woodmakesheat
Feeling the Heat
And for the sake of showing contrast, I'll just restate that I burn FSU's bought at HD in Londonderry exclusively and they heat my house fine while I only have to clean the stove once a week using them.
Had you run the stove in thermostat mode, the proper temp would have been maintained. It would have ramped up automatically.
One think that is often overlooked when assessing the true value of a pellet is how well they burn. I found when I burned a real premium pellet, like AWF's or Turman's, my burn rate dropped so although they did cost more, I used less to get the same heat comfort so the price spread was smaller than looking at just the price difference.
Just meant to say the gap between them isn't as large as the price difference and didn't mean to infer it equaled out. Thanks for the calculations. Add to this less work in terms of fewer minor and major clean-outs and that narrows the gap a little more depending on how much one values their time.
If I could get a pellet as good as the LaCrete's for $239/ton, I wouldn't bother with the FSU's........
It would be great if you could sell them for $239..We'd love it..
But there is the hitch.. It's hard to sell things for less than cost and stay in business...
Dan
(personally, I did not think the FSU's were all that bad in my test)
Pellets aren't their main business. They are a sawmill and the sawdust is a byproduct. I doubt it costs them any more than it costs to produce FSU's. The transportation is higher, though, since they're from Alberta. FSU's aren't bad, they're just ashier and are a little easier to clinker in some stoves. If they were "bad", I wouldn't buy them no matter how cheap. I cranked them all last night and the house is still warm. I might burn 10# more a day compared to LaCrete's. I do have to turn the stove up a little. The biggest difference is the ash. I'm warm so it's all good.....except it's almost time to move some snow.
+1
Why buy cooler burning pellets for cooler temps? Never believed that theory either and a complete waste of time burning inefficient, dirtier burning pellets.
Maybe there's finally a pellet that the Harman's don't do well with. It was always said that if someone was pelletizing dog turd, the Harmans would burn it. Well, guess that's not true. I'm going to see what's available for pellets at HD, I think I'm going to need a couple more tons. I've got a little less than a ton of GS and a ton of FSU, but I'm going to wait until spring to finish off the FSU's.It's weird how Harman's can't burn FSUs. I've burned 3 tons of them and measured 0.4% ash so far. They're the lowest ash I've seen from HD pellets.
It's weird how Harman's can't burn FSUs. I've burned 3 tons of them and measured 0.4% ash so far. They're the lowest ash I've seen from HD pellets.
I switched back over to the FSU's, by accident really, it ran out of pellets and someone else just grabbed the first thing they saw in the basement that looked like a bag of wood pellets. I see you're running a Harman and I would like to know what you're doing differently than I am, they burn just fine, but what a black, sooty mess! I'm running a 2013 P68 set in room temp mode (high circ fan setting), manual igniter, 70-75 deg. F, and feed rate of 3 to 3.5. I've been running GS mostly and the ash coating inside the fire box is usually grayish/white, and I'm hearing others burning FSU also have a white ashed fire box. Please let me know your secret???? FSUs burn fine in Harmans.
At a High fan setting and set for 75 degrees I would deffinitly increase the feed rate to At Least 4 to 4.5....I switched back over to the FSU's, by accident really, it ran out of pellets and someone else just grabbed the first thing they saw in the basement that looked like a bag of wood pellets. I see you're running a Harman and I would like to know what you're doing differently than I am, they burn just fine, but what a black, sooty mess! I'm running a 2013 P68 set in room temp mode (high circ fan setting), manual igniter, 70-75 deg. F, and feed rate of 3 to 3.5. I've been running GS mostly and the ash coating inside the fire box is usually grayish/white, and I'm hearing others burning FSU also have a white ashed fire box. Please let me know your secret?
Thanks,
Adam.
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