Cleaning a Harmon P 61

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Spaztictyper

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Sep 7, 2026
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Nova scotia
I ran my Harmon P 61 all day yesterday, and have about an inch of ashes left in it. Just curious if I can restart it at this point and the pellets will push it out of the way or should I clean it out first. My buddy has one and says it will push it out of the way and start up.
 
I always scrape it out. Keeping the ash pan holes free will keep the stove running more efficiently.
 
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Okay I want to run it on the thermostat. When I ran it yesterday I had the fan off, set on 1 and still was to hot. It's the best choice to heat the whole ground floor as it's right in the middle. Had to put up with 77f temps or open and close doors. It was 52f all day and raining. Same today. Running the heat pumps today. Did I mention the extra noise of the heat pump running in the living room? The pellet stove is in the kitchen, can't even hear it.
 
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Okay I want to run it on the thermostat. When I ran it yesterday I had the fan off, set on 1 and still was to hot. It's the best choice to heat the whole ground floor as it's right in the middle. Had to put up with 77f temps or open and close doors. It was 52f all day and raining. Same today. Running the heat pumps today. Did I mention the extra noise of the heat pump running in the living room? The pellet stove is in the kitchen, can't even hear it.
I did get it going on thermostat, but because the heat sensor is too close, it didn't heat half the house. Heated the room 8 feet away fine. So the experiment continues.