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[karlk]

Im happy to hear the nozzle is working good for you slim,and good luck on your new venture.
pictures of the new nozzle will come soon.

[slimjim]

I sure wish we had played with this more when we first spoke Karl, It's working great so far.

[slimjim]

OOPS, keyboard screwed up, poke should have been SPOKE

[TheSnowDO]

My water temperature is currently 119°! I'm tempted to just shut this thing down and use my oil furnace!

It's been burning cool all day despite anything that I do and I've built up enough soot to pave a road!

FRUSTRATED

[martyinmi]

Hang in there Todd.
You'll not even recognize your 250 when you burn seasoned wood!
Keep the fines out of the nozzle and the refractory area hot and you'll soon be in love with her!

[TheSnowDO]

Hang in there Todd.
You'll not even recognize your 250 when you burn seasoned wood!
Keep the fines out of the nozzle and the refractory area hot and you'll soon be in love with her!

Thanks for your time Marty!!  Big help, even if it is just to calm my frustrations for the moment! I will let you know how it goes!

[James]

SnoDO,

Someone else mentioned it on the first page - but what's the inside of your air box look like? Is it possible that it's full of creosote and your linkage is stuck only partially open? That happened to me for the better part of last season (and the whole season before) and unless you take the cover off you'd probably not even know it was happening. The fan still runs, you can still hear air in the primary and everything seems like it's working right. Sometimes the flapper will only open a fraction of an inch - and of course the stove can't run properly like that.

If you open the airbox and find that it's all gummed up, clean it up (ammonia in a spray bottle works great) and depending on which airbox cover your stove is equipped with, either leave one of the snaps open or remove half of the self tap screws.  I was skeptical about doing this last year when another member (he can chime in if he wants!) suggested that I do it...but...Since the day I unclipped one of my airbox clips - I have had zero issues running the stove! It really doesn't need to be air tight.

Let us know what you find.

[slimjim]

  SnowDo, I sent your video to the office, have they contacted you? I think you might be a good candidate for one of Karl K's new nozzles, James is right about the dry wood making a big difference but this new nozzle does help a great deal with the extremely green wood that I am burning as well. Next, in the video I saw the smoke coming from under the blower, this is from a lack of silicone around the air tubes inside the air distribution box, it is easy to fix with a tube of high temp silicone. Call Rory at the office, he will take care of you but you may feel free to call or E-Mail me as well.

[karlk]

snowdo
sorry i missed your call last night i will call you this afternoon

[slimjim]

Thanks Karl, I got the spares yesterday, just in time, I need both of them for this weekend. SnowDo, Brian told me he would pick up the cost of the new nozzle from Karl so Please go ahead and get one ASAP, mine took 2 days shipping! If you need advice on changing it, give me a call.

[american-pacemaker]

James I posted on the first page about the air box because that was part of my start up problem but I never heard from him. My 250 has been running great after a few start up problems.

[american-pacemaker]

Hey Slim where should the high temp silicone be in the air box ? There is none in mine at all ?

[slimjim]

Around both air tubes, it seals the air box to the tubes, if it is not there then air can be blown out through the insulation when the blower is on and when it is off air can be pulled in through the same insulation.

[dwneast77]

Hi.  I haven't been online much lately but saw this post last night.  I see nobody has commented lately and I hope TheSnowDo is having better luck.  It sounds to me like a classic case of primary air obstruction.  I've dealt with it a lot with my CB2300.  I was just surprised not to notice any mention of it in this thread.  I see some comments about checking the solenoids and such.  But also the air outlet holes and the whole air channel to the solenoid.  I admit I only scanned through some of the comments and I hope it's back up and running as it should.  Just a couple of thoughts  I had as the symptoms resemble my experiences.