muti fuel pellet stoves

[Maggie]

I can use some help. My husband and I moved into a house which has a pellet stove. If we have a power outage - we will have no heat. Does anyone know of a pellet stove which can burn firewood in addition to pellets. My husband thinks we should hook a car or marine battery up for additional power if power goes out. Also, with the price of pellets, we have quite a bit of wood around here that we could burn in addition to pellets. I'm wondering if I can get some advice. Thank you.

 

[Highbeam]

All of the pellet stoves require power so the type of fuel has little to do with your lack of electric problem.

Buy a small generator and/or set up a battery bank plus inverter to power the stove.

Many folks have both a wood stove and a pellet stove so that they can burn whichever fuel they find easier/cheaper at the time. I like that concept even more than a generator.

 

[webbie]

Yes, maggie, it is one or the other - wood or pellet.

There are many pellet stoves which are DC or set up for battery. Check models from Magnum and Thelin......

 

[webbie]

OH, as far as battery backup for the existing unit, you can get a powerful computer UPS if you want a couple hours - or an inverter and marine battery for perhaps more....depends on the wattage of the stove.

Here is an inverter made for that:
http://www.stovesentry.com/