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    Funny smell on first use of pellet stove

    As my username indicates, I just installed a pellet stove in my basement. I ran it for the first time last night. Everything seemed to be running and venting properly. There was no visible smoke in the house, and I have a carbon monoxide detector nearby inside the house that did not go off...