Collins Hopper 4000 questions

Is this a gravity fed hopper? Into a wood firebox?

This is how some of the 1st pellet stoves operated. Not very efficient though. Do you have any pics?

Is that a combustion blower on the hopper? If so, is this a positive pressure unit (most old ones were)?

Make sure all your gaskets are in good condition (replace) and your flue is sealed well.

If it was made with 6" to be begin with, then stick with it.

I have never seen one of these is operation, so I dont know how many CFM the combustion blower is, so it may still rely heavily on natural draft. The 6" will have more surface area as far as heating goes. And the stove will provide the heat to the room.

I have Double wall on my woodstove. I want to keep the flue gases warm. The stove is the heater. The flue is the means in which it operates.

If you used 3" pellet vent, it would be double wall and not get that hot anyways. So stick with what it was designed for.

Any pics of inside the firebox? I am intrigued by this stove. I hope others come along that know more about the particular model. IRRC, Webbie has seen/sold some Stoves like these. There were old threads on some old pellet stoves. Try using the search up top?

Any Luck in getting that collins 4000 hopper to operate....? I have one as well and it's already connected ... I think im missing some internal piece for the pellets to drop in and burn.... I don't know as /I'm unfamiliar with any running of wood stoves....

Here's my Collins 4000 Hopper...Mine is the 3 minute delay hopper...I love it, runs smooth as silk and produces heat as I want it...What a find in the middle of nowhere Montana....was/is attached to a Hurricane wood stove...

Howdy folks,

I'm hoping to find some more information on the Collins Hopper 4000. I did my best Google-fu but couldn't get much more than a few mentions of it being the first pellet burning device and also an obituary for the inventor, Loren who passed away just 4 months ago. My main question is what switch controls the auger speed? I seem to be missing something in my electric controls. I've enclosed some images of what I mean. The first picture is of the controls with the area I zoomed in on circled in red. What goes here?

ewayfinder1 said:

Howdy folks,

I'm hoping to find some more information on the Collins Hopper 4000. I did my best Google-fu but couldn't get much more than a few mentions of it being the first pellet burning device and also an obituary for the inventor, Loren who passed away just 4 months ago. My main question is what switch controls the auger speed? I seem to be missing something in my electric controls. I've enclosed some images of what I mean. The first picture is of the controls with the area I zoomed in on circled in red. What goes here?

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Hi there......... I had just learned a few weeks ago that Loren had passed..... I'll miss him. I only knew him via my current pellet hopper that he had helped me get up and running...

call me #4067885164

Sportzmen said:

Hi there......... I had just learned a few weeks ago that Loren had passed..... I'll miss him. I only knew him via my current pellet hopper that he had helped me get up and running...

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ewayfinder1 said:

Howdy folks,

I'm hoping to find some more information on the Collins Hopper 4000. I did my best Google-fu but couldn't get much more than a few mentions of it being the first pellet burning device and also an obituary for the inventor, Loren who passed away just 4 months ago. My main question is what switch controls the auger speed? I seem to be missing something in my electric controls. I've enclosed some images of what I mean. The first picture is of the controls with the area I zoomed in on circled in red. What goes here?

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Call me@4067885164

I could be wrong,but,the collins were conversions for wood stoves,and,possibly for wood furnaces.There also was another manufacturer that did the same thing.No combustion blower was ever added,so full size wood stove flue pipe was required.Their efficiency was not good,even though they worked OK.To run one nowadays means you have more money to burn.But,one would be a collectors item,for people that collect that type of stuff.A cheep farm store stove would give you more heat,and have better burn control.But,it is a classic, for a small part of our country.

bob bare said:

I could be wrong,but,the collins were conversions for wood stoves,and,possibly for wood furnaces.There also was another manufacturer that did the same thing.No combustion blower was ever added,so full size wood stove flue pipe was required.Their efficiency was not good,even though they worked OK.To run one nowadays means you have more money to burn.But,one would be a collectors item,for people that collect that type of stuff.A cheep farm store stove would give you more heat,and have better burn control.But,it is a classic, for a small part of our country.

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You are correct.....Yes in that "running one nowadays means you have more money to burn...."

ewayfinder1 said:

Howdy folks,

I'm hoping to find some more information on the Collins Hopper 4000. I did my best Google-fu but couldn't get much more than a few mentions of it being the first pellet burning device and also an obituary for the inventor, Loren who passed away just 4 months ago. My main question is what switch controls the auger speed? I seem to be missing something in my electric controls. I've enclosed some images of what I mean. The first picture is of the controls with the area I zoomed in on circled in red. What goes here?

Click to expand...

Hi there again...... Any luck getting it up and running......?