Hopper fire stove

[2400]

I've been looking for a larger stove now that I am into pellet burning. I have been talking to a manufacture that has a refurbished stove that had a pellet fire. The price is reasonable. Is there anything I should look out for on this deal? I was kind of surprised they would sell a stove that had been hopper fired.

 

[rona]

Why would you buy one that had a hopper fire? That is a rare occurance with most stoves. There is safeguards built into most stoves to prevent such things from happening.

 

[2400]

Factory refurbished from the manufacture. Reason for the return was hopper fire. It's about 1 the price of a new one. So I guess it's been gone through and parts replaced so that its up to par?

 

[rona]

Its your business what you buy but I would try to get as much information about that model as I can and determine if this is a common problem or not. If it is a common problem I would keep looking because there is no sense in buying a potential headache.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

I'd want to know the cause of the fire. In other words I'd need a few questions answered first.

It normally (note weasel word) takes a multiple failure (frequently [another weasel word] including a human failure) to get a fire going in the hopper.

 

[Don2222]

I've been looking for a larger stove now that I am into pellet burning. I have been talking to a manufacture that has a refurbished stove that had a pellet fire. The price is reasonable. Is there anything I should look out for on this deal? I was kind of surprised they would sell a stove that had been hopper fired.

Is that the same wood pellet stove in this Derry House?

https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/67166/

If so I would get real good fire insurance!

 

[jtakeman]

What brand of stove is it?

 

[tjnamtiw]

What was the final outcome of your 'windowless' window stove? Did they take it back?

 

[2400]

I wasn't the one that had any issues with my window pellet stove. I am actually very happy with it. I use propane and have an old house. I wasn't getting much heat at the back of the house so I bought a window stove to supplement the back north west corner. It worked great. It was my first endeavor with a pellet stove and it is the reason I want to upgrade. I liked the heat and want to wean myself off propane. The window stove appealed to me because of the ease of installation. No stove pipe, portable, etc. I still haven't decided what to buy. The prices of these stove are falling drastically. Still researching.

To answer some questions: There are no details of the hopper fire. It was not the one in the Derry fire. I'm not sure I want to mention the manufacture. Don't want to step on any toes. I just wanted to add that I was told the stove had all new components and has been test fired.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

All pellet stoves can have hopper fires. It is just a matter of not properly maintaining them (and that includes cleaning them).

 

[tjnamtiw]

I wasn't the one that had any issues with my window pellet stove.

Oh, that's right. Sorry.