Feed rate information

Just install a used Pionner LE to heat my small shop. If min is set at 6 and maximum set at 40, wondering if the feed rate shows 50, is it 50% of 40 or 50% of 99? Thanks for your help.

Found this for you, from member pvolco (of Coal-trol themselves)

Re: Coal trol FR dips below MIN setting and soars above MAX.
By: pvolcko On: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:29 pm

Hi newHYFIRE2guy, here's the run down on FR, MIN and MAX:

FR is the feedrate and will be anything between 0 and 99 depending on demand for heat. It the percentage of range specified by the MIN and MAX settings.
MIN is the minimum feed setting. It is a value from 1 to 15 (default 6 for LL stoves).
MAX is the maximum feed setting. It is a value from MIN up to 99 (default 40 for LL stoves).

MIN and MAX are both indications of the number of seconds of "on" time the stoker motor will be run for every 100 seconds. So, MIN of 6 means when the control is at idle (FR = 0) the stoker will be on for 6 seconds out of every 100. MAX of 40 means when maximum heat is being called for (FR = 99) the stoker will be on for 40 out of every 100 seconds.

If FR is something in between, say 37, then the stoker will be on for 37% of the on time range specified by MIN and MAX. Using default MIN and MAX, a FR of 37 would mean .37 x (40 - 6) + 6 = 18 seconds of on time per 100 seconds (we ignore fractions, we do not round up).
Paul Volcko
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This should answer your question, straight from the maker!!!

Serge wrote:if the feed rate shows 50, is it 50% of 40 or 50% of 99?

It's 50% of 40.

Thanks Murdoci everything is now clear to me, your reply had been usefull to me.

he feed rate for drilling depends upon the hardness of the material, the type of material the drill is made of, and the size of the drill bit....

Wow, you must be a rich guy and can afford all those heating bills... I'm impressed. There aren't many of you left, I guess you are the 1% I hear about in the news..