Smoking pellet stove
jeechaz
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Jamestown Pellet Stove smoking up the house
Comments (1)A good place to start would be checking the flue and vent to be sure it's not plugged up with creosote, debris or a dead animal. If the vent is plugged, the smoke will not be able to vent properly and will be much more likely to vent into your home one way or another....See MorePellet insert smells/smokes???
Comments (1)What brand and model of insert is it? The only smoke that should be seen is during startup. Once the stove reaches operating temp, there should be next to no smoke produced from the stove pipe. Normally a 'burining' smell is caused by a bad seal in the stove pipe connection or a bad seal in one of the doors. Does the stove have an outside air kit? How well is the chimney cap sealed? Could the smell be coming back down the chimney between the brick and pipe?...See MoreSmoke in pellet hopper
Comments (16)After 1 1/2 years I started getting smoke in my hopper like many others here in my Harman P38.I am using outside air. I let it go for a while and was seeing a residue on the slide plate in the hopper. I kept cleaning it up and did a total clean of the stove to no avail. Finally the stove refused to feed pellets and was clunking at times like there was a jammed pellet or something jammed in the feed area of the stove -- Cleaned the stove and saw nothing jammed. I called my dealer Ace Swim and leisure and they sent a tech the next day. He pulled the auger on the stove and said the stove was history and needed replacement. He showed me the auger and said that the ash should go no farther than the second ring on the auger and mine went all the way to the back of the auger. He said that there were problems with some of the harmans. The tech said that he a had a stove in stock but had to get Harman approval for the replacement and modification. I questioned him on the modification. He told me that they had to send the new stove to a machine shop and modify the burn pot and pressure relief chamber tube. I thought this was odd that Harman had an issue and the new stoves were not corrected. I finally got the stove and they had drilled 10 extra holes at the bottom of the burn pot. I do not know what they did to the Pressure relief chamber Tube on the stove but now there is a real good vacume in the hopper compared to my old stove. So far no problems with the stove and no smoke in hopper. The tech also said that outside air was not the cause of this. I guess I was lucky to get a good tech that knew the issue. He said that my stove is the 3rd one to get this mod no problems with the others. Just thought I would update you all since I have read many posts and seems like all run to a dead end and no resolve. I'll keep you updated if any problems arise with the mod but is looking real good so far......See Morepellet stove and tv and pellet prices
Comments (3)$250 a ton is a decent price in Vermont. I bought a cheaper brand this year but the pre-buy price for the the ones I used last year was 265. Last year it was $235 I think. I have had my stove 4-5 years. Pellets have gone up a little each year. Not sure it would be worth it if it goes over 300. Of course it depends on the cost of oil. One year it went up due to gas prices and the cost of trucking. Now it is a scarcity of sawdust with the slow down in construction. I have a harman p-68 and the fan does make noise and I do turn up the tv. Our tv is not close to the stove but the noise is still there. There are quieter stoves however. I direct vented our stove so that may be an option for you if you want to move the stove. I would talk to a dealer about having a tv over it. I don't think the heat would be an issue. The dust might be. good luck...See Moremustang
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