Either way, those pellets will heat your house... one method would just heat it a lot quicker And you won’t have to bother loading the furnace...
Must not be lot of heat from the sides because i would think the bags would melt a bit..but maybe not..
I just want to know who's the SOB that went in my basement and took pic;'s of my dandy setup without asking permission.
Possibly.But that is a ducted furnace,and there are upper and lower ventilation holes in the side panels, and pictures can be deceiving. Some years,like now,I stack pellets 14" away from my Accentra.BUT,they are gone by the time hard winter comes in,and,my cabin is small,and stove rarely runs on high for more than 30 minutes,except when hard winter moves in.
From the manual I pulled up for Accentra, the side clearance is only 12" to combustibles, so technically 14" is fine. The picture makes it look like those pellets are awful close, but the clearance for that particular model might be fine. I just tend to think about my P43 & P61a clearances (without shields) which are definitely further than that. Heck, even with the shields, the P43 has a clearance of 14" and even though the wall next to it is that distance, I elected to put up a heat barrier on the wall because the drywall got a little too warm for my comfort.
That stove is a Drolet eco 65 and only has a side clearance of 6" so your right Bogie that stash is more then 6" away. I would never store my stash that close but to each there own.
