Preventing rust in the offseason in your pellet stove

[Burn1]

I shut my stove off and walk away... pretty easy. In the fall I clean it, lube it and fire it up...

Did a quick search for 'rust' and found this thread. Wish I would have seen this earlier!..............

I ran mine out of any pellets I had a few months ago, and walked away. Last week I notice the inside of my less than 1 year old Avalon is all rusty! Damn!

Last night I gave it a quick cleaning, wire brushed some of the rust off, and gave the inside a light coat of WD-40. I also wrapped the exhaust with an empty pellet bag and will pick up some baking soda today to put inside the stove.

 

[strangemainer]

...same here rust on a one year old stove!

DAMMIT!

 

[strangemainer]

So after you spray in the pam, do you leave the door ajar, or close it for the summer?

 

[strangemainer]

Am I having a blond moment?
is this a ridiculous question or something?
???

 

[strangemainer]

whatever

 

[newf lover]

For what it's worth, I sprayed my stove with PAM, also put a moisture absorber (DampRid) in the ash pan, plus I covered the exhaust with tin foil, then put a freezer bag over it, and taped it tight around the pipe. I closed the door. There are some people on this forum who do nothing, and say they have no problem. I didn't want to chance it and it really only took a total of 10 minutes to do.