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Last night a left it with a couple of pounds of pellets to burn out.
This morning the burn pot is clean with a few ashes, I notice it takes while to get the house up from 55 to 74F, once there I turned the feed rate down from 4 to 1. I have no experience with these stoves but I think its working as designed.
I started to smell smoke but it was the neighbors wood stove, he puts out big clouds of smoke, looking at the pellet exhaust there was no visible smoke, none at all, I went inside to make sure its still lit and it is. Maine hardwood pellets seem ok.
I think I'll skip buying a ton and just buy a few bags at the local store, I go there 3 times a week anyway.
Last night a left it with a couple of pounds of pellets to burn out.
This morning the burn pot is clean with a few ashes, I notice it takes while to get the house up from 55 to 74F, once there I turned the feed rate down from 4 to 1. I have no experience with these stoves but I think its working as designed.
I started to smell smoke but it was the neighbors wood stove, he puts out big clouds of smoke, looking at the pellet exhaust there was no visible smoke, none at all, I went inside to make sure its still lit and it is. Maine hardwood pellets seem ok.
I think I'll skip buying a ton and just buy a few bags at the local store, I go there 3 times a week anyway.
Good job ! You did a lot of work I remember. Good thing you are handy and like projects. re pellets - getting a few bags at a time is a good way to go. Just be careful you don't buy crappy old damp ones. Try to get ones fresh off the pallet from this years delivery. The only other issue would be if they ran out and so try and find another spot. Bad thing is once one person runs out, everybody goes to the other place. I bought 2 pallets (140 bags) delivered of my proven pellets, and they are still in the driveway. I made a spot in the garage for them, but my back has had some issues, so it never got done so far. That is the other thing I liked about getting 9 bags or so at a time - less stress - they get unloaded right away.