Attention Avalon owners!!

dhungy said:

Anyone burning the 50/50 mix of corn and pellets? What is your experience?

Also anyone know where I can get a remote for my astoria for less then what the shop wants $200.

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I burned a 50/50 mix of corn & pellets once just to try it...seemed fine. If you plan on doing it for all the time, I suggest you make sure that your stove has the newer multi-fuel burn pot. It might be standard on them now....I modified my own according to Travis Ind. specs.

As for the remote, are you referring to the remote stat? If so, don't bother with the travis unit. Get a Skytech-3301P. Quite a few forum members have them and like them....about $110.

http://www.techxdirect.com/servlet/the-135/Skytech-3301P-Fireplace-Remote/Detail

dhungy said:

macman said:

dhungy said:

Anyone burning the 50/50 mix of corn and pellets? What is your experience?

Also anyone know where I can get a remote for my astoria for less then what the shop wants $200.

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I burned a 50/50 mix of corn & pellets once just to try it...seemed fine. If you plan on doing it for all the time, I suggest you make sure that your stove has the newer multi-fuel burn pot. It might be standard on them now....I modified my own according to Travis Ind. specs.

As for the remote, are you referring to the remote stat? If so, don't bother with the travis unit. Get a Skytech-3301P. Quite a few forum members have them and like them....about $110.

http://www.techxdirect.com/servlet/the-135/Skytech-3301P-Fireplace-Remote/Detail

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thanks the only thing I like with the remote is that it can switch between manual or thermostat control. I am nervous about hooking up the skytech is it easy?

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It's just 2 wires like you were wireing a regular thermostat.

Macman's right on with the thermostat. I got the Travis wireless remote with my stove, in a word it sux. I replaced it at the end of season 1 with the 3301P Skytech and never looked back. The reliability difference is night and day. The travis unit would turn on the stove and forget to turn it off until I would wake up with the room at 80deg during the night. This happened many times. I was afraid I would be out one day and it would happen. The skytech took 2 minutes to install and a few minutes to program for basic operation. I don't use the programmable part but like the idea of having it available. I got mine from www.hearthsidedistributors.com . They have a coupon on there web site for 20% off but it ends today. The coupon brings it down to just under $100.00.

adjust the swing on the remote so it doesn't cause your stove to cycle too much

per skytech...

The thermo-transmitter operates the fireplace system whenever the
ROOM TEMPERATURE varies a certain number of degrees from the
SET TEMPERATURE. This variation is called the “SWING” or
TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL. The normal operating cycle of a
fireplace system may be 2-4 times per hour


2-4 times an hour is not good for a pellet stove!

To change the temperature “SWING” setting (1-3), press the AHEAD +
BACK buttons simultaneously to display the current “SWING”
2 setting in the SET TEMP frame. The word SWING will display on the LCD
screen.
3 Press the UP or DOWN button to change the temperature differential or
“SWING” (1-3). See above for 1-3 “SWING” temperature values.
4 To store the “swing number”, press the SET button or allow 15 seconds to
lapse, and the new “swing number” will be
automatically programmed.

I never tried to burn corn, I heard it was very corrosive. What do you guys think?

mullet said:

I never tried to burn corn, I heard it was very corrosive. What do you guys think?

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Mullet, as long as you have corn-rated pipe, and the multi-fuel burnpot, the stove will burn it 50/50 with wood pellets. The wood pellets in the mix actually help get the corn burning.

here is my thoughts of buring corn is a pellet stove EVEN with a upgraded Burn pot.
Duravent spent Millions to develop Vent pipe that would not fall apart from the Corrosive crap that comes from burning corn.

Ok so you have the upgraded burn pot. BIG DEAL it is the same burn pot with more holes it it.
what about the rest of the stove?
same ol Black steel or Galvanized metal. the combustion blower and impeller are still just Galvanized steel and All the combustion gases flow through this.
How long is your $3k stove going to last? Yes you can replace blowers. but you can not replace the firebox, Exhaust chamber and heat exchange tubes.

hearthtools said:

here is my thoughts of buring corn is a pellet stove EVEN with a upgraded Burn pot.
Duravent spent Millions to develop Vent pipe that would not fall apart from the Corrosive crap that comes from burning corn.

Ok so you have the upgraded burn pot. BIG DEAL it is the same burn pot with more holes it it.
what about the rest of the stove?
same ol Black steel or Galvanized metal. the combustion blower and impeller are still just Galvanized steel and All the combustion gases flow through this.
How long is your $3k stove going to last? Yes you can replace blowers. but you can not replace the firebox, Exhaust chamber and heat exchange tubes.

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Thanks you have made my mind up. Pellet's only fur meh.