Newbie... Need Install Advice For Farenheit Endurance

I took it off tstat mode for the time being to make sure it's running right. I have it on level 5 to see if the blower stays on and if the house heats up. What else should I do? Any adjustments?

The flame is small for level 5, I have a video but won't let me post it.

 

If open all the way, what are the negative effects ?

Also what would make the flame burn small? Fuel type is set to 10-p pellet

How about auger feed rate?

 

I can't see the actual damper cause the duct is on but the screw on stops it from closing. I am able to lift the little handle up which should OPEN it, correct?

Flame gets to the height of pellet chute.

 

So the blower only runs constant on Level 5. Since the house was 66 degrees I left it at level 5 to get some heat and the blower ran constant. It was like 80 degrees over night so this morning I dropped it to level 4 and same thing with blower, on for 2 minutes then off.
The flame still is very low even on level 5 with damper fully open.

 

When I first fired up the furnace it did roar and it was a big high violent flame.
Maybe because I primed it and had lots of pellets in the pot. After awhile until now the flame doesn't go to the top anymore.

 

Now it's your turn to troubleshoot your flame height
Looking good, like Dex would say, a little tweaking will get you going

 

Didn't you have a flame intensity or height problem?

 

Oh I only primed the auger when I first loaded it. I only put 2 bags in since I have another kind to try. It's been almost 24 hours, and all night on level 5 plus all day at level 4 burned almost 2 bags.

 

Level 5 now..... I spoke with Matt at Fahrenheit. He said the furnace itself looked like everything was working good after trouble shooting. Said he thinks too much air or type of pellet might be the culprit. So he said to remove the air inlet duct and see if flame jumped up. Nothing changed, I covered the inlet flame flame went high. So put the damper at default setting which he said is normally ok for most homes. So I closed little more and much bigger/hotter flame. Still hear and feel the cold being sucked in for sure.
He said to call him back tomorro, but what are the effect of closing the damper so much. It's still open but not as much as it comes set. Does cutting the air down create black soot or creosote?

 

Hard to tell in that pic but it looks like you need a bit more air to liven up the flame a bit.

Not enough air will cause soot/black glass over time.

 

I don't know too much (shut up Smoke)... but I agree!

 

If I open more, the flame gets smaller. I will see over time if it creates soot. Right now I am getting a nice flame on level 3 like in Dex's video. And 5 puts out like a beast! My wife said on level 5' " is that even safe?"
Hahah that was good!

I am still learning my new tstat. It has up to a 4 degree swing. I had it set to 75 degree and even when it hit 75 it was still calling for heat. I turned the temp down until it stopped calling and it took me going down to 72 to click off. What does this mean? Also the swing has a minus and regular numbers.....confused now lol.

 

A 4 degree swing should mean that it will call for heat 2 degrees below the set point and stop the call for heat 2 degrees above the set point.

Mine is set for a 2 degree swing. I set the stat at 67 so it calls for heat at 66 and off at 68. My furnace only does high/low and it works well.

Last season I ran in manual mode most all season. This season it's been exclusively in stat mode. We're keeping the house a couple degrees cooler, but my pellet usage for the season is about 1/2 ton less than the same time last year. Some of that is due to the weather but some I think is due to not having the house run up to 73 or so like it did last year on manual mode.