Storage idea

[reg1952]

Hey everyone. Just got my garage rearranged after my son moved out and finally took all his stuff that was taking up space in my garage. Any way what I was thinking is now storing my pellets in the garage instead of the basement. My stove is in the basement at the same end of the house as the garage. I thought if I built a hopper and mounted it on the wall and had a pipe thought the wall to the basement I could use some sort of hose with a valve to fill the hopper in the stove. Anyone done something like this or any ideas on how big the delivery pipe would need to be for the pellets to flow?

 

[Bioburner]

A vac system works. Should be several threads on bulk storage and moving of pellets.

 

[TimfromMA]

Make sure you use a grounded antistatic pipe otherwise as the pellets move through, they rub against the pipe wall building up a static charge just like rubbing you feet on a carpet. A spark can potentially ignite the dust starting a fire.

 

[reg1952]

Make sure you use a grounded antistatic pipe otherwise as the pellets move through, they rub against the pipe wall building up a static charge just like rubbing you feet on a carpet. A spark can potentially ignite the dust starting a fire.

So I have a wood hopper built and a 4'' hole on a 45 degree angle though my wall. The hole will allow a pipe to come in right over my stove. I will be using a 4'' PVC pipe from the hopper though wall. When you say grounded pipe what would you suggest or can I run a ground wire from my PVC pipe to a water line and ground it there??

 

[TimfromMA]

PVC is not impossible but is difficult to ground. One thing you can do is use a metal pipe which grounds very easily.

 

[mralias]

PVC is not impossible but is difficult to ground. One thing you can do is use a metal pipe which grounds very easily.

Just for clarification, are you saying use a metal pipe as the ground or use a metal pipe for the main feed line of the pellets?

 

[TimfromMA]

Just for clarification, are you saying use a metal pipe as the ground or use a metal pipe for the main feed line of the pellets?

Metal pipe as the feed line.

 

[Bioburner]

Or one can run a bare copper wire inside to bleed off the static and attaching to an appropriate ground . I can understand the use of pvc as its cheap, slippery, easy to work with, an available at most home improvement stores.

 

[velvetfoot]

The hole will allow a pipe to come in right over my stove

You're talking low volume here.

 

[TimfromMA]

It will still buildup a static charge over time unless there is some means of discharging it.