You poor guys in the east coast -- egad you're getting ripped off

they seem to be burning pretty darn well in my P61, as we speak......no settings changed

 

As mentioned, that's all I burn in my Harman.

 

be careful Dotman......someone will just accuse you of working for a DF mill or something.........
and congrats on having the mental acuity to purchase a superior product, which the Harman is.

 

I'm a DF guy because they're the best -- and they're reasonably priced around here. And thank you for your praise on my Harman. I give credit to my friend though -- and he's a wood burner for at least suggesting I go with a Harman. The Lopi manufacturing plant is within 10 mile radius of where I live and to me -- it was a no brainer.

 

so, you feel Harman is better than the Lopi?!
(yup....I am dragging you into the line of fire)

 

Yeah...
But can you buy live Maine lobsters for $3.99/lb.?


Dan

 

I test software for a living -- and once a tester -- always a tester. I personally have not tested a Lopi. So I'm going to put this diplomatically because in all fairness I have not given them a try. But this is what I know. My friend bought a Lopi about a month before I bought the Harman. He had to have the stove removed twice because of problems -- and my Harman has been running like a champ. Strike #1. I once stopped into a Lopi stove shop asking basic questions as i was interested in one of their wood stoves -- I already had my pellet stove. The guy was a total azzhat. Arrogant and when I told him I wasn't interested in his technology he almost came unglued. Strike #2. When I bought my pellet stove, the guy who sold it to me used to sell Lopi (I guess I believe him -- there seem to be a lot of salesmen/women who seem to always have worked for the 'other' company I'm interested in) and while he didn't have horrible things to say about the Lopi, he did say better things about the Harman (again, a salesman's pitch?). He also claims to own the same stove as the one I was buying (again, don't they always?). But I had already decided on buying the stove when I went into the shop so i didn't need his pitch. However, his account of the stove was spot on with most things I had found on the internet and word of mouth from my friend who is an insane fire guy (I sometimes wonder if he isn't a pyro). Strike #3.

I have no doubt Lopi makes a good stove. No doubt. But I rank my Harman purchase as one of the best ones I've ever made.

 

Brilliant!

 

I haven't heard that from any Harman owners on here. I certainly don't have any issue burning Blazers, while not 100% DF, still has a good percentage of it.

 

Sorry.You do not one a Harman pellet stove?Have you burned one for several years?Softwood pellets light easier.The setting you say that lets the pellets longer in the burn pot?confuses me?The only issue i know of is the 52i with slow start up time(flame ignition),which there is a updated burn pot fix.Sorry,but I do like proper information.Yes,i have the dipswitch settings chart,for several versions of the harman boards.Lousyweather can confirm all this,but appears to me you are changing settings to compensate for a stove that is not clean,or poorly installed.

 

well, messing with the first 3 switches will change the amount of feed time when starting....so, if one weren't getting enough pellets, you could extend the feed time, and if one was getting way too many pellets in the pot before ignition, one could decrease it....although, badbob is right, its usually a cleaning issue.

 

Interesting read as i have never mentioned here as I usually forget about it once the stove is up and running and I am happily actually warm more important the wife is warm.
Can rule out the dirty factor as #1 I would venture to say I burn more pellets than anyone I have noticed here and I clean my stove religiously due to that fact, simple as the more you burn the more often you need to clean. #2 I have OCD a rather different and somewhat strange version of it but when it comes certain things I am relentless and the stove is one of them.

I find that after my weekly cleaning (most typical of a monthly cleaning for most) and I fire the stove back up it nearly always overloads the pot with pellets and when it ignites the flame from the pellets which are not receiving enough air for combustion lean forward and slightly bugger up the glass . This is after a one and a half hour plus cleaning drives me insane to the point after I finish a weekly clean and fire the stove back up I end up opening the door right before ignition and pull some pellets out to avoid it . If this can be avoided with adjusting a dip switch I would certainly consider giving it a shot, besides that the stove runs perfectly with any brand of pellet (exception junk Cornith 100% softwood) including DF and other softies, and what any hardwood or hardwood mix I have burned. No adjustments needed.
Worth it LF ? difficulty factor ?
Thanks

 

Just an FYI that Well Seasoned is a stove tech , working for the local Harman dealer .

 

Luney, you may already be doing this, but if not - give it a shot and see if it helps; it could be a simple solution to get the fire started more quickly. You said you are OCD about cleaning the stove, so I imagine when you clean out the burnpot, you may be completely cleaning it out, possibly even with a vacuum. Ash, partially burned pellets, the whole shebang. Whenever you shut down the stove, there are typically some blackened and partially burned pellets in the throat of the burnpot. Don't clean them out. Scrape and clean the ash out of there, but go out of your way to leave those pellets in the burnpot. If you have an old used paintbrush, it works wonders for quickly and easily cleaning down all the fly ash on the interior surfaces of the stove, as well as the front "lip" portion of the burnpot, so you could try that too. The paintbrush does a better job cleaning off the ash you've already loosened with the Harman scraper tool, or whatever tool you are using to scrape the pot. Anyway, next time you light the stove, those partially burned pellets you left in the pot act like kindling does for a traditional wood fire, and will generally get the fire lit very quickly. If it works great, no tinkering with dip switches needed. If not, well at least you tried.

 

luney...if you have any of the 100% softie Corinth left, can you post a pic of a handful of pellets? I just want to see the look of them.

 

Corinth...........a little birdie told me they aren't gonna be around for long......enjoy them while you have them!

 

I dont know that it is worth it, LB. Yea, on a new start you can vary the amount of pellets after a cleaning, but what happens with those settings AFTER the cleaning? When your stove relights itself with the lesser amount of pellets in subsequent lightings, will there be enough? Its pretty forgiving really, so, maybe not, maybe so. I am just not a fan of constantly changing those switch settings, but thats me.

 

I'm just trying to see if they "look" like the Inferno Gold pellets