Ok so I had my M55 installed 2 weeks ago. Still feeling it out but given the many questions concerning fireside pellets I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.
Over the past 2 weeks we've burned through 2 bags of fiireside pellets. For the first 3 hours we burned on level 5 to get the new stove smell out. The rest of the time the stove was on level 2 with no fuel trim. The air damper was manually positioned to match flame appearance with optimal. There is no OAK installed yet, this is scheduled for later in the year.
the fireside pellets were bought from home depot and say bagged in Canada.
At level 5 my meat thermometer was pegged beyond 220F. At level 2 is was around 160.
Ash- after burn was 12 ounces (volume). This does not include ash vacuumed out of the combustion chamber during two cleanings. It does include all of the ash that accumulated in the ash pot after the 2 bags of pellets were consumed. So if I was to estimate the total amount of ash produced during the burn cycle I would say perhaps 24 ounces. Generally I fell that I am estimating on the high side here.
There were a some fines at the bottom of the bag, but I just poured in a bag of spruce pointe and found a large dust cloud over the hopper. No such dust cloud was apparent with the firesides.
Overall I'm happy with the firesides, understanding that we're a long ways away from January and February.
Anyone else try these yet?
Over the past 2 weeks we've burned through 2 bags of fiireside pellets. For the first 3 hours we burned on level 5 to get the new stove smell out. The rest of the time the stove was on level 2 with no fuel trim. The air damper was manually positioned to match flame appearance with optimal. There is no OAK installed yet, this is scheduled for later in the year.
the fireside pellets were bought from home depot and say bagged in Canada.
At level 5 my meat thermometer was pegged beyond 220F. At level 2 is was around 160.
Ash- after burn was 12 ounces (volume). This does not include ash vacuumed out of the combustion chamber during two cleanings. It does include all of the ash that accumulated in the ash pot after the 2 bags of pellets were consumed. So if I was to estimate the total amount of ash produced during the burn cycle I would say perhaps 24 ounces. Generally I fell that I am estimating on the high side here.
There were a some fines at the bottom of the bag, but I just poured in a bag of spruce pointe and found a large dust cloud over the hopper. No such dust cloud was apparent with the firesides.
Overall I'm happy with the firesides, understanding that we're a long ways away from January and February.
Anyone else try these yet?
