I question why the high temp sensor didn’t shut the thing down.  I could never maintain a flame like that in mine for more than a few minutes or it would take care of itself.  You must be putting out 60 -70K btu there, not good.

I installed a Breckwell Big E in September, and have been running it as needed day in and day out, 24/7 since we got it. I have friends with both corn and pellet stoves that have had them for a number of years and say that ours is quieter, heats better, and seems to be more effecient than theirs. We have only turned the gas furnace on twice this year, while it was really cold when we were cleaning the pellet stove. Otherwise I have not had my gas furnace kick on at all. The stove is heating a 2000 square foot 100 year old drafty farm house and keeping it at 65-68 degrees set on no higher than 3.

Thanks for the report Ed. It’s good to hear that Breckwell has a winner there. I like the E’s large capacity. How often are you refilling it? How is cleaning? What region are you in? Keep us posted.

Well, as for cleaning, about once a week I shut it down to clean the burn pot and vaccum it out. I could go a lot longer on the cleanup aside from the burn pot. During single digit weather I am burning about 6o pounds of pellets a day. During 20-30*F days I burn about 40 pounds. ANd when it’s 30*F+ I burn around 25-30 pounds. The hopper will hold 120 pounds and the high fan setting helps tremendously. My buddy says he has to clean his burn pot a bit more than I do, as his auger pushes pellets directly into it, where my Big E drops pellets into the pot from a chute. And I live in Central Indiana just above Indianapolis.

Sweet! 120 lbs. I’m jealous. It sounds like it’s working well for you. Also sounds like your home is reasonably tight and insulated. So much for the 8 bags/day theory of running a pellet stove in *real* winter environs.