Carpet Fed Coal Trol Problems

gumptruck · Post by **gumptruck** » Thu. Jan. 16, 2020 4:03 pm

Have older 140 carpet feed anyone else have I have in controlled by coal troll problem im having about 20 percent unburnt coal. got it set on 4 minimum and 38 max. ashlabout inch and half to two fromend of grate. cleaned under grate clean fin on blower motor

lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Thu. Jan. 16, 2020 10:11 pm

try cleaning and oiling the combustion air motor.

Post by **coaledsweat** » Fri. Jan. 17, 2020 5:56 am

lincolnmania wrote: ↑
Thu. Jan. 16, 2020 10:11 pm
try cleaning and oiling the combustion air motor.

And the fan blades themselves. You can use an old toothbrush. The cupped blades collect pet hair and dust and can cut the airflow by more than half.

gumptruck · Post by **gumptruck** » Fri. Jan. 17, 2020 8:30 am

Have oiled and cleaned wheel with toothbrush. Have also cleaned under grate. carpet sliding in and out without problem. going to turn feed rate down on coaltrol and turn red feeder on chute to push more coal and see if that does anything. Also I but level on stove its a quarter inch low falling towards ash bucket don't know if that would do anything

StanT · Post by **StanT** » Fri. Jan. 17, 2020 11:42 am

I took a register filter and put it over the fan intake, slowed the cfm some and the burn and heat got better. Are you sure you have rice coal? I have gotten some thats closer to buckwheat and had the same thing you have. I think they are mixing it. Here is a coal size chart you can compare what you have.

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lincolnmania · Post by **lincolnmania** » Fri. Jan. 17, 2020 1:53 pm

i would back off the feeder screw one turn at a time first rather than adjust the coal trol. give it a day or so for each adjustment before you make more.
also you will never get all the coal to burn, just the nature of the design.

ben · Post by **ben** » Fri. Jan. 17, 2020 4:10 pm

Have you cleaned out the air holes in the grate? I use a finishing nail.

gumptruck · Post by **gumptruck** » Fri. Jan. 17, 2020 9:20 pm

yes I did along with oiling and cleaning little motor