jdempsey said:I know alot of you have shopvacs hooked up to a homemade fine sifter and i plan on doing something like that soon.
In the meanwhile is it ok to pour directly into the hopper? I do shake the bag and get most of the fines settled to the bottom.
jdempsey said:I know alot of you have shopvacs hooked up to a homemade fine sifter and i plan on doing something like that soon.
In the meanwhile is it ok to pour directly into the hopper? I do shake the bag and get most of the fines settled to the bottom.
Like your way of thinking. Unless its absolutely necessary i would prefer skipping this step also. I guess maybe really depends on the stove.Major91 said:jdempsey said:I know alot of you have shopvacs hooked up to a homemade fine sifter and i plan on doing something like that soon.
In the meanwhile is it ok to pour directly into the hopper? I do shake the bag and get most of the fines settled to the bottom.
I'm not sure on other stoves. Have been using mine for the past 10 years and never needed to sift anything and my stove/auger work great.
Seems like extra work for no reason imo but hey.....just my......2 cents
Utilitrack said:Fines burn in my stove like the rest of the bag, no need to waste time or BTU's. To each their own
richkorn said:No way! - too much work.
Stove burns em right up.
slls said:I sift all my pellets, even break the long ones. The 6 bags of Maine Choice has a few long ones. I inspect all my pellets, don't want any
unauthorized pellets in my stove.
relxn88 said:richkorn said:No way! - too much work.
Stove burns em right up.
If enough fines clog up the chute ,the auger WILL stop turning and you can expect to do a little work cleaning everthing out before the stove will work again. This doesn't happen on every stove, but it does on my St. Croix. I would say don't bother sifting, but if your stove quits working some time and it turns out to be the auger jammed by sifts, then you can decide which is more trouble. Cleaning out the auger or sifting the pellets before use. I made my own sifter and I do about a dozen bags in about fifteen minutes in to a storage bin.
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