Breckwell Woes

[Michele]

 

[Xena]

We bought a Breckwell P2000 insert two winters ago
and have been very disatisfied with it. When we bought it we were told not to run it on level 3 or higher
for longer than an hour at a time.

Hi Michele and welcome to the forum.
Do you have the stove manual?
Sounds like someone gave you some wrong
information........
I just had a look at the manual online
for a 2005 Breckwell P2000i, and it
cautions not to use the #5 setting for more
than one or two hours, not the #3.
(see page 14 of the pdf online manual)


If you don't have a manual, you can download
the right one for your stove in PDF format from
their web site (broken link removed to http://www.breckwell.com/manuals-dt.asp?id=68)


Oh, and btw, I also happen to be a Michele with one L.

 

[webbie]

In order to get heat from Pellets, you have to burn a bunch of them (same with wood, obviously)....at a low setting you simply are not burning enough pellets in order to produce the BTU's that you need. How many Pellets are you going through in a 24 hour period?

In the cold weather, if you are not burning at least 3 lbs per hour (2 bags in 24 hours), then you are not running at a level that can do much.

 

[hearthtools]

I think the folks at Breckwell Tell you not to run the stove Hot for a long time to protect there butt if you stove melts down and you call for warantee.

I can see any stove company doing that.

 

[latichever]

I have the same stove. I'm been running it at three since last night--70 degrees on most of the ground floor of my 3-story poorly insulated Victorian. At 4, I'd be in shorts and a t-shirt. I can confirm the manual says only 5 should be run for only an hour. So burn away at 3 or 4. I think the people who sold you the stove didn't read the manual.

 

[Michele]

Thank you for all the replies. We've been running the stove at 3 all yesterday and most of today and we've finally reached a nice warm 71 degrees. I think we're going to keep her!