Anyone using a pellet stove?

[skeet]

Think you will like that stove. Harman makes a good stove but they are a bit expensive. Check Wally world for pellets or even Sam's club. You may find them cheaper ..especially in March and April

[Skinny Shooter]

Hay Carl, cool thing about this company, they are located just north of Harrisburg.
Not only are they close, it also means no asian workers had their mitts on my purchase.

[fabsroman]

Skinny,

Are you telling me that they are made in Harrisburg? If so, do you have a website for them. The stoves I was looking at were from a retailer in Seattle and the shipping was insane.

[skeet]

As I said ...they make a good stove. But with no slanty eyed people werkin on it for 25 cents an hour...Well why don't ya wanta support them Chinese? Is ya prejudiced? I buy all I can from Harbor Freight!! Well, every now and then.

Seriously a good stove. If we hadn't moved here we were gonna get one too. If ya get me a good deal I might buy one when I come back in April! hehehe..ya know..you pay the 20% down and I'll pay the rest! If I can I want to stop up and see ya. Hey BTW they just put on a 75 buck bounty on coyotes here. Almost calving time and they kill the calves right while they are being born!

[Skinny Shooter]

Hi Fabs, yep, they are just north of Harrisburg in Halifax. A couple of posts up I posted the weblink of the stove I'm getting. You can hit their homepage from there. You might have a dealer or two in Maryland.
Skeet, that would be great if you could stop by. Let me know. You're killin' me about the coyote problem. Imagine being able to use a suppressed varmint gun so the livestock don't get spooked or the remaining coyotes don't get scared off.

[Nulle]

I guess mine is a Pel Pro made in Canada and they work good.
The Tech service has been great on the one time I called them and I got mine at Menards and it was on sale for under $1000

[Skinny Shooter]

The stove is installed. Looks and works great so far.
Changed my mind on the battery back-up. Decided a generator will give me more flexibility for the length of time that might be needed beyond what the battery can provide.
Besides, I can use a generator for other things once in awhile too.
Like TEOTWAWKI

Can anyone tell me the differences in generators?
Am looking at a Coleman Powermate 5000 Watt Generator w/ a Suburu 10hp engine
Model PM0435001 from www.HomeDepot.com

[skeet]

I have a 5000 watt Coleman..with a Briggs. Pull start but it works just fine for my uses. 5000 watts won't run the whole house though

[skeeter@ccia.com]

I can say we have one in our club house and the thing puts out some heat when on high..is how we start out then have to turn it down..clean, no wood chopping but needs the tray cleaned up now and then...no biggie..would get one.

[fabsroman]

Please, 5000 watts won't run nearly an entire house. My dad plumb blew one generator up after we had hurricane Andrew come through here and they were out of electricity for a week+. Of course, he blew it up the first day. He hooked up 4 fridges, the entertainment center because the World Cup was on, lights throughout the house, my computer and laser printer when I used to live and have my office at their house (long story), and then he went to cut a fallen tree with an electric chain saw. The chain saw sent the thing over the edge, and the piston/rod shot out the side of the motor housing. Not to mention that every time I printed something with the laser printer, the draw was so bad that I could hear the generator whine and my battery backup started beeping. If anything took too long to print, the computer would start to shut down. Man, was it tough to get work done. I was going back and forth from my girlfriend's, now my wife, condo because she never lost her electricity and I wast taking my laptop and "portable" laser printer with me. That was a rough week.

[Nulle]

I baught a Champion generator last Fall but not after loosing 500 quail chicks in one of our "ice outs". Thats the last time that is going to happen and besides like you said I am going to use it for the motorhome also.

[Skinny Shooter]

Just picked up that 5000watt model.
It's primary use is for the pellet stove so our pipes don't freeze and we can stay warm during frequent power outages. I don't plan or want to run my house off of it, not sure if I gave that impression.
The comment about TEOTWAWKI was said tongue in cheek.
Will probably use it for tools, etc later on.

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Wow fabs, that must be one heck of a generator to run all those things. All at one time? I would think they would just stall out if not able to handle the power surge needed to run an item. That is what mine does anyhow when it is overloaded. Most problem I have with mine is the initial power needed to 'start up' things like a big A/C unit or fridge.....once past that, runs fine....I also would think the only reason for the motor to blow up would be lack of lube oil or proper vent to keep cool while running. Then there is the defective motor. I did freeze up an old sears generator when the bushing between the motor and generator wore out and guess the banging around at that point put too much tension on the motor shaft..killed the bearings...oh well...fixed that....sold it...got myself a better one. Nice to have some lights and able to keep the freezer going when power is out a long time.