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SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
Doocrew
Feeling the Heat
jtakeman
Minister of Fire
Pete, I am surprised you made it this long! Did it finally not light for you or did you just give in?
Wonder how many bags of them grass pellets you can burn before you get a no light? Hmmmm!
Wonder how many bags of them grass pellets you can burn before you get a no light? Hmmmm!
Xena
Minister of Fire
SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
Xena said:
From divining the entrails of a goat and understanding what motivates the contestants the prize was likely some brews ;-).
OK you pelletheads, here it is. Just a few things before I put up the pics.
This was done after burning 3 different brands of pellets....approx. 70% was Rocky Mtn, 25% was Premier Hardwood, and the rest was some Somersets I put in for the real cold nights we had recently. If you look at the pic of the stove right after I opened the door, you'll see different colors of ash....that's what it's from.
To answer Jay's question about why I finally caved and cleaned the stove, well, it was NOT because the stove wouldn't start....it was burning merrily along when I hit the off button, and was still giving good heat. When I got up this morning, the house was already at 70 °F in the stove room, and 68 in the rear of the hallways.
I also removed and cleaned the comb. blower, since it was over a ton and I also wanted to see what the vanes looked like.....I had sprayed them with graphite spray last spring during the end-of-the-winter cleaning......I'd say it worked very well, as the amount of burned on ash was small, and came right off with some light wirebrushing. (and yes, I DID put a new gasket on...LOL).
I also cleaned the exhaust pipe with the vacuum and Lint-Eater.....there was a decent amount of ash in there.
When I took pics of it burning after the cleaning, I did them with a flash, and without.
And lastly, especially for Jay, I took ALL of the ash I cleaned out of the stove, and dumped it in a plastic bucket to get an idea of the amount....it came up to almost exactly the 2 gallon mark.
Believe me fellow pelletheads, I will NOT be doing this EVER AGAIN......too much stress wondering if and when the stove would stop (hopefully NOT during the last really cold night :ahhh: ), but I did prove at least to myself that this stove is VERY dependable, and will run under some very adverse conditions.
Oh, and Mike H.....you can take a breath now, and let your fingernails grow back. :lol:
This was done after burning 3 different brands of pellets....approx. 70% was Rocky Mtn, 25% was Premier Hardwood, and the rest was some Somersets I put in for the real cold nights we had recently. If you look at the pic of the stove right after I opened the door, you'll see different colors of ash....that's what it's from.
To answer Jay's question about why I finally caved and cleaned the stove, well, it was NOT because the stove wouldn't start....it was burning merrily along when I hit the off button, and was still giving good heat. When I got up this morning, the house was already at 70 °F in the stove room, and 68 in the rear of the hallways.
I also removed and cleaned the comb. blower, since it was over a ton and I also wanted to see what the vanes looked like.....I had sprayed them with graphite spray last spring during the end-of-the-winter cleaning......I'd say it worked very well, as the amount of burned on ash was small, and came right off with some light wirebrushing. (and yes, I DID put a new gasket on...LOL).
I also cleaned the exhaust pipe with the vacuum and Lint-Eater.....there was a decent amount of ash in there.
When I took pics of it burning after the cleaning, I did them with a flash, and without.
And lastly, especially for Jay, I took ALL of the ash I cleaned out of the stove, and dumped it in a plastic bucket to get an idea of the amount....it came up to almost exactly the 2 gallon mark.
Believe me fellow pelletheads, I will NOT be doing this EVER AGAIN......too much stress wondering if and when the stove would stop (hopefully NOT during the last really cold night :ahhh: ), but I did prove at least to myself that this stove is VERY dependable, and will run under some very adverse conditions.
Oh, and Mike H.....you can take a breath now, and let your fingernails grow back. :lol:
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krooser
Minister of Fire
krooser said:
Yep, you never know what I'll do next......but there will be no more "big ash" pics again. :lol:
jtakeman
Minister of Fire
Amazing! That's a heck of a stove you got there Pete! Must of been the longest stove cleaning job you have done! I like the picture of her all cleaned! Ready to do it all over again. The little stove that could! This should be in the Guinness book of Records!
I like the picture of her all cleaned! Ready to do it all over again. The little stove that could! This should be in the Guinness book of Records!Thanks Jay. Yes, it WAS quite a project.......not something I want to do again anytime soon.
Any way to calculate the ash % from the amount of bags and amount in the pail?
Any way to calculate the ash % from the amount of bags and amount in the pail?
jtakeman
Minister of Fire
The Radiator
Member
That's some fine burning there. You have that stove dialed in. Your paint job on the bricks looks like its holding up well.
The Radiator said:That's some fine burning there. You have that stove dialed in. Your paint job on the bricks looks like its holding up well.
Thanks Radiator. But most of the praise should go to the guys at Englander who make it, and helped me "dial it in".....great group to be able to get advice from.
seing how reliable that stove is makes me want to go and traid up my pdvc for a 10-cpm.. my englander would be lucky to make it a day without opening the door
86 toy said:
Remember though, your stove:
1. Doesn't have an ash pan
2. Doesn't have the stirrer
Both of those make the CPM easy to run for long periods w/o cleaning the burnpot, etc.
Another good stove they make (if you don't want the Multi-fuel adjustability that the 10-cpm has), is their Evolution pellet stove....have heard good things about that too, and it's their latest single auger design, w/ an ash pan too.
www.englanderstoves.com/25-ep_i.html
imacman said:
i was looking at the 25-ep.. it's a very nice unit.. don't get me wrong my little pdvc does a great job at heating my house and the price i paid for it was a big bonus (50
% off at lowes) but opening the door 3 times a day to keep the flame nice and clean starts to get old after a while.. i would love to have a stove that i would only have to open up every couple days to clean it out
forya
Member
I just got 40 bags, I wanted to see if I could get a full ton in my ash pan. My Harman Accentra with Hamer pellets started to clump the ash, and was not able to push it off the end of the fire pot, making a dam that pooled the burning pellets behind it, then overflowing the partially burnt pellets into the ash pan. It was then time to clean it. I could have fit a whole ton into my ash pan, but the stove's performance was starting to go down, so I broke down.
ct_administrator
Member
Well thats got me thinking maybe this stove would be a better choice then the Harman P61. The reason I wanted the harman was due to its ability to cope with ash but this Englander looks like it does a fine job too. Something to think about. I would like to see how it does aith grass pellets. I don't see a 10CPM on Englanders website. Do they still make it?
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