Pioneer Changed Coal Not Good

maurizziot · Post by **maurizziot** » Wed. Feb. 09, 2011 9:12 pm

i recently purchase loose rice coal from a local guy here in town. I have been running the stove
all season (pioneer rear vent power venter) as soon as I changed to different brand coal the stove will not get up to temp.
usually it runs at 525 temp full bore but now I can get it past 425 temp. I increased the feed rate on the coal trol from 45 to 63 made a little
difference. I was able before to get hot coal dropping of the grate, now I can. anybody have any ideas, or did I get some bad coal, sounds funny
but I do not know. draft has not been touched.

Flyer5 · Post by **Flyer5** » Wed. Feb. 09, 2011 11:15 pm

Eliminate the possibility ,stop get a couple bags of rice somewhere and try it see what happens . Dave

Freddy · Post by **Freddy** » Thu. Feb. 10, 2011 4:15 am

You say the draft hasn't been touched, but has it been checked? Maybe it's time for a cleaning. Ash build up can cause this type of issue.