Burning pellets and dead spiders

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sksmass

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Dec 21, 2009
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Western MA
So, dumb question here... This weekend I moved two tons of pellets into my basement. I only had one bag split on me and it spilled about a quarter of the contents on the basement floor. I swept them off the floor and along with the pellets came the usual basement floor stuff like concrete dust and dead spiders. Can I use these "dirty" pellets in my Quad? I guess the question is, how fussy is a stove about a little sandy dust and bugs?
 
So, dumb question here... This weekend I moved two tons of pellets into my basement. I only had one bag split on me and it spilled about a quarter of the contents on the basement floor. I swept them off the floor and along with the pellets came the usual basement floor stuff like concrete dust and dead spiders. Can I use these "dirty" pellets in my Quad? I guess the question is, how fussy is a stove about a little sandy dust and bugs?
Shouldn't hurt a bit
 
Dead spiders will add BTUs. Concrete dust, not so much.
 
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Spiders may cause a fulminating and catastrophic combustion event, only rivaled by a super volcano. :ZZZ

:):):):):)

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