Preventing rust in the offseason in your pellet stove

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krooser said:
I shut my stove off and walk away... pretty easy. In the fall I clean it, lube it and fire it up...

Did a quick search for 'rust' and found this thread. Wish I would have seen this earlier!..............

I ran mine out of any pellets I had a few months ago, and walked away. Last week I notice the inside of my less than 1 year old Avalon is all rusty! Damn!

Last night I gave it a quick cleaning, wire brushed some of the rust off, and gave the inside a light coat of WD-40. I also wrapped the exhaust with an empty pellet bag and will pick up some baking soda today to put inside the stove.
 
...same here rust on a one year old stove!

DAMMIT!
 
So after you spray in the pam, do you leave the door ajar, or close it for the summer?
 
Am I having a blond moment?
is this a ridiculous question or something?
???
 
whatever
 
For what it's worth, I sprayed my stove with PAM, also put a moisture absorber (DampRid) in the ash pan, plus I covered the exhaust with tin foil, then put a freezer bag over it, and taped it tight around the pipe. I closed the door. There are some people on this forum who do nothing, and say they have no problem. I didn't want to chance it and it really only took a total of 10 minutes to do.
 
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