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    pellet stove warning

    Death from carbon monoxide can only occur when equipment isn't working properly or one uses something like a barbecue to heat an indoor space in...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 7, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove life expectancy?

    I should add that I had to replace the "fire brick" since it was falling apart but I reused the side pieces for the center and replaced them with two...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 6, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove warning

    A bedroom is a specific type of room. It isn't defined by whether someone sleeps in it or not. It could be used for other uses, like an office....
    Post by: arnash, Jan 6, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove life expectancy?

    I bought my Whitfield Advantage I a year and a half ago for $50. and left it outside but covered all through the summer and fall. Finally hauled it...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 5, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Clinker of the Month award!!

    That kind of thing isn't composed of pure ash or carbon but something else, like silica. It's like a crappy cousin of glass. One would have to...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 5, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove warning

    Good point about the air-wash. I'd venture to guess that if the stove is burning good and hot when the power fails, then the updraft of the vent...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 5, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    harman accentra will not turn off

    My contribution probably won't apply to your stove but might to someone else's stove. My old first-gen Whitfield wouldn't shut it's exhaust fan off...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Whitfield Profile 20 FS-2

    I suspect that you are suffering from the effect of heavy cold damp air sitting in your exhaust vent. I've experienced that causing first-ignition...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove warning

    Yes, only an outside-air intact pipe will prevent smoke from flowing out the intake pipe into the room, unless...the exhaust pipe is tall enough to...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 3, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove warning

    What's there to be worried about? Just add an air intake pipe for the stove or crack a window a little. As hot air rises and exhaust air is blown...
    Post by: arnash, Jan 1, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    pellet stove warning

    Smokey's point is the most apropos. It isn't about fire danger, it's about lack of a continues adequate inflow of air into the room to replace that...
    Post by: arnash, Dec 31, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Double T for easier pellet flue cleaning?? Finally got the Simpson Duravent Double T and it is in!!

    You could use a blower if you tied a cloth laundry bag or pillow case to the end of the vent pipe. It would substitute for a vacuum cleaner...
    Post by: arnash, Dec 1, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    need user/installer input on this one

    Never thought about CO2 backflow, and no doubt neither did the homeowner. I'd guess that it probably wouldn't be a problem if the vent pipes from...
    Post by: arnash, Apr 28, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    need user/installer input on this one

    doesnt even need a flue....why not just pipe it out a sidewall with an approved thimble? As for the cost of 2 more flues, how is that relevant?...
    Post by: arnash, Apr 26, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Woman Burned While Trying To Light Pellet Stove

    It sounds as likely as anything else. After all, they're not getting paid to be accurate, just to write something to fill space.
    Post by: arnash, Apr 26, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Woman Burned While Trying To Light Pellet Stove

    Maybe she ran out of gel and poured some gasoline into the container. That would produce a disaster. I heard about a woman on the news who was...
    Post by: arnash, Apr 25, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Woman Burned While Trying To Light Pellet Stove

    It seems to me that the alcohol used in starter gel must be as flammable (or more) as gasoline. It is a very volatile aromatic compound and...
    Post by: arnash, Apr 24, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Woman Burned While Trying To Light Pellet Stove

    I think I recall once hearing that the Russians detonated the biggest non-nuclear bomb in history and it was a MOAB type. Don't remember anything...
    Post by: arnash, Apr 24, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Whitfield tube scraper problem

    The citrus oil cleaner called Goop would probably help in the dissolving and lubricating to allow the scraper to slide back and forth, used with...
    Post by: arnash, Apr 23, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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    Woman Burned While Trying To Light Pellet Stove

    Oh boy, been there, done that, never again. That damn gasoline better be lit while it's still a liquid or whooosh! and everything get's singed....
    Post by: arnash, Apr 23, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
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