Burning corn in a Harman pellet stove

[teng3]

Hello,

I've been reading on the forum that burning corn in a Harman Pellet stove would void the warranty on the stove, or at least the components that are effected by burning corn (igniter, firebox, etc).

--> https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/917/

I just ordered the Advance model and I was wondering if there was any backing to this claim since it's impossible to contact Harman directly. My dealer insisted that up to a 60/40 wood/corn ratio is acceptable. I would take his word for it and I do trust him, but hypothetically, if someone here is saying that it would in fact void the warranty, I would like to know about it.

I'm also considering the fact that the Advance is the first Harman stove to implement an auto-ignite feature and perhaps the technology is dated and not designed for corn??? In the product brochure, the Advance and all other pellet stoves have a listed fuel type of "Biomass pellets". I would like to believe that this includes corn or else they would specify "wood pellets" instead. Does anyone have an answer for this?

~Tim

 

[begreen]

According to the Advance manual and brochure, this stove is wood pellet only.

(broken link removed to http://www.harmanstoves.com/doc/advanceb.pdf)

 

[teng3]

Ahh, I thought i've seen that somewhere. Actually, I guess there's a discrepency because I have a product pamphlet printed by Harman listing all of their "Pellet & Corn Stove" models. Each of the model's fuel type is listed as "Bio-mass pellets." I presumed Bio-mass was inclusive of wood and other types of fuel like corn and grains.