So I have an old Bixby pellet stove that has a motherboard problem that causes it to shut down after a few minutes: I am pretty sure it is a connectivity issue with the temperature sensor, since the connecting point onto the motherboard has a faulty piece that no longer clicks the sensor wire securely into place. I could try to replace the faulty clip, but I wish I could switch over to a wood stove since I live in the country with access to all the wood I want and it seems silly to be buying bags of pellet fuel with me clearing enough brush to fuel a wood stove!
BUT....because my pellet stove is so dang efficient, I have a low temperature 3" double wall stove pipe installed and I have struggled to find any wood stove that would work with that kind of stove pipe! So I can:
a) futz around with the Bixby to get it going again, and keep buying pellets and continue to burn my brush piles/cut up wood for my sister who has a wood stove;
b) if I can't fix the Bixby, get another high efficiency pellet stove that uses the same size stove pipe; or
c) pay an arm and a leg for pulling out the 3" stove pipe and replacing it with 6" pipe for a wood stove and grow my own heat.
I wish there was an option D, which would entail making my own pellets out of all the honeysuckle I'm clearing out as well, which I'm currently piling up and turning it into biochar for the soil by quenching the fire when it burns down to coals, or an option E, which would be finding a wood stove that is efficient enough to utilize the existing stove pipe.
So what do you all think? Any and all thoughts are appreciated!
BUT....because my pellet stove is so dang efficient, I have a low temperature 3" double wall stove pipe installed and I have struggled to find any wood stove that would work with that kind of stove pipe! So I can:
a) futz around with the Bixby to get it going again, and keep buying pellets and continue to burn my brush piles/cut up wood for my sister who has a wood stove;
b) if I can't fix the Bixby, get another high efficiency pellet stove that uses the same size stove pipe; or
c) pay an arm and a leg for pulling out the 3" stove pipe and replacing it with 6" pipe for a wood stove and grow my own heat.
I wish there was an option D, which would entail making my own pellets out of all the honeysuckle I'm clearing out as well, which I'm currently piling up and turning it into biochar for the soil by quenching the fire when it burns down to coals, or an option E, which would be finding a wood stove that is efficient enough to utilize the existing stove pipe.
So what do you all think? Any and all thoughts are appreciated!
