Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Time to break out the ice skates?

 

haha not at my age, fall and time to break out a hip replacement.

 

I start the wife's car every morning and I'm usually wearing size 14 Croc's and no socks, cold is one thing, there's too many open spaces for snow. Snow means it's time to put on the muck boots. They instantly keep my feet and calves warm.

 

OK this business of cleaning these pig pen pellets is down right nasty. Every week I'm cleaning copious amounts of soot and dust out of the exhaust pipe. Time for a leaf blower!

Minimum requirements for mph? I won't need it for leaves, the winds just keep the leaves blowing down the road.

oh, and I remember reading about protecting a sensor?





I should've bought the LG's, I should've bought the LG's, I should've bought the LG's

 

Got home today p43 was off out of pellets , but that was my plan to give it a quick clean this afternoon Man Cave was at 65* .
Cleaning done fill up with Clean Energy [ Hamer's Hot Ones ] fired it up in room temp mode 70* fan low

What do you think ?? Love a clean stove

 

It needs to be an electric one that has the option of vac bag for leaves , because what you'll be doing is sucking the ash out not blowing [ I know there is a joke in there ]

Edit: My Bad if you already know that it needs the vac option , most are in the 200 mph range which is more than enough.

 

I think you could swing by my house and clean the P68 before I get home I'd even spring for a six smoothies

Looking Good !

 

If we lived closer and you needed me too ,you know I'd do it friends help each other out

 

Looks like the weather is going to get nasty. Were under a wind advisory as the temp drops, they say we could see wind gusts up to 50 mph.

 

I found a 25o MPH electric Toro? Sounds like the right tool.

Is there a switch/pressure switch or something I need to protect before doing this?

I had a minute and cleaned the stack today. What a freaking mess. My wood stove does't get that dirty. I realize that my exploring the various combustion options with these pellets was contributing to the the soot, but the amount of ash dust was too much. The ash pan was completely filled again. The good news is the black soot is no longer showing, so something is right. Yippie!!

 

Yes it does

I have never done the LBT , but I do recall some saying to disconnect a switch , I'm sure that someone with more knowledge will jump in an advise you on this .

Sorry to hear you are having such a bad time with those chitty pellets

 

Same thing here , nice and calm now it's going to crank up later

 

It had to happen sooner or later , this happen earlier all over for now possibly a bit more later plow truck went through all he was doing was sanding /
salting

 

Vacuum hose at the switch, it will clean the hose.

 

Amen brother....

Thanks, but I have it covered, just ribbin ya

Snow is falling and the roads greased up immediately. Take it slow of out in the NH area-many dont have their winter driving skills tuned yet

 

too lazy to read everything right now, but i have read that you should take the hose off the vacuum switch for the leaf blower procedure.
i think many people don't, but it could be a better safe than sorry kind of thing.

i also read a second person helping by opening and gently "slamming" the door helps shake more stuff loose.

i can always imagine uses for a rubber mallet though.
i've read of folks using blocks of wood to bang on the stove, but there is nothing more elegant than a rubber mallet.
well, maybe there is, but still, it's a beautiful thing.

 

nothing here in Middletown yet....but it's on the edge...we'll see what tomorrow brings.

 

Jay, are we supposed to actually read that thermometer????????????????

 

+1, something to tame down the wind ..

Glad to read no soot in the venting - sorry to read you're getting your ash kicked w/ those Maeders though.

( The 'switch' is the vacuum hose line that leads to the vacuum switch - you will want to disconnect it before LBT, and reconnect after, that hose is on the combustion blower leg, just after the motor on the stove here, dunno the location on your stove. Disconnecting is strictly a precaution against borking the switch when using LBT. ) Edit, already covered by StEarl above.