What determines the amount of ash in your stove? Is it just about the pellet, or is there more to it?
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WoodPorn
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I'm sure there are slight nuances to each stove that may give minimal differences, but the pellet is the culprit......Basically trash in, trash out.
poconoman
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In my experience so far, it depends on the pellet. Barefoot has less ash than Tree Cycle. So, I'm sticking to BF.
SmokeyTheBear
Minister of Fire
Assuming that you have enough air to provide a complete burn, the only thing that can account for the amount of ash you will get is the amount of nonburnable material in the pellets you are burning.
Or as Werm put it trash in, trash out.
Now the question becomes how do you measure ash, by weight or volume.
It is possible for 1 pound of ash to make a very large pile or a very small pile, depending upon what is in the ash.
Or as Werm put it trash in, trash out.
Now the question becomes how do you measure ash, by weight or volume.
It is possible for 1 pound of ash to make a very large pile or a very small pile, depending upon what is in the ash.
We have used wood pellets , corn and this year oats as our corn did not dry down. All work well corn most heat then pellets then oats. Oats make the most ash then pellets then corn.
Snowy Rivers
Minister of Fire
The cheaper pellets can have more "DIRT" in them and this accounts for clinkering and other crap.
I burn Hazelnut shells and they leave a fair amount more ash than pellets, but are very cheap to heat with and burn hot.
The only real way to go is to get used to the fuel you have and deal with how the stove handles the stuff.
Every stove/Pellet combination is different.
You will get to a point where you find the "SWEEEET SPOT" for your equipment.
Having the opitmum air/fuel ratio will change the burn slightly but the overall ash content is still based on what your feeding the critter.
Snowy
I burn Hazelnut shells and they leave a fair amount more ash than pellets, but are very cheap to heat with and burn hot.
The only real way to go is to get used to the fuel you have and deal with how the stove handles the stuff.
Every stove/Pellet combination is different.
You will get to a point where you find the "SWEEEET SPOT" for your equipment.
Having the opitmum air/fuel ratio will change the burn slightly but the overall ash content is still based on what your feeding the critter.
Snowy
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