Pellet heads!! What's up today?

I agree! Even my 5 gallon bucket is pretty heavy! (as are the 40 pound bags of pellets!)

 

That lifting the bags up to dump into the stove's hopper is the hardest part. Good thing it is usually only one bag that has to dumped. I would put the bag into two buckets for for the dust that comes every time with any transfer.

 

What goes on this forum stays on this forum
It's not her getting heavier, it's me getting weaker
That's my story and I'm sticking with it

 

That is why I can't clobber poor eatonpcat as I would like, must allow what took place elsewhere stay there.

 

Wait, You been following me!! Or did you just search the police record?

 

That too!

 

You know, now that you metion it I should just use a 5 gallon bucket, fill it and dump into the larger bin at home.

Your a GENIUS !!

 

Larry, be thankful you have a P68 as its sooooo much easier to dump a bag in than if you had an XXV or others with the smaller opening.
Its the small things that make it easier, or in this case the large thing

 

Buying that p68 was one of the things I did right. Just wish I had done that from the onset. I sit a bag upright on a stool, that gets me some height, then I cut the top of the bag open all the way. I hug the bag on the lower half, then in one move, I move it over the stove, with the bag just above the front edge, I let the bag fall over and the top fall into the hopper, just lift the bag out and away and I am done without spilling a pellet. It is easier for me to have the bag up on a stool so there is only a little more lifting up. If my back is bothering me, I'll dump half into a pail by nicking a corner of the bag and let it drain down to half a bag. Then I deal with the 2o lbs without a problem. There is always a work around. Never feel defeated with this.

 

LOL....Not really. All I had available was a 5 gallon bucket!

 

You don't have to fill it full. Those 5 gallon buckets are easy to handle. No end to their uses.

 

I have used the 5 gal bucket method since day one... on both stoves.
Just so much easier.. (for me)

Dan

 

LOL! Using my old Integra, in the basement, I just threw a bag up there and cut it open. But it is a dirt floor basement.Since i installed the Accentra, upstairs, not much issues, except the fill "lid" was small.Since I built the extended hopper, I really notice the dust from pellet bags! I open a bag, down in the basement, then pour into 2 5 gal buckets, then bring upstairs, but, perhaps because I can poor them in so much faster, i notice dust and dirt! I am working on a plan to have a hose,connected to the extended hopper, plumbed into the fresh air intake, to take care of the dust problem. Shall work on it this summer.

 

I use the 40lb buckets from cat litter (after the litter has been removed of course). I have 5 or 6 of them that I keep in the garage. I filled them at the beginning of the season and just emptied the 3rd one the other night. I don't have to sand very often and I only use it for path from the garage to the tent garage for walking. Vehicles have to take care of themselves (I'm on fairly flat land).

Toward the end of the season, when the ground starts thawing, the truck's path to the tent garage gets some pretty good tracks in the mud so I use the "free" sand to fill those in. I use a lot more sand for that issue than I do for ice.

 

Woke up to summer in the house at 77* in the office and even 75* in the bedrooms Even the under-house garage had gained 2* since I drove in at 8 last night (up to 35*). Thought it must not have gotten as cold as predicted - nope, negative digits outside. Sure, no wind, but still . . .

Expecting the cold morning I had put the P43 on stove temp/auto and choked it back to feed rate 1 last night. Also turned the P61a to stove temp and the temp dial at 77 (feed rate at 3 as usual). Well, apparently the P61a didn't get the memo as it was still burning pretty good with the basement at 85*. The stove definitely wasn't idling, although at least it wasn't full burn. so I don't know what was up with that snafu.

Turned both stoves back to running on thermostats and both stoves shut down normally.

 

Not sure how your P61 acts, but if I leave the P68 on stove temp and the temp dial around 77, then it will burn pretty high. I generally turn it way down at night but leave the convection blower on the higher side so not wasting the heat-this will also give slightly higher burns but not too high. Low convection and low temp dial will give a low burn.

I dont change the feed rates as I usually get the results I'm looking for with the temp/blower combo settings. As always, do what works for your setup

A dirty ESP can cause your issue, but knowing you its pretty clean.
Defective ESP can cause this as well.
Dirty potentiometer maybe as well.

 

Down to 72* main floor and 75.5 downstairs.

Probably the Pot dial. If I remember correctly it had developed a dead spot and that was one of the reasons I finally put that on a thermostat. Of course I had forgotten all about that until you mentioned that as a possible cause . Trying to keep 650 sq/ft at a decent temp is tough with a bigger stove when it is off the thermostat.

 

The boss says -6.7 F out there this morning.

 

28* down here in the Piedmont this morning.......we even had some slushy sn*w fall yesterday for about 3-4 hrs. Not much stuck at all (roads are 100% clear), but you can't believe the school closings, delays, and general panic over nothing. They sent the kids home at 11 am, but the "sn*w" wasn't supposed to start until 3-4PM. LOL