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Hopper Slide Issues

Discussion in 'Pellet Stoves, Pellet Fireplaces, Pellet Furnaces' started by IHATEPROPANE, Feb 23, 2015.

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  1. krooser

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    I use powdered graphite originally intended as a speedo cable lube… old MOPAR stuff from the 50's.
     
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    :bug: Oh, phew. The first thing I saw was speedo and thought you were talking about wearing one.
     
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    I was thinking the same thing Speedo , lube, :hair::hair::hair::hair::hair::hair::hair::hair:
     
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    Oh no....not that......:picard: the horror :eek:
     
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    Ya must all have spring fever cause your getting a lil :loco: :crazy:

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    Cabin fever..
     
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    Big Heats did a little better. The stove we still going after 30 lbs but the the flame was just holding. I have some Nature's Heat in there now but am thinking I have a 25-30 lb usable hopper in this thing.
     
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    Well these Natures Heat slid nicely. Less than 5lbs left in the hopper!!
     

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    Peanut hulls are typically pretty slick. :p
     
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    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    A few pics I took a couple times my stove went out due to no pellets... :picard:
    IMG_8815-800.JPG IMG_20150322_070646-800.jpg IMG_20150226_071235-800.jpg

    That is AFTER I improved things with aluminum tape. You can see in the last one that the fines tend to accumulate near the auger and pack the pellets together like mortar making a nice solid wall, or hole I should say.
     
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    Not good. That PAH is supposed to hold 120# how much is left over there?
     
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    Luckily the PAH holds a lot! Never actually measured it, but judging by how much I put in when I refill I'd say on average there is 1/2 to about a full bag left in the hopper. If I keep the hopper full its usually not an issue. Its when I forget to top it off before going to work, or come home from a nightshift and go straight to bed. I've measured nearly 3 bag consumption on the coldest days, and a good 2 bags on the average Jan-Feb day, so I don't have a lot of cushion with my 14hr door to door time at work.
     
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    Has anyone talked to England about this? That's about the worst I've seen.
     
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    Well in all fairness, using Somersets I get maybe a couple pounds left in the hopper after I did the aluminum tape. Those are TSC horse bedding pellets... very 'packy'. Though with an untreated hopper even Somersets would build up 10-20 lbs. worth occasionally.
     
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    I was just about to comment on the large amount of fines evident in the pic of the pellets, but now I know why. I bet if you made a vacuum fines remover that problem would be a lot less.
     
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    Vacuum fines remover? Never heard of such a thing. But yeah if there was an [easy-ish] way to remove the fines would greatly improve things.
     
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    T-Stew There is a thread on the forum where I listed all the parts needed to build one. Try searching "vacuum pellet cleaner", or something like that.
     
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    Pete...I think you posted this many moons ago...
     
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