Some of my pellets are to long.. (with photo)

[Nicholas440]

Normally the pellets I have been using are anywhere from 1/4 inch to about 5/8 of an inch in length. Recently from the same batch I noticed that I have several bags so far with pellets about 2" inches long and I found a few that are well over 2" inches. So far my Quadrafire Castile insert has been taking them in stride, I hear an occasional " BANG" sound and I'm assuming it's one of these 2 inch pellets getting broken up by the auger. When I fill the hopper I add a little at a time, and I manually break the long ones up as much as possible but I dont get all of them.

I'm just wondering how many of you experience extra long pellets. The brand I have been burning for 3 seasons now is Country Boy and they have always been great. They are hot, they have very little ash, and the size has been consistent at about 1/4 to 5/8 inch long. These are hardwood premium pellets as well.

Here's a photo of what I'm seeing recently, and I hope I dont find too many bags like these. This last bag did not have any of the 2 1/4 inchers but I did find several.

 

[DexterDay]

1.5" is acceptable to the PFI and some can be longer than that.

Ive had some pretty long pellets. Had a whole ton of these I had to fight threw last year. Quad only shut down twice because of them.

The average length for them was 1.5".

With some topping at 3".

Have since burned them a few times (all different batches) and never seen the problem again.

 

[PoolGuyinCT]

are those country boys? they look a bit darker than my boys.

ray

 

[PoolGuyinCT]

are those country boys? they look a bit darker than my boys.

ray

 

[Fish On]

You should be fine with those size I've run about the same size in my Quad, but any longer and I hear my auger making noise to which I don't like to hear or think its good for it.

I think mine just enjoys smaller pellets and burns better, but that just me.