I am thinking of purchasing an indoor pellet boiler and am looking for any recommendations on indoor wood pellet water boilers. I have baseboard hot water radiators currently.
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ISeeDeadBTUs said:Where I work, they used to run a CB Maxim pellet boiler. The welder would pass the plumber as one was leving a repair and the other was arriving for a repair. Finally one morning as I drove into the parking lot, I noticed smoke rolling out of the shed the boiler is in. Upon inspection, flames were shooting up out of the top of the boiler. I think they have actually come out with a fire suppression system that uses water from the boiler to put out the fire.
Can't say I'm any expert on these, but they seem like junk from what I've seen.
burn back can happen if you loose power and the drop from the upper auger to the lower auger is full of pellets, I found directions on another thread to slow down the feed rate on the upper auger (it came set rather to fast) so it keeps the drop open. This does lower the ultimate upper BTU rating on my boiler as if it is burning at 100% the upper auger won't feed the pellets to the lower auger fast enough, this is not a problem for me. the "paddle" in the burn pot burns away and warps but my dealer gives me "paddles" for free, they were rolling out a stainless paddle but I didn't get one yet. Other than that I have not had issues.harttj said:ISeeDeadBTUs said:Where I work, they used to run a CB Maxim pellet boiler. The welder would pass the plumber as one was leving a repair and the other was arriving for a repair. Finally one morning as I drove into the parking lot, I noticed smoke rolling out of the shed the boiler is in. Upon inspection, flames were shooting up out of the top of the boiler. I think they have actually come out with a fire suppression system that uses water from the boiler to put out the fire.
Can't say I'm any expert on these, but they seem like junk from what I've seen.
The maxims have had Hopper fires with pellets mainly when power was lost. They do come with fire suppression from water now that does not require power to operate.
I do like mine and have not had issues.
rowerwet said:harttj said:ISeeDeadBTUs said:Where I work, they used to run a CB Maxim pellet boiler. The welder would pass the plumber as one was leving a repair and the other was arriving for a repair. Finally one morning as I drove into the parking lot, I noticed smoke rolling out of the shed the boiler is in. Upon inspection, flames were shooting up out of the top of the boiler. I think they have actually come out with a fire suppression system that uses water from the boiler to put out the fire.
Can't say I'm any expert on these, but they seem like junk from what I've seen.
The maxims have had Hopper fires with pellets mainly when power was lost. They do come with fire suppression from water now that does not require power to operate.
I do like mine and have not had issues.
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burn back can happen if you loose power and the drop from the upper auger to the lower auger is full of pellets, I found directions on another thread to slow down the feed rate on the upper auger (it came set rather to fast) so it keeps the drop open. This does lower the ultimate upper BTU rating on my boiler as if it is burning at 100% the upper auger won't feed the pellets to the lower auger fast enough, this is not a problem for me. the "paddle" in the burn pot burns away and warps but my dealer gives me "paddles" for free, they were rolling out a stainless paddle but I didn't get one yet. Other than that I have not had issues.
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