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doogie67
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Location: punxsutawney pa
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How can you determine good pellets from junk ones? I bought some from Tractor supply and they seem to make little ash but it looks like a sparkler with all of the fine dust being blown around.
How can I measure the heat output of my countryflame stove?
I have a digital thermometer hanging in front of the air vent and was wondering if there is a better way to take measurements? |
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Pstores
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| Posted:Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject |
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Read this .... It will help a couple of great links. That pellet guide is a great help.
http://forum.iburncorn.com/viewtopic.php?t=5225
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fwbroke
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| Posted:Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject |
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thick bag?
premium designation?
100% wood?
low ash?
low fines?
smells like wood?
pellets of uniform size?
I prefer smaller, but I had someone in the business tell me otherwise.
best to try a few bags of the type you can get locally and reliably. Someone said pellets were $3 at walmart, at that price I would burn most anything.
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doogie67
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Location: punxsutawney pa
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| Posted:Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject |
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| No one has any answeres on the sparkler effect? How about an accurate way to measure your stoves perfomance? |
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Pstores
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| Posted:Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject |
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Like I always tell people Try a bunch of kinds. and see what seems to give you the most reliable heat...I would say it has alot of fines and other matter in it.
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sting
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Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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Location: In my own world - its ok - They know me here - I play with Fire and Water
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| Posted:Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:26 pm Post subject |
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| fwbroke wrote: | thick bag?
premium designation?
100% wood?
low ash?
low fines?
smells like wood?
pellets of uniform size?
I prefer smaller, but I had someone in the business tell me otherwise.
best to try a few bags of the type you can get locally and reliably. Someone said pellets were $3 at walmart, at that price I would burn most anything. |
I was escorting my significant other this evening at Wal Mart and found Nature Heat bags at
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kappel15
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Location: iowa
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| Posted:Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject |
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was in the big city today at lowes, they had natures heat for 5.28 a bag.-  
as far as sparkler affect. when a load of pellets drop into the pot, it is going to make sparks. the air from the exhaust fan is going to blow them up in the air.
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ileed
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Location: Oregon, Wisconsin
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| Posted:Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject |
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| I bought a bunch of Natures Heat, by Pennington, from Home Depot, and they are really crap. The heat produced is low, the window blackens quicker, and it makes clinkers. Nasty product, stay away from it. I think anythng would be a better value. |
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nogaspains
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| Posted:Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:59 am Post subject |
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Got two tons of White Lighting pellets from Kentucky Hardwood floor co. Oak Hardwood pellets, very uniform in size, and very bright when burning. Burn real hot and doesn't have many fines in the bags. I think of the 5 types I have tried, really like them the best. Had some "others" left over from last year, that were purchased from Lowes. Will save those to light the furnace. 
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chuckwagonchef
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| Posted:Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject |
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| nogaspains wrote: | | Got two tons of White Lighting pellets from Kentucky Hardwood floor co. Oak Hardwood pellets, very uniform in size, and very bright when burning. Burn real hot and doesn't have many fines in the bags. I think of the 5 types I have tried, really like them the best. Had some "others" left over from last year, that were purchased from Lowes. Will save those to light the furnace. |
nogaspains,
Where do you get these pellets? Im not too far from you and have family in Cincy, might have to try them out? Up here where I am at, most of then are Nature Heat and other brands I am not fond of.
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tallcorn
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Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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| Posted:Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject |
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I think it may make a difference in the quality of the pellet to burn when they are used to start the fire, corn or pellets. I know I had some corn cob pellets that burned after they got going but weren't worth a hoot for starting the fire. I could start the fire with them but they had to be "nursed" along to get them burning. I never spent a lot of time with different wood pellets to see if one brand was better than another for starting the fire but it's something that I suspect.
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iuhoosiers
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Location: Lake-effect snow country in Northern Indiana
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| Posted:Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject |
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I just got back from Menards purchasing 1/2 ton of mostly Pennywise by Marthwood. I did manage to pick up 3 bags of Greenway. I was wondering about this brand. Has anyone heard of them and are they any good? Bag says that it's 100% Premium Hardwood with <1% Ash and <0.5% Fines & <300 ppm Sodium.
Got them for $3.49/bag. Also talked my way into getting 5 ripped bags that were less than full for only $1.00 a bag. 
Thanks -
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tallcorn
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Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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| Posted:Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject |
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The Greenway pellets are manufactured by Hassel & Hughes (Southern Tennesse). Their last run of Greenway pellets indicated an ash content of 0.36%! Their website is:
PO Box 68
Collingwood , TN 38450
Phone: (913) 724-9191
http://www.hassellandhughes.com
http://www.hpbexpo.com/backup/showinformation/newproductinfo.asp?id=1160
They sound like they are very good pellets. Should smell good too.
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nogaspains
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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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| Posted:Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject |
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| chuckwagonchef wrote: | | nogaspains wrote: | | Got two tons of White Lightning pellets from Kentucky Hardwood floor co. Oak Hardwood pellets, very uniform in size, and very bright when burning. Burn real hot and doesn't have many fines in the bags. I think of the 5 types I have tried, really like them the best. Had some "others" left over from last year, that were purchased from Lowes. Will save those to light the furnace. |
nogaspains,
Where do you get these pellets? Im not too far from you and have family in Cincy, might have to try them out? Up here where I am at, most of then are Nature Heat and other brands I am not fond of. |
They are on the east side off of I275 on RT 125 (Beechmont) about 1.5 miles from the interstate. Heavenly Hearth. The pellets are called Country Boy White Lightning.
Phone # Toll Free: (866) 450-9824
Web sight http://www.heavenlyhearth.net/index.html
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iuhoosiers
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Location: Lake-effect snow country in Northern Indiana
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| Posted:Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject |
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Based on that info, I went back and bought 25 more bags of Greenway. Now I have 2 tons in my basement waiting to get burned.
On a side note, I found this on E-bay... I thought I'd share the laugh with all of you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/WOOD-PELLETS-FOR-PELLET-CORN-STOVES-READY-TO-BURN_W0QQitemZ250185826272QQihZ015QQcategoryZ41987QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This works to about $42.00/bag... $4.95/13lbs + $8.95 shipping... These pellets better not produce any ash or fines at that price. And people thought corn prices were high.
Today it's been the coldest its been this season (high of about 36). Gonna get the boiler running by tomorrow.
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