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K2e2vin · 10-09-2008, 04:11 AM

We might have to get one of those. We have natural gas but a couple of winters ago when he had a huge ice storm, we pretty much had no heat(central heat/air) for about a week. I was sleeping next to a candle for heat. Something like that would be pretty nice, and quieter and cheaper than a generator running all night to power the central heating system.

Do those pellets have a "shelf" life?

neonmike · 10-09-2008, 10:41 AM

the problem with losing power is you would still not have any heat. the unit runs off a wall plug to power the auger that feeds the pellets. You could get a battery backup for them though but they only last about 9 hours and if you have no power for days then your up shits creek.

Drake · 10-09-2008, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by neonmike

the problem with losing power is you would still not have any heat. the unit runs off a wall plug to power the auger that feeds the pellets. You could get a battery backup for them though but they only last about 9 hours and if you have no power for days then your up shits creek.

You could try and rig up an hand crank to run the auger maybe. Or manually feed the pellets into the stove I would think.

B · 10-09-2008, 01:11 PM

lol... no. not unless you want to sit there and dump 2-5 pellets in every 30 seconds

reikoshea · 10-09-2008, 01:34 PM

put a pot of boiling water on the stove, have it heat the water to make steam to power a turbine to provide electricity for the auger.

there you have it.

E_SolSi · 10-09-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by reikoshea

put a pot of boiling water on the stove, have it heat the water to make steam to power a turbine to provide electricity for the auger.

there you have it.

electric stove

Drake · 10-09-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by B

lol... no. not unless you want to sit there and dump 2-5 pellets in every 30 seconds

Fair enough. Hit up the Home Depot parking lot, I bet you could find someone to work as an auger.

reikoshea · 10-09-2008, 02:08 PM

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electric stove

if there are pellets in the stove, is the top not hot enough to boil water?

B · 10-09-2008, 03:46 PM

i doubt it would boil.

it gets hot... but i don't think its that hot

hosmer · 10-09-2008, 04:29 PM

those things work the balls...my in-laws have one in the NH house

-only downfall is the goddamn "tink-tink" noise they make every 8 seconds when they drop the pellets in

B · 10-09-2008, 04:48 PM

heh, you can't hear it over the fan... its not a big deal

totalburnout · 10-09-2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by B

i doubt it would boil.

it gets hot... but i don't think its that hot

I didn't click the link, if its a metal top it can get that hot.

My ex-girlfriend's family had one at their lake house in PA. Her father always complained how inefficient it was because you had to be near the pellet stove and that it was not cheap to feed.

EGProject · 10-09-2008, 08:59 PM

My parent's just had one installed, and it is badass. Basically will cut the heating oil bills in half, possibly more if they can deal with a bit of a chill.

B, have you looking into geo-thermal heating/cooling? Not the "pipe into hot rocks", but the system that uses tubes burried deep underground, below the frost line to absorb heat in the summer, and to warm up the water to around 57 degrees in the winter.

Slammed89Integra · 10-09-2008, 10:56 PM

My grandparents have had one for all my life. They love it to death.

90 accord · 10-09-2008, 10:59 PM

so random southerner question.... why not have an electric heater like we do down here? not efficient for the temps up there or?

B · 10-09-2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by totalburnout

I didn't click the link, if its a metal top it can get that hot.

My ex-girlfriend's family had one at their lake house in PA. Her father always complained how inefficient it was because you had to be near the pellet stove and that it was not cheap to feed.

it is a metal top.

it was on for 3 hours yesterday, and i was still able to touch it. it was hot, but it didn't insta-burn.
i'd say at best it was equiv. to a range top on setting 2 / 10.

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Originally Posted by EGProject

My parent's just had one installed, and it is badass. Basically will cut the heating oil bills in half, possibly more if they can deal with a bit of a chill.

i think more than half. If my estimates are correct, i will be paying 30% of what i paid last year... and that was at highly reduced oil prices compared to today. so, maybe it's closer to 20% of the cost this season.
Sure, the inital stove purchase eats that profit, but by year two, i'm more than ahead..... and i plan on staying at my house for a long time. i like it here

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B, have you looking into geo-thermal heating/cooling? Not the "pipe into h
ot rocks", but the system that uses tubes burried deep underground, below the frost line to absorb heat in the summer, and to warm up the water to around 57 degrees in the winter.

never heard of it.
sounds expensive.

i'm on ledge... and in wetlands due to the river (a stupid zoning issue.. i've yet to even get a drop of water in my basement). it's probably not going to happen even if it is cheap.

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My grandparents have had one for all my life. They love it to death.

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Originally Posted by 90 accord

so random southerner question.... why not have an electric heater like we do down here? not efficient for the temps up there or?

electric heat is expensive and dry as fuck. it's the least desired option to have.

propane is the new thing around here. If my furnace ever goes, i think that's what i'll be replacing it with.

Sabz5150 · 10-10-2008, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by B

electric heat is expensive and dry as fuck. it's the least desired option to have.

You don't live in an area where the humidity ranges anywhere from 80% to the bottom of the Atlantic. Half the reason we run the AC/heat is to dry the air out.

B · 10-10-2008, 11:51 AM

are you kidding? lol it's humid as fuck here.

somedays, you have to swim to go outside.

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10-09-2008, 10:41 AM	#27
neonmike Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 753 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 65	the problem with losing power is you would still not have any heat. the unit runs off a wall plug to power the auger that feeds the pellets. You could get a battery backup for them though but they only last about 9 hours and if you have no power for days then your up shits creek.

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B Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: across the way Age: 29 Posts: 8,022 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 318ti, dakota, genesis 2.0t Rep Power: 403	lol... no. not unless you want to sit there and dump 2-5 pellets in every 30 seconds

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B Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: across the way Age: 29 Posts: 8,022 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 318ti, dakota, genesis 2.0t Rep Power: 403	i doubt it would boil. it gets hot... but i don't think its that hot

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B Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: across the way Age: 29 Posts: 8,022 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 318ti, dakota, genesis 2.0t Rep Power: 403	heh, you can't hear it over the fan... its not a big deal

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B Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: across the way Age: 29 Posts: 8,022 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 318ti, dakota, genesis 2.0t Rep Power: 403	are you kidding? lol it's humid as fuck here. somedays, you have to swim to go outside.

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