it had a sharp, jarring effect on the steel, but hard rubber mallet will do OK.

 

BTW, how old is the stove? I'm guessing you bought it used?

 

I'm guessing around 10-15 years it can with the house they could have put it in later that was when it was built.

 

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