Altair Pellet Stove

[smwilliamson]

Just serviced my very first. Impressive. Very impressive.

Seems to me manufacturers made a better stove in the 1990's than the 2000's

There's a stove I'd like to see come back.

 

[jtakeman]

What did you like about it?

Any pictures? I have never seen one.

 

[MCPO]

Here`s one pictured , don`t know how how old the ad is though.


http://www.sell.com/23VV1L

 

[DexterDay]

Looks familiar...

NOT...

What was so nice about it.. (Asking in a serious voice). Was the steel thicker? Better fan, auger, blower placement? Control board (On/Off - Hi/Low)

 

[smwilliamson]

Here are the things I liked about it...

The outer shell had that hammered texture which the Whitfields has around 1995
Conv and comb motors Embplapst
Horizontal feed
Same control board as the Country and Earth Stoves
28 Heat exchange rods in a vertical plane with a self raking mechanism attached to the the hopper lid
3/16 inner steel construction
surface (bracketed) mounted control switches
tight wiring harness with heat protected clips (thick nylon screw mounted)
Air dump (mixing) intake

The stove looked like A Profile Series Whitfield with the outer feel of an Advantage II or Quest, air flow through like an Austroflamme, controls reminiscent of Earth Stove, burn pot like a Harman PC-45

The guy ran this stove for 11 years without cleaning it and it was still going...but it ran better than he ever saw after I was done....HA!