Pellet heads!! What's up today?

You'll get over it!!!!!!

 

A balmy 63 in the house this morning.

 

See above.

 

Got down to 34 here last night, maybe tonight we will get a frost so I can dig potatoes. Cleaned and started the stove today on straight pellets. I'll start mixing in corn once it gets colder. Took it completely apart, cleaned the combustion air blower and oiled the motor, same with the room air fan and vacuumed all the 'hair' out of the backside too. Oiled the auger motor as well. Need to do the one in the shop yet. Floor heat is keeping it nice in there.

The new furnace runs so quiet, hard to tell it's even on. Only way to tell is see the drapes move.

 

Started it and had to turn it down... I'm basically idling it on HR2 but it's on the remote thermostat so it's really idling on HR1 and it's 72 in here. Plenty warm for now. Leave it on all night. Supposed to drop onto the 30's later on. I really like the Therm Guard and the way it cycles the furnace blower without the furnace being on. Whole house is toasty. Wife is happy.

 

Probably because you weren't watching....

 

or it ain't their money flying away.

 

When we had the shack redone about i5 years ago, we had the walls spray foamed and R40 in the ceiling above the upstairs. Place is like a vault, a crooked vault. Hard to make a 150 year old farmhouse plumb.

Getting colder here, might have to relight the stove tomorrow as they are predicting snow showers tomorrow evening.

Was 70 today, 60 now and dropping slowly and windy.

Ordered another burnpot for the 6039 from Stove Parts For Less. I was pleasantly surprised the price was a tad less than last year. Usually everything is costing more today, not less. Figure I'd better get it now rather than wait and have it be out of stock. 88 bucks, last year they were 93.

I like having 2 burn pots for each unit, that way I can have one soaking in a pail of water and a clean one for the stove. When you soak them in water for a few days, the hard carbon inside flakes right off, no need to scrape. just a light brush with Scotchbright and good to go.

 

Look folks I didn't have to point it out.

 

Hey, I got tired of the needle routine so I told my Doc once a year and no labs. So I might keel over tomorrow big deal.

 

Why I kept my port installed.

 

Woke up to a 60⁰ house and 40⁰ outside here this morning. The hastings is running on level 3 for now to take the chill off before the mrs and kids get up. The other day I noticed that the convection fan start making a little squeal on start up and sure enough last night it got much louder. I had it apart and oiled it a few weeks ago but I'm guessing it's on its last leg. Went ahead and ordered an oem replacement last night. Hopefully she hangs in there until it arrives.

 

Always something isn't there?

 

Around here we supposedly had a freeze, could have fooled me,not even frost here,too high I guess.