Greetings,
New enrollee in your forum, though in the past 2 months I think I’ve read every post here related to pellet stove use, operation, repair, maintenance, etc. My wife misses me.
I’m looking at a 7 year in use Harman Accentra purchase, manufacturer date of March 2006. In use since 2007. I was able to view the stove yesterday, run it through a test mode. Had a friend with me that has had an Accentra in operation for the past 11 years to assist with his knowledge.
The stove is in excellent “refurbished” condition, it’s pretty clear that the machine recently went through an inside / outside cleaning and painting. Looks nice, seems to run well with no squeaks from the auger, the blowers appear to be quiet. The seller states he’s going to wood heat exclusively (citing the free aspect of cordwood where he is). No way to verify this though.
The glass is clear, almost to the point of a possibility of it being replaced recently. I was told it is the original.
Interior burn pot, auger, chamber, cast heat shields etc are super clean. Again, no odd noises etc.
I was able to view a bit of the underneath, this too looks clean. I did not pull the back shrouds off to view the interior (no tools available, shame on me), but I’m betting it’s as clean as the rest of the machine.
It is missing the filigree component upper front of the stove. I did not notice that when I was viewing the stove, only when later showing my wife a picture of the actual stove. I’ve viewed another Accentra to determine what exactly would be needed to make right. Link to another pic on hearth.com that shows the filigree:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/harman-pellet-stove-jpg.125505/
That appears to be a bolt-in decorative / safety component, it should be available somewhere somehow. I believe it is needed, to keep little fingers out of the heat exchanger areas.
Otherwise it looks to be in very good shape.
I’ve talked with the local fire department, have the Building and Zoning Approval Form in place. Talking with the Building and Zoning they state there is no problem with doing a self-install. I’ll talk with my home insurance company also prior to any wall cutting. Installation will be through the wall, with OAK supplied. I see no issues with installing this myself.
Carbon Dioxide (battery), smoke (battery), ceiling mounted heat (hard wired) sensors are all in correct place on all floors of the house. I plan on purchasing an APC UPS to provide spike prevention and 30 minutes or so of run time in the event of a power outage (we’ve not had an outage of more than a 10 minutes since the great northeast blackout of 1965…underground electrical supply is a good thing). Floor protection will be in place.
So…here’s the question: What do you consider the value to be? There was a recent thread asking the same questions, their Accentra appeared to be a steal at $1,000.00. I wish this is what my seller was asking…
I’ve priced new, same model. Currently at $3800.00, there are a few coupons out there for $100.00 off. Store installation adds on another estimated $1200.00. Sounds like $5000.00 if I go new, with “professional” installation.
To recap: Seems to be excellent condition, just missing the filigree. Appears to be a runner.
Ideas? What do you think is a good offer?
I’ll hold off on revealing what they’re asking for a bit. I'll provide all in a later post.
Many thanks for the info you’ve all already provided through the forum, and for the future hand holding I’m hoping you’ll provide.
New enrollee in your forum, though in the past 2 months I think I’ve read every post here related to pellet stove use, operation, repair, maintenance, etc. My wife misses me.
I’m looking at a 7 year in use Harman Accentra purchase, manufacturer date of March 2006. In use since 2007. I was able to view the stove yesterday, run it through a test mode. Had a friend with me that has had an Accentra in operation for the past 11 years to assist with his knowledge.
The stove is in excellent “refurbished” condition, it’s pretty clear that the machine recently went through an inside / outside cleaning and painting. Looks nice, seems to run well with no squeaks from the auger, the blowers appear to be quiet. The seller states he’s going to wood heat exclusively (citing the free aspect of cordwood where he is). No way to verify this though.
The glass is clear, almost to the point of a possibility of it being replaced recently. I was told it is the original.
Interior burn pot, auger, chamber, cast heat shields etc are super clean. Again, no odd noises etc.
I was able to view a bit of the underneath, this too looks clean. I did not pull the back shrouds off to view the interior (no tools available, shame on me), but I’m betting it’s as clean as the rest of the machine.
It is missing the filigree component upper front of the stove. I did not notice that when I was viewing the stove, only when later showing my wife a picture of the actual stove. I’ve viewed another Accentra to determine what exactly would be needed to make right. Link to another pic on hearth.com that shows the filigree:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/attachments/harman-pellet-stove-jpg.125505/
That appears to be a bolt-in decorative / safety component, it should be available somewhere somehow. I believe it is needed, to keep little fingers out of the heat exchanger areas.
Otherwise it looks to be in very good shape.
I’ve talked with the local fire department, have the Building and Zoning Approval Form in place. Talking with the Building and Zoning they state there is no problem with doing a self-install. I’ll talk with my home insurance company also prior to any wall cutting. Installation will be through the wall, with OAK supplied. I see no issues with installing this myself.
Carbon Dioxide (battery), smoke (battery), ceiling mounted heat (hard wired) sensors are all in correct place on all floors of the house. I plan on purchasing an APC UPS to provide spike prevention and 30 minutes or so of run time in the event of a power outage (we’ve not had an outage of more than a 10 minutes since the great northeast blackout of 1965…underground electrical supply is a good thing). Floor protection will be in place.
So…here’s the question: What do you consider the value to be? There was a recent thread asking the same questions, their Accentra appeared to be a steal at $1,000.00. I wish this is what my seller was asking…
I’ve priced new, same model. Currently at $3800.00, there are a few coupons out there for $100.00 off. Store installation adds on another estimated $1200.00. Sounds like $5000.00 if I go new, with “professional” installation.
To recap: Seems to be excellent condition, just missing the filigree. Appears to be a runner.
Ideas? What do you think is a good offer?
I’ll hold off on revealing what they’re asking for a bit. I'll provide all in a later post.
Many thanks for the info you’ve all already provided through the forum, and for the future hand holding I’m hoping you’ll provide.
