Accentra 52i Pellets or What?
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dotman17
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I didn't think I was giving him advice. Mainly some perspective for him to make his own decisions. Having said that, I am always leery of folks out East recommending to us out West what service is needed. I can assure you our climate in Washington is much different than yours, and I can also go on further that I know Harman service workers out your area that tell me once a year is enough. I tend to agree with them more even though one of our service guys out here said I only needed to pull the stove out once every 2 years.
But... I'm not looking to make enemies here. I agree that the more checks I do... the better. No doubt.
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fmsm
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Climate is only one part of it. You are lucky to get Douglas Firs for a reasonable price, I pay $380 a ton. They do burn much cleaner and require less weekly maintenance. However, the amount of fines, lubrication needs, ESP maintenance, and ventilation checks are all byproduct of time and or pellet volume.
dotman17
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"How do I verify and/or adjust the opening/closing of the intake damper? Sorry, I've never done it before and it could be simple but I'm just trying to figure out if I know what it means to be optimal here and what the heck I'd do if it wasn't."
'you can only pull the unit out and see if it moves freely....you cannot adjust it.'
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dotman17
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I know. I feel bad for you guys. I wouldn't pay that price if I lived there. I'd be cleaning my stove much more often and buying something that heated me decently. We do pay sales tax on our pellets but I can find a ton of Bear Mountains typically for $209 pretax and rare occasions I can even get them for $180. There's a better, local mill here that produces Olympus -- IMO -- for about the same thing. So generally speaking, $900 for 4 tons of DF pellets covers me through the season.
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My 52i has a centrifugal combustion blower fan and 2 squirrel fans for distribution blowers. I clean the combustion blower fan but haven’t done any maintenance to the motor or bearings. Not that it is necessary at this point but in the future what would be the preferred maintenance for the fan motor and bearings. I plan on having the insert out for level three cleaning and will take a better look combustion motor. Just a bit of background about me I’m pretty handy when it comes to maintenance being I’ve been wrenching on jets for major airlines since 1983 and my current one since 89. I pretty much fix everything from the dryer to the refrigerator tricycles to trucks.
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With the exception of a Harman diagnostic tool. Can’t justify the 500 dollar price right now but someday I’ll have one when I find one at the right price.
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Currently running
Stove Temp mode (wfo)
Distribution Fan (wfo)
Feed Rate 4
Working on recovering house temp from 64 to 70
OAT+21
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Stove Temp mode (wfo)
Distribution Fan (wfo)
Feed Rate 4
Working on recovering house temp from 64 to 70
OAT+21
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I’m happy with he results of the Level 3 cleaning. The insert is running much more efficiently. Complete pellet combustion brighter flame more heat. Not a fan of Pure Heat pellets though. I’ll be looking for something else as soon as these are gone.
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Paulinator
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Looking good. Pellet stoves do like their maintenance. I clean mine weekly, then do a deep clean monthly. My ash vac really gets a workout.
dotman17
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dotman17
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Looking good. Pellet stoves do like their maintenance. I clean mine weekly, then do a deep clean monthly. My ash vac really gets a workout.
My level 2 cleaning comes this weekend
Looking good. Pellet stoves do like their maintenance. I clean mine weekly, then do a deep clean monthly. My ash vac really gets a workout.
Speaking of ash vac I have been using my shop vac with a dust deputy in line. Works well but a little bulky. Any recommendations for ash vacs?
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Paulinator
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I have this. I bought the extra attachments as well. The small tube attachment is awesome for the nooks and crannies. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0060EUA32/?tag=hearthamazon-20
I have the ash vac that the other member posted also with the extra attachments. It’s nice and small and light, but it’s not the most powerful thing in the world. It works fine for most things, but I’m thinking of getting the proper filter for the wet vac for when I pull the stove out
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
I bought a 2.5gal shop vac i use yellow drywall bags. The warden has had many vacuums that i have aquired attachments for my stove cleaning. One item I use alot is an old dishwasher drain hose, I cut it about 18” x 3/4” and corrigated. It slips into all the nooks and crannies well
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