pelpro pp60 anybody have one?

I just received a response to a clist add its $400 used one winter. Its purchase date was in march 2013. Are they any good?

 

I gave you my 2 pennies on it before you left. Make sure you check what type of heat exchange system it has. This plays a huge role in the stove. One of the most important attributes, other than how it burns (good airflow).

A good heat exchanger is a must. A firebox that just has air blown around it will leave most people over firing the stove and getting poor results in heating.

For the price, that may be a great deal? If you only need it for a short time every day, it may work up to your standards.

 

I did a little digging and it doesn't have a tube type heat exchanger. And its only 35K BTU's gross. So I wouldn't expect it to be a heat monster by any means at 28K BTU's net.

http://www.hearthnhome.com/downloads/serviceParts/PP60 Service Parts List.pdf

Word on the street is they can be pellet picky!

 

That's what scares me. He had it for just over one season and wants to sell it before this season.

With no tube type exchanger and 30K BTU?

 

Most likely wasn't capable of doing the heat duties as it is a bit small.

I'd be checking for sign's of being over fired just to be safe!!

 

I know you did dex and i am grateful... I posted this before i asked you your thoughts.

Thanks if the advice guys ill be stopping on the way home to look. Anybody have more questions i should ask?

 

I'd mainly ask why he is selling it?

Is it to small for his home size and heating requirement?

 

I would say that because its going to be run outside. Not a big deal if it leaks. Bolt on the fan an run it as is!!

Pete, As long as this has a back up heat source and you don't require a heat monster. It should be a decent little heater. But I would expect the need for tinkering to keep it chugging.

If you want a set and forget unit that requires little fuss? This might not be the one.

 

I'll get some pics up sometime this week fellas! I bought it and man it's a nice unit.... Weather or not it can heat the house is a non issue for me. If it doesn't I'll sell it but it should be good for supplemental heating while we are gone. Thanks for the tips DexterDay imacman jtakeman guess I'm venturing into the pellet world...

I just got home from the gtg so I am gonna wait to do any more with it I'm ready to drop. 4hrs to AC's place ( pit stop for the stove ) 2 hrs home ( pit stop for a Honda 500cc motorcycle...) lol

 

You just got home?

We can wait for an update on the stove bro!

Get some rest!!

It was nice to meet you and hang with you this past weekend.

If you only need it for when the wood stove dies (2-8 hrs) this unit should do fine until you or your wife get home.

It can run off of a t-stat, correct? If so, set the temp for a few degrees below what your house normally runs at.

Also, you need to do a good cleaning on it. Find the air path through the stove (the air gets from the firebox, to the exhaust blower through a small passage (or several, depending on the unit) and clean all the fly ash out of it. An air compressor and a blow nozzle with a 12" length of small copper hose works well for this.

Congrats!

 

Congrats pete, Welcome to the pellet world. Even if its part time. You'll soon be as addicted to pellets as wood hoardin!

 

DexterDay thanks for the kind words! You where a great host I only wish I hadnt had a migraine through most of the day and could have enjoyed more of it. You and your wife are very nice folks and im gratefull for you hospitality to all of us!


Im gonna make you guys laugh now lol... It rode in the trailer all the way home from AC´s over an hour and a half without the door installed. I went to clean it and no joke its completly spotless now lol. The opening was facing forwards so I think I just discovered a new way to clean the stove!

 

If I see folks driving around with their pellet eaters on a trailer facing forward and the door is open/off? I know who started this!!

 

Just make sure that the small air passage is clean. The firebox may be clean, but if that exhaust path is plugged (ash gets cakey) then you will have a bad experience with your first pellet stove.

A clean stove is a happy stove! Burning a plugged pellet stove is gonna be similar to running a wood stove with wet unseasoned wood, and a chitty draft (no heat and crappy flame).

I'd blast it with air anyways, just because.

Most of us use leaf blowers to clean our stoves and they push from 200 MPH to 300 MPH wind. That 65 MPH down the highway may have helped, but pellet ash is fine and can get "build up" (see cakey comment above )

Congrats and keep us updated. Any pics? You know the rules. .

 

Thx good to know info there.... pics tonight after I get home my friends! Quick question though how much vent pipe should I use? The manual says 2" from the wall and 6" outside off the house? ?? That doesnt seem like enough to me!