Corinth Wood Pellets

[Stevekng]

I talked to Corinth this week and they (Angel) gave me some information about their pellets:
1) They have no immediate plans for producing softwood pellets.Hardwood is a new product
for them they are still working the formula out.
2) Both hardwood and softwood will be packaged in the blue bags.
3)The only way to tell the difference(aside from smell) between soft and hardwood is the
retailer's markings.
4) They stopped making softwood because the spruce that they were using was having too
many complaints. The pine that was working so well prior to that wasn't economicaly
feasable anymore. ( weren't making enough money on the pellets)
5) If you don't like the hardwood, too bad because that's what they are making... period.

I called last week because I don't like the hardwood. It has too many fines and sawdust. It also leave a bigger carbon build up than the softwood. I have a Quadrafire Castille and an Enviro
Meridian and the issues with the hard wood is the same.


Perhaps Corinth should give Energex a call and find out how to make softwood economicaly feasable or steal some of Energex's employees.

 

[Saltair]

I bought a ton of these new "blue bag" Corinth pellets as other Corinth pellets had burned really well in my stove. I can attest that they are in fact still "working out the formula". I get a large clinker in the pot after 10 -12 hours of burning. I played with fuel/air ratios for weeks and couldn't get them to go away. I finally broke one up in bucket and there does not appear to be any unburned material in them so all I can figure is that they have some other inpurity in them. The ehat is good, but they burn dirty.

 

[silvermander]

We tried a couple bags of Corinth after so many people raved about them. We wondered if we were doing something wrong as we absolutely hated them.

Until they work things out we will not be dropping the extra money for Corinth.

 

[Saltair]

You guys run the same stove I do maybe its the Napoleon Stove

 

[cdodge04]

I have nothing but trouble with Corinths as far as ash and clinkers go. I get large clinkers and a huge amount of ash in my burn pot that I have to clean every 10-12 hours sometimes sooner. There is also a lot more carbon build up when I burn these pellets. I thought maybe it had something to do with my OAK, so I actually took the OAK off and have been running the stove without it, and there has been no change. I have burned 3 or 4 other bands of pellets and get absolutely no clinkers and a lot less ash. I have 1 ton of brown bag Corinths and 1 ton of blue bag Corinths.

 

[Lorne41]

Hello, I've had similar problems with the Corinth Pellets in the tan bags with red and black lettering along with the Moose. They produce heat OK but are dirty and turn my stove window brown and form a large clinker after 12-24 hours with lots of ash. The big problem I had with them is that a large number of the pellets in the bags are long ( some average 2-3 inches) and have been
" bridging" over the rectangular hole over the hopper auger and preventing the other pellets from feeding properly which was causing my stove to feed erratically and created a low heat output. I now have to sort the pellets into containers and break up the long ones, it's a real pain. I emailed Corinth Pellets to let them know about the problems I was having and got a reply back that basically said " sorry ". They were more interested in where I purchased them as opposed solving the problem or exchanging them for better ones. They did claim that they've solved the size problem due to 2 new pellet machines that they had installed. I only live 20 miles from the Corinth Factory but probably won't buy their pellets again, to many problems and the quality just isn't here-
I have almost a ton of the crappy pellets to sort through.... I' have about 20 bags of the Athens pellets and they seem to be OK, they burn a little cleaner and have about the same heat output with a little less ash. I also have some Canadian made hardwood pellets that come in a clear bag with just a Maple Leaf logo on them, they burn well with little ash. So that's my experience so far.
I have an Englander 25-PDVC that I installed last Oct.08. It's a great stove but a little on the noisy side when running.---Lorne.

 

[mattbell]

Up here in Northern Maine, we have many many brands of pellets to choose from but Northeast Pellets seem to have the best BTU’s with the lowest ash. Less than .5 of 1 % and the BTU’s are between 8600 and 8750. I believe they are a blend of hard and soft wood. Very light in color and clean, low dust. Why not buy local and support local businesses ?
In our area, prices currently are ranging from 240/ton to 299/ton.
For those of you who have asked about where to get Northeast Pellets in Central and Southern Maine, I know they sell down that way but not sure where. Call the mill and ask. 207-435-6230 to find out where you can get them.
I have burnt over 4 tons so far this year!

 

[Stevekng]

Some of the tan bag pellet problems may be from the spruce that Corinth was using in their softwood formula after they stopped using pine. There were so many problems with it, they stopped using it. I would call them for an exchange or refund.

 

[jxnsdad]

I have a ton of the tan bags, I just started using them(about 6 bags in). The only things I have noticed are less ash then the cubex hardwood I was using, and that the ash itself is brown. That seemed very weird to me but I went to clean the stove and it barely needed anything but the glass to be wiped as it was pretty dirty. I have a St Croix Prescott, maybe different stoves burn softwood better than others?