1. Welcome Hearth.com Guests and Visitors - Please enjoy our forums!
    Hearth.com GOLD Sponsors who help bring the site content to you:
    Jotul Cast Iron Stoves
    Woodstock Soapstone Stoves
    Hearth and Home (QuadraFire and Harman Stoves)

Search Results

Search Again
Page 1 of 5
  1. whit
    Post

    defiant interchange

    Had a Defiant 2. Got a local guy to rebuild it, who purchased a new interior back panel kit as well as spare parts from a disassembled Defiant 1. The...
    Post by: whit, Jan 1, 2013 in forum: Vermont Castings & CDW Dutchwest Pre-EPA Models
  2. whit
    Post

    How much have you burned and will you have enough Pellets???

    Around a ton. Plus some oil. And a bit of cord wood. Two tons left. Plus some oil. And most of a cord.
    Post by: whit, Jan 1, 2013 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  3. whit
    Post

    Afraid of TOO MUCH heat...please advise

    Two thoughts here: 1. There's a serious difference between the feel of radiant heat and the feel of convective heat. Wood stoves are primarily...
    Post by: whit, Dec 31, 2012 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  4. whit
    Post

    Advice on which pellet stove or insert to buy

    I don't have an oak. But that explanation is sketchy. The air fed into the stove provides oxygen to the fire, and then gets exhausted outside, not...
    Post by: whit, Oct 18, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  5. whit
    Post

    Santa Fe - plugged in first time in months and fan starts, why?

    Thanks. Makes sense. Yeah, but how to remove the last pellets in the auger tube? The stove won't drop them - feed cuts off when the supply...
    Post by: whit, Oct 14, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  6. whit
    Post

    Santa Fe - plugged in first time in months and fan starts, why?

    That fan finally went off after about 10 minutes. Stove burning normally now. It did need a few starts before the augur started working - maybe...
    Post by: whit, Oct 14, 2012 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  7. whit
    Thread

    Santa Fe - plugged in first time in months and fan starts, why?

    I have the older version of the Santa Fe. Has run great through several winters, but first start up after being off for the summer is now an...
    Thread by: whit, Oct 14, 2012, 12 replies, in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  8. whit
    Post

    Mt. Vernon installed - now working 2 days later after some "issues"

    I used to work for a retail consultant. Big time guy who had clients fly him all over the world to tell them how to run their stores better. One...
    Post by: whit, Dec 24, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  9. whit
    Post

    Mt. Vernon installed - now working 2 days later after some "issues"

    Um, my chimney sweep also builds chimneys. Most of them do around here. I sure agree that the thermostat thing is pretty close to plain fraud....
    Post by: whit, Dec 24, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  10. whit
    Post

    Local supply suggestions

    Instant Heat from TSC this year leaves massive clinkers in my pot. Green Supreme from TSC burns fine. Not the hotest, but burns cleanly enough.
    Post by: whit, Dec 18, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  11. whit
    Post

    Hardwood vs Softwood Pellets

    As far as I can see, the difference isn't between hardwood and softwood in pellets. It's between well made pellets and not-so-well made. Part of that...
    Post by: whit, Dec 16, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  12. whit
    Post

    Cyberpower UPS question...What model is suggested?

    The differences are (1) more power (the higher number) and (2) that's not a model with a pure sine wave, but rather with an approximation where it...
    Post by: whit, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  13. whit
    Post

    Learned a lesson last night..not going to use a thermostat

    The government suggests basically that you'll still save energy with a thermostat to turn the system down, but that to warm everything back up in...
    Post by: whit, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  14. whit
    Post

    Cyberpower UPS question...What model is suggested?

    If your stove has an igniter on a thermostat, you want to be sure the igniter won't go on too. Those igniters draw a lot of current. Putting a relay...
    Post by: whit, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  15. whit
    Post

    $4000 complete install of Harman P35I?

    Another option for an OAK might be if you drop it through the floor and then over to the side wall of the basement/crawl space (e.g. to a window). I...
    Post by: whit, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  16. whit
    Post

    Cyberpower UPS question...What model is suggested?

    One relay thread. Relay plus socket plus (1) old lamp cord to connect to spare not-battery-backed plug on UPS and (2) piece of single-strand wire...
    Post by: whit, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  17. whit
    Post

    Pulled the plug today...you should too...

    Once you've got the APC, just put a relay in your thermostat line.
    Post by: whit, Dec 10, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  18. whit
    Post

    Favorite brand pellets/ worst brand pellets?

    Great: Vermont, Barefoot Okay: Green Supreme, North American Marginal: Fireside Ultra Suck: Inferno
    Post by: whit, Dec 9, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  19. whit
    Post

    How often do you lose power?

    Lose power several times a year. Causes are varied. Twice in the last year it was squirrels in the local substation getting juiced. Couple of years...
    Post by: whit, Dec 9, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
  20. whit
    Post

    What happens when the power fails ( with a roaring fire/)

    In my case, I get not a visible amount of smoke in the house, but enough to smell it and set off the smoke detector. That's with the pipe going...
    Post by: whit, Dec 9, 2011 in forum: The Pellet Mill - Pellet and Multifuel Stoves
Showing results 1 to 20 of 100 Next >
Search Again
Page 1 of 5