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Discussion in 'Pellet Stoves, Pellet Fireplaces, Pellet Furnaces' started by Ambient, Nov 23, 2015.

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  1. imacman

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    We (he) pours the entire bag in, bottom of bag and all. Is that a mistake and a repair in the making?
     
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    It shouldn't be, depending on the design of the auger. If it's made of solid steel, it should be OK. Quads use a type of "spring" auger and might have a difficult time with excessive fines.

    That said, I stopped using the vacuum pellet cleaner after my older daughter was out of the house for college.....she was the one that had the dust issues. Then I carefully dumped the whole bag right in (cut top off w/ utility knife, hold top closed, turn upside down & lower to bottom of hopper and then pull the bag up slowly).

    My Astoria and 10-cpm just chewed the fines up and dumped them into the fire pot...... it made nice sparkles.
     
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    Thanks!!
     
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    Behind the green tape is 4" nails. I wonder if i could use the central vac instead of the shopvac.
     
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    You have to be careful you don't have too much vacuum.....it will just suck pellets into the vac instead of just dust. That's why the original design called for a small shop vac. I added the adjustable air port so I could "fine tune" the vacuum level to my shop vac's power.
     
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    There's a screen for the carry over, placed my hand under when I shut off the vac to see if any debris fell down. None:thumbs:
     
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    Your SBI unit has a dual auger system and both are horizontal (screw/cylinder type) feed. So it just pushes "everything" into the pot. No worries at all with your stove.
     
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    Awesome!! Thanks for answering:thumbs:
     
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