Author Topic: Wood Stoves--Has Anybody Seen... (Read 780 times)

TM7 · « **on:** November 06, 2005, 10:17:46 AM »

Has anybody seen or know about a wood pellet stove that can convert to regular wood? Or a wood pellet insert for a traditional wood stove? Maybe such an animal doesn't exist.......

........................................TM7

AZ300wsm · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2005, 04:25:35 PM »

TM7,

I have seen the stoves.Let me do a little looking and see if I can find the site.

Mikey · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2005, 03:44:10 AM »

TM7 - wood stoves and wood pellet stoves are two entirely different critters. The wood stove is strictly a manual operation - you put the wood in, you start the fire, you regulate the amount of air going into the burning box to control the flame and get the amount of heat from the stove that you need, you refill the burning box when it gets low and you clean out the ashes.

A wood pellet stove runs on electricity - it requires electricity to turn the auger to feed the pellets into the burning pot and it requires electricity to power the fans to blow air into the burning pot to get the amount of heat you need to have the stove fans blow the heat into the room. You however have to feed the stove from or with 50 lb bags of pellets and you have to clean the stove. Without electricity though you have no heat - the stove will not run without power.

Pellet fuel stoves are nice - they run cleaner than wood stoves and you don't have the mess that wood creates but they need electricity.

There might exist I believe pellet inserts for fireplaces but I do not think you can convert a wood stove to a pellet stove and vice versa. Mikey.

deb · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2005, 03:58:59 PM »

Going a little off topic---
Our wood stove has an extra grate for hard coal. Never tried it as the wood is free, from our property!
We heat with a hard coal fired boiler. It's labor intensive, but the cost for an average season is ~$350-$400, including the domestic hot water. The electric bill falls $30 a month when the boiler is fired & the water heater is turned off.
Price of coal climbed almost $40 a ton this year (along with everything else :cry: ) $158/ton

:-)

AZ300wsm · « **Reply #4 on:** November 09, 2005, 06:05:23 AM »

TM7,

Heres what I have found for pellets and I did find a corn burning one too.Heres a link but they are unavailable at this time.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTEUnpublishedItem?storeId=6970&langId=-1&rfno=434180

http://www.pinnaclepellet.com/pinnaclefuel.html

edited to add a link.

AZ300wsm · « **Reply #5 on:** November 09, 2005, 06:20:14 AM »

Heres another link with a good description of how they work.

http://www.hometips.com/cs-protected/guides/pellet.html

Mikey · « **Reply #6 on:** November 09, 2005, 01:21:51 PM »

TM7 - although I use gas heat now I still have my Vermont Castings Defiant under wraps in my garage. I used it for 12 years and may use it again. I believe I could have purchased a coal grate for it but coal burns dirty and it smells. The real beauty of those wood stoves is the smell of the different woods burning, not to mention great heat, and looks and adding a sense of graciousness to a home. Hope you find what you're looking for. Mikey.