New Pellet Heater

[Gerald]

The forecast is for 42 degrees in the morning. I guess I will get to see how well my new pellet heater works. I saved a lot of money ordering it from stovesunlimited.com over buying it locally. They are in Washington state, I am in Georgia. It was a long way to ship , but it got here just fine.
After I installed it last week I turned it on just to make sure everything worked OK. At 80 degrees it worked real good.
Since I have a ton of pellets we may not have much cold weather this year.
Gerald
PS: This is the third pellet heater we have purchased. It is a Breckwell P24ID.

 

[beenthere]

Why three? I assume it isn't because they wear out quickly. But then, I don't know that for sure.
But you sound satisfied with the pellets apparently.

Your heater looks attractive. How do you carry the pellets to the stove?

I just brought in a pallet of dry wood on the forks (pic), and will fire up the wood stove tomorrow after I clean the chimney in the morning.

 

[Dargo]

Very nice looking unit!! I have an old and extremely heavy Squire. It is just a plain wood burning stove, but we use it nearly every day in the winter. Have you ever looked into the corn burning stoves? When I run out of my supply of easy to get firewood, I'm considering going with a pellet stove or corn stove. I hear that they are reasonable to run.

 

[Gerald]

Beenthere, We sold our house last year, new owners saw my pellet heater "like this one",and it became part of the deal. I also have a Quadra-Fire stand alone pellet stove that I use in the workshop. The fans in the Quadra-Fire are loud, I don't think I would like it as well in the house. The pellets come in 40 lb. bags. No problem to bring in. I had my chimney cleaned before I installed the heater. Cost $100.00 and worth every penny.
Nice looking load of wood, nice looking tractor. Does it do OK with no weight on back and that much on the loader?
Dargo, Thanks. Mine will burn a mix of pellets and corn, but the last time I checked corn would cost too much to burn. Don't forget stovesunlimited.com if you go shopping for a stove. They saved me over $1200.00 on my stove and it was delivered to my door.
Gerald

 

[Gerald]

A picture of it working. It's only 47 degrees this morning.I told the wife that we would not need to let it burn long. She said to open the door! It is neat to watch.
Gerald

 

[WhyNot]

Gerald, It has been about a year since you installed your insert. I am looking at the same unit that you installed and was wondering how you like/dislike it. thanks in advance

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

We were just looking at pellet stoves and the salesman was telling us about a model that burns corn. Anyone have one of these? Salesman said they are cheaper than any of the other type to operate. Sounds too good to be true.

 

[Highbeam]

Depnds on the price/availability of corn in your area. Here in the NW we have lots of wood waste which makes pellets and therefor pellets are cheap here.

Some stoves burn combinations or either corn or pellets. I have even heard of some burning cherry pits.

Pellet stoves are a great compromise between the environmental benefits of wood burning and the headache of feeding a woodstove with cordwood. Really, the treehuggers like them as they are C02 neutral since the wood waste would have rotted in a landfill anyway. They burn clean with no visible smoke except at startup and they are thermostaticaly controlled.

The corn requires bulk commodity handling equipment. You will not get the corn in cute little bags. Dang near need a little silo.

 

[woodlot]

About a week ago, at the local fair, I saw the latest corn burning stove, actually a boiler. It was an outdoor unit and looked almost exactly like an outdoor wood boiler. The inside was quite different, with all the augers and such. The unit gets set-up with what looks like a small silo next to it. That silo is directly connected to boiler and is the "feed hopper" for the unit. You can load corn into the silo with a FEL. Its was quite a sight. The 7k pice tag was a sight too.

 

[DaveNay]

Can someone help me understand how heating with a single radiant source like a wood/pellet/corn stove works? I am from the great midwest, and I have had forced hot air all my life, and I can't really figure out how you can effectively heat a house like this. I picture an installation like yours Gerald, where the heat source is located in a central family room, and can easily heat that room, but what about the kitchen? The bathrooms (wife would never go for chilly bathrooms /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif) and the bedrooms? With all the nooks and crannies and closed doors in a modern house, how do you get heat to the rest of the house without the room where the heater is located spontaneously combusting? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Dave