Yeah, I've had some "fasle starts" as well .... and some were back when I did not have outside air for combustion, but I never had smoke out the...
I didn't know that some use spring augers .... yes, I can see where the problem would be. I have a buddy who has a stove with a uphill auger that...
WOW .... those stacks are so neat! I'ld love to feed them hot pellets to my Reliant (Vermont Castings) stove ..... it hates cold pellets. Too far...
For the last several years the local farmer's co-op has delivered my pellets 2 or usually 3 ton at a time still wrapped on pallets using their Ford...
What are these "fines" y'all speak of? Do you mean the powdered pellet dust at the bottom of the bag? If so, they have never caused my Vermont...
I hear you Smokey .... I've had the stove going and had total power outages and then the fans stop and the fire just slowly but surely dies down .......
1991 Vermont Castings #2230 Reliant Pellet Stove .... I clean her hopper, ash pan, vac the air tubes, and vacume the chamber under the pot every 2-3...
I started out the season with 50 bags of Hammers (left from last year, sold as "Statesman" but they are Hammers) and 100 bags of O'Mally's (white...
I guess you lost me there Smokey .... my manual states the use of outside air is optional, it is often (was then anyway) run using interior air for...
My old Vermont Castings Reliant pulled air in through a 2" pipe in back, I simply ran a piece of 2" car exhaust pipe outside through the corner of...
I built the log house in 1990-91 and built a hearth and placed the stove that fall of 91. I got interested in Pellet stoves by a Whitfield dealer,...
Hi DexterDay, Thanks for the kind comments! I built the house in 1990-91 and built a hearth and placed the stove that fall of 91. I got interested...
Master Trooper retired after 31 plus, couple years goofing off, now work at auto parts store.
I bought and installed my VC Reliant 2230 in 1991, in 1992 it hit a spell where the feed was too fast and not knowing better, I called VC and they...
I add pellets and iff I add to many, I stab my fingers into them to compress them until the top will close tight.
In 1991 I bought and installed a Vermont Castings Reliance Pellet Stove here, most every year from then until now I have used Hammer's Premium...
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