PELLET HELP!!

[nnysnowbelt]

hey all! I am a first time pellet stove owner and just bought a new Harman p68. My question is what are the best pellets to burn in this stove. Some options are tcs, dry creek, Curran, and new England. I have a home depot and lowes a few minutes away also. Thanks!

 

[Bioburner]

The Harman bottom feeders a great at being able to consume lower grade pellets. Other can help you and rate your available pellets.

 

[alternativeheat]

hey all! I am a first time pellet stove owner and just bought a new Harman p68. My question is what are the best pellets to burn in this stove. Some options are tcs, dry creek, Curran, and new England. I have a home depot and lowes a few minutes away also. Thanks!

Your stove will burn any of them The Dry Creeks probably have the least ash and may be the hottest as well. Your stove will compensate though. The TSC pellets can be very good if they are the hardwood pellets supplied by Maine Wood, if not then they are very ashy and a dark ash at that. The Maine wood version gives great heat. New Englands are ho hum pellets, ya they burn and make heat aren't the worst product out there etc etc. Curran I have not used but they are rated at 8200 BTU and 1% ash, so there are better ones on the market. When I buy pellets I shoot for at least 8500 btu, more is better and .5 % ash. Spruce Pointe for instance runs 8700 BTU but may be 1% ash, I don't recall at the moment but they are hota nd the ash is livable. But again at the end of the day your stove will burn any of them.

 

[hwdemers]

Curran are among the worst pellets I've tried, and all the bags had way too much sawdust at the bottom

 

[Tonyray]

Your Home Depot might carry Stove Chows which are a middle of the road pellet.
meaning lot of heat but lot of ash...Pellets leave Ash.. some more than others.
Your gonna vacuum ash either way regularly..
Usually around 229.00 ton.
your Harman will do good with pretty much anything.. try a few bags of whatever you can find 1st..

 

[Don2222]

Hello
Just got 3 tons for all this winter's heat for only $950!
We like it warm and toasty by using Doug Fir and Oakanagan Gold! Got free delivery and $50 coupon for anything else I buy at the lumber yard.

 

[nnysnowbelt]

Hello
Just got 3 tons for all this winter's heat for only $950!
We like it warm and toasty by using Doug Fir and Oakanagan Gold! Got free delivery and $50 coupon for anything else I buy at the lumber yard.

where did you get them?

 

[Don2222]

where did you get them?

Hampsted NH but that may be too far.
They have less than 0.2% ash !
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[alternativeheat]

Hampsted NH but that may be too far.
They have less than 0.2% ash !
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And its not just the ash, they are rated 9200-9400 btu. That's why I have them for mid winter. Down here on Cape Cod they cost a lot more than up in NH though. So I only get in two tons. I'll burn something else in shoulder season up till about Christmas or so.

 

[Brian L]

Hampsted NH but that may be too far.
They have less than 0.2% ash !
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But doesnt that sign mean greater than or equal to .2%.

 

[TimfromMA]

Got 6 tons of DF but will only use 3 of them this winter.

 

[MikeNH]

But doesnt that sign mean greater than or equal to .2%.

Yup

 

[mepellet]

But doesnt that sign mean greater than or equal to .2%.

I noticed that right away too. Guess that would probably be true for any pellet. Creative marketing........