A little chilly in the house this morring so decided it was a good time to test the stove, befor the cold weather sets in. I must have done things right every thing worked well, buy forgot to empty the hoper. I found a fully loaded hoper.
broke down today and fired up the stove
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I did the same today too. Wanted to test my new door gasket, and try some new potomac pellets. Both worked fine though it wasnt a very long burn as its not that cold yet.
mine wasnt a long burn also. just a hour, wife was just shaking her head, but it was nice sitting there with a cup of coffee watchinh the flames. I will be happy with these temps (70) all winter but I know it wont happen.
I'm not there yet but is is getting cold in New Hampshire. I am really looking forward to it, which only reveals what a twisted, pellet-crazed person I have become. Thanks to Quadrafire and this Forum for enabling this behavior!
vgrund said:
Watch the weather
You may have a reason to light the stove tonight!!Feed the craziness!! I do!!
vgrund said:
And I thaught I was the only person like that. The wife said that i am obsessed with this stuff.
I pulled the insert this afternoon.
-Cleaned the Chimney
-Replaced a non existent auger bushing with a replacement (thank you dansons)
-Replaced the auger motor that burned up because of the bad bushing (thank you spare parts stash)
-Oiled the exhaust fan and the room air fan.
-Vacuumed everything
I did everything, except clean the glass and replaced the shrouds. I think I am going to remove the shrouds completely and sand and paint them. They don't look very good and they could use a fresh coat of paint. As far as the glass goes I just forgot to clean it.
It was 38 degrees two days last week. It is supposed to be 42 tomorrow morning. I have a few bags of bad pellets that I just want to get burned before the season starts.
-Cleaned the Chimney
-Replaced a non existent auger bushing with a replacement (thank you dansons)
-Replaced the auger motor that burned up because of the bad bushing (thank you spare parts stash)
-Oiled the exhaust fan and the room air fan.
-Vacuumed everything
I did everything, except clean the glass and replaced the shrouds. I think I am going to remove the shrouds completely and sand and paint them. They don't look very good and they could use a fresh coat of paint. As far as the glass goes I just forgot to clean it.
It was 38 degrees two days last week. It is supposed to be 42 tomorrow morning. I have a few bags of bad pellets that I just want to get burned before the season starts.
Got the stove running all night tonite... should stay toasty warm as it's only in the 40's right now.
One thing I noticed... my hound sure likes to sleep on the couch in front of the fire... she didn't have a place to snooze close to the fire in years past...
One thing I noticed... my hound sure likes to sleep on the couch in front of the fire... she didn't have a place to snooze close to the fire in years past...
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