Pellet heads!! What's up today?

So will Fujitsu Hyperion models - mine will work to 5*F. There are some ultra expensive XLTH (extra low temp heat) models that will go as low as -15*F, so they say anyway. I'm sure Mitsubishi has a comparable model.

Most of August, I ran the mini-split in dehumidify mode and it worked well.

 

I've always stuffed them in my vehicle. I don't pay delivery fees - which can be as high as $85 from a BBS 30 miles away. Local TSC and Aubuchon's don''t deliver. Only local store that does deliver is Agway that sells NEWPS. Only once per year can you get free delivery and that is for 3 tons or more. Any way you slice it, they charge at least $300/ton for the NEWPS and that is way too much (not bad pellets, just bad price) - especially since the factory is ~20 miles from my house and Agway is 2 miles.

I also don't have to pay for a gym membership since I handle each bag at least 2 times before the final carry/lift to feed the stove. That turns to four times if the original unload is into the garage since I will eventually re-stack in the basement to warm up before being thrown into the stoves. I don't worry about fines, but then again, I don't just throw the bags 10 feet either.

 

Thanks! Will add that to my information file.

 

I think the proper term is actually "ground thermal" or "ground source", and is what you are thinking. Neighbor put it in when he built his house. A whole lot of digging! And a whole lot of plastic pipe. But he played all the cards, he got federal money, he got state money, he used his equipment and did all the work himself, so on paper he paid himself, so it was almost free for him. On top of that, he supposedly also got money from California,where he came from, because of some strange thing that state was doing with grant money! He has a small wood stove when the power goes out,in case he does not want to run a generator.

 

Yep preexisting wells could make it very economical to install.

 

I've gotten the impression you are a female and if not, don't consider that an insult, but if you are, I sure as heck would not want to get on your wrong side....lol

Reminds me of my wife, a stout German gal whose tolerance for BS is about nil. Learned that real quick when we got married. Tried to feed her a bs line and got instantly rebuffed.

The guys and gals at the local TSC where I get mine, love me. Easy for them to side load my Goose Neck trailer and one strap over the top of each pallet (I load them side by side) and I'm good to go and back here at the 'ranch' I unload them the same way and I leave them in the plastic overcovers until I need them. Found a good use for the overcovers too. They make dandy covers for my mesh sacks of potatoes in the root cellar.

It was them that asked me if I wanted to deliver pellets and after about 30 seconds of thought, I said no.

With my luck, deliveries would be in impossible places to get into (I'm around 45 feet long with the trailer and the truck) and the 'customer would expect me to help offload them from the skids as well. Not something I'm at all interested in. Bad enough I have to handle mine dumping each sack into a 30 gallon garbage can and mixing in off grade seed corn all the time. Least my wife helps me with that chore, which comes about every 2 weeks mostly. Sometimes sooner, depending on how cold it gets. So far, other than loosing our power for a day, been pretty mild. Right now, it's 45 and raining out. I prefer rain over the alternative but I know it's only a matter of time before the rain turns solid.

 

Exactly how mu buddy on the other side of the river is set up with his geo thermal (water furnace) setup. One well to draw from and the other to dump in. His issue is, our ground water is a steady 52 degrees and when it real bitter out the water furnace dial in it's resistance heat to supplement the thermal exchange and...

I don't particularly like the heat the geo thermal unit puts out. The house is warm, but it isn't if that makes any sense. You cannot feel it directly and I myself like the feel of direct heat.

I believe his total utility bill is around 90 bucks a month, year around (with ac too). I'm sure in these inflationary times, that will increase as our electricity supplier (DTE) uses a mix of NG and coal to fire their boilers and I'm pretty sure their fuel costs have gone up.

Heck, everything is going up except my Social Security stipend. I read we are getting a 5.25% COLA increase? But Medicare is also going up so if I get anything, won't be much, if anything.

Just thankful I farm and do fabrication work. Keeps me solvent and keeps me outta the house too.

 

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X3 !!!

 

wildwest Happy Birthday
16 Endur ance 50F CONTROL BOARD OPERATION
Fuel Type
1- High Ash
2- L Wheat
3- Wheat
4- HM Corn
5- Corn
6- LM Corn
7- Cherry Pit
Up to 10 – will need to scroll
MENU=BACK ENTER=SELECT
Temp Control
Manual
T-Stat
Fuelmizer
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
Ignition Mode
Auto
Manual
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
Main Blower Speed
600 CFM Sw. Off
800 CFM Sw. Off
600 CFM
800 CFM
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
Lvl 1 Auger Trim
Level 1 Slowest
Level 2
Level 3 Default
Level 4
Level 5 Fastes)
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
Lvl 1 Draft Trim
Level 1 Slowest
Level 2
Level 3 Default
Level 4
Level 5 Fastest
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
Maintenance Mode
Auto Pot Removal
Plate Control
Pusher Control
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
Thermostat High
Heat Level 3
Heat Level 4
Heat Level 5
MENU=BACK ENTER= SELECT
If either thermostat
modes are selected
Current Settings
Fuel Type: 10-P Pellet
Control: Manual
Ignition: Auto
Blower: 800 CFM
Auger Trim: 3
Draft Trim: 3
Maintenance: (Selectable only when unit is off)
Init. Pot Change: (Selectable only in running status)
ENTER = Change
ON = Start
NO VACUUM
PRESENT CHECK
DOORS
SELF CLEANING
IN PROGRESS
Clean Complete
Light 2 cups pellets with
gel and wait 3 minutes
*See Quick Start Guide
ENTER = Done

 

Yes, your impression is correct, I am of the female persuasion. When I was married, my ex split wood with his buddy (rented a splitter) and I stacked it in a lean-to up to the rafters (at least 7', maybe 8' high). It went into a lean-to about 80' from the house. I also kept the wood racks on the deck and in the house full and did most of the fire starting/tending.

When I moved into this house and put in pellet stoves, moving pellets was nothing.

 

Happy belated Birthday wildwest - of all the days for me to be low on time and not check the BD board.

It's been strange, 3 times this week the alarm has awaken me instead of my internal clock, so I don't have a lot of time to mess around on the forums.

 

X5!