10 registers no basement registers though. stove is not overheating. i dont think the actual heat output is a problem. it just doesnt move enough air. my heatpump has less heat but it can warm my house alot better than the pellet furnace because the airflow is much greater.

try some different things to see if you can get more air flow.

try running it without the filter.

is it possible that the back draft damper is letting the air short circuit? disconnect the return duct and let the stove draw the return air from the basement. make sure the basement door is open so the air can get back to the stove.

here's another way to hook your stove up that may work better for you and give you more air flow:

tie the 10" supply into your existing return air duct. then just let the return air from the back of the stove draw out of the basement (you just have the filter on the back of the stove)

Two things you have to do with this setup, you have to run your existing furnace fan whenever the stove is running because you will be using it to help push the heat thru the ductwork, and you need to leave the basement door open any time the stove is running to let the air from upstairs get back to the return opening on the stove.
you can run the furnace fan on your existing furnace by just turning the fan to the "fan on" setting on the thermostat. (assuming you have AC or at least a heat and cool stat)
we had some discussions on this method in the past and some people had there stoves hooked up that way and it seemed to work ok.

so basically your using the furnace fan as a booster fan

Tinman wrote:


i tried running it without the filter and with the rear panel off so it could just draw air from the basement but no change.

i thought about running the pellet feed duct into the furnace return duct but there are a few issues with that. first there is an a coil in my furnace for the air conditioner/heatpump and i was told that it should not be done. the other issue is that i cant draw the basement air because its not a finished basement and the air quality is bad/smells.

how cold can it be outside when your 6300 still works good? i think my 6220 will do fine to 15 to 20 degrees with no wind. i dont think it will work good enough if the wind is blowing or when we get in single digits.

mine is about the same, I can heat the house down to the mid teens if there isn't too much wind. I've actually had it heating the whole house down to 11 deg with no wind at all. anything below that i supplement it with my propane furnace.

i don't know why the ac coil would make a differance?, what was the reasoning behind that?

Tinman wrote:


i installed a wood burning furnace a couple of years ago and there was a guy on you tube that installed his wood furnace with the feed duct going into the return of the primary furnace and a bunch of hvac guys was completely against it. cant remember all of the reasons but there were plenty.

i think after using the wood burning furnace for several years im just expecting to much from the pellet furnace. i started the 6220 up in the evening on wednesday and let it run all night on pr3/medium and it kept the house at 68 all night and in the morning it was 25 degrees outside but no wind. like i said you can feel heat at the registers but if it just had a lttle more umph it would work alot better.

what does your stove thermometer read when running on each of your pr settings? mines right around 400 degrees on pr3.

on your 6300 are you able to change any of perameters of the furnace like the older 6100 was?

I don't remember the temps on all the settings, so far this year I've just been running on pr-2 and the temp just above the door is about 400.

yes I can adjust the perameters and I have fooled with them over the last 4 years but right now I think I have most of them back on the factory settings.........seems to run the best.

Tinman wrote:


thanks for all your help tinman. i just bought a ton of somersets yesterday so hopefully i can get this thing working good. im trying to sell my wood insert right now and plan on buying a pellet insert to replace it.

Sounds like we have very similar setups.... but you have a different board than I do. I have changed the factory settings so I can get both fans to come on right away and have the stove's physical temp up pretty high. I get a pretty constant heat and can do well down to outside of 20. If I use the house blowers/fan, I want to use the AprilAire unit that is part of that system to get the humidity up, really makes things more comfortable. BUT the house fan, for me, requires a complete rebalancing do to the fact it can really cool the stove down quickly. YES you need to find a way to over temp the stove some. It does work. On the farm the wind will be 30 mph and a negative 20.... lucky to keep the 1862 farm house at 68 I settle for 62 before I light the fireplace. The humidity is the trick. Dry heat is work and you usually need more of it.

Hope that helps!