I have a 25-pdvc Englander stove. I would really like to know what's going on with it.I'm picking up static electricity from my stove. But this only happens when I burn hardwood pellets. I recently switched over to burning soft wood pellets and I'm not picking up the charge. I get a spark that jumps out of my finger about an inch long. It's so bad that even my cat keeps clear of me. Anyone else ever have this happen to them ?
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Pellet-King
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Yes I have carpet in part of my house and also hard wood floors. But it does not matter which one I'm standing on. I still get a zap. But I only get zapped if I'm burning hard wood pellets.
Touch something metal nearby first see if the problem goes away. Once you have done that if you still get a spark jumping something is wrong with you or your stove.
HDRock
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You are not getting a shock from your stove , the static electricity is being discharged to the stove from you
MarkF48
Feeling the Heat
I very much recommend you get an anti-static spray and lightly mist your carpets and perhaps upholstery furniture. Supposedly a solution of fabric softener and water sprayed on carpets can work as well. Not sure if some carpet cleaners may have an anti-static solution in then or not. Getting humidity up will definitely reduce the static.
http://www.amazon.com/Static-Guard-...1391259236&sr=8-1&keywords=static+guard+spray
Pouring of the pellets into the stove could conceivably create static from the friction between pellets when pouring in a hopper from a plastic bag or bucket and perhaps the softwood and hardwood may have a different moisture content that makes a difference, but the stove itself won't make a difference in the the static between the two types. If you can touch the stove while loading the hopper maybe that might make a difference.
The stoves body should be grounded through the AC outlet connection, so touching the body of the stove shouldn't cause any problems. Touching something electronic may have a different outcome if you put through several thousand volts into it. Simple as touching a button on your big screen TV, computer, or game console for example could potentially destroy or weaken some components that would render the device to a non-working state.
I play guitar and blew out the front end of a guitar amplifier when I discharged a static charge into it picking up a cord to plug it into the guitar. Fortunately it was a simple fix of replacing an OP-Amp, but other electronic gear wouldn't be as forgiving for a fix.
http://www.amazon.com/Static-Guard-...1391259236&sr=8-1&keywords=static+guard+spray
Pouring of the pellets into the stove could conceivably create static from the friction between pellets when pouring in a hopper from a plastic bag or bucket and perhaps the softwood and hardwood may have a different moisture content that makes a difference, but the stove itself won't make a difference in the the static between the two types. If you can touch the stove while loading the hopper maybe that might make a difference.
The stoves body should be grounded through the AC outlet connection, so touching the body of the stove shouldn't cause any problems. Touching something electronic may have a different outcome if you put through several thousand volts into it. Simple as touching a button on your big screen TV, computer, or game console for example could potentially destroy or weaken some components that would render the device to a non-working state.
I play guitar and blew out the front end of a guitar amplifier when I discharged a static charge into it picking up a cord to plug it into the guitar. Fortunately it was a simple fix of replacing an OP-Amp, but other electronic gear wouldn't be as forgiving for a fix.
I do not own a pair of leather sole shoes. So it's got to be me. No wonder all the women I know call me hot stuff and yes I do generate more then an inch. I will pick up a humidifyer and see what happens. I'll also spray the carpet with anti static. It can't hurt other then make the house smell good.
MarkF48
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