Welcome Pellet Burners!

Nice to have good neighbors with Beer

 

When I first moved into my house I was doing a lot of remodeling and removing overgrown bushes, etc, so there was always plenty to burn in the fire put. Whenever I had a fire outside my neighbor showed up with a 12 pack of beer. Worked out good if I was low on beer and in no shape to drive to get more.

We went back and forth across the field with beer whenever we saw the other having a fire outside for a couple years until they moved.

 

OK, that get's you through Sunday, then what??

 

So when you guys talk about your stash. Are you generally talking about your pellets or your beer?

Never mind. I know the answer."Yup."

 

I KNOW she has cast iron skillets and aint afraid to use em

 

Hey. Questions for you guys. I am going to start the install on my pellet stove tonight. England's Stove Works, Model #: 55-SHPAHL. I am deciding if I should install a thermostat to it. I read in the manual that it may shorten the life of the igniter if you use this and place it in the ON/OFF mode. So, would it be better to just set the stove on the low setting and not even bother with a thermostat, or install thermostat and set it on HIGH/LOW setting so it does not keep shutting off and turning on the stove. Did I explain that right?

The camp is large enough and insulation factor is not that good where I could probably just leave it on low when the cooler weather gets here. If that ever happens. Plan on keeping it a hair above 40 so that the electric heat does not come on which is going to be set at 40.

 

So in the manual it shows where to hook up the thermostat wires if I install the thermostat. But what if I decide to go with the remote thermostat? (AC-3003) Does that still have wires you put in the same spot and then it uses something to transmit remotely to the thermostat? Says thermostat takes 6 AA batteries.

 

What about if I decide to go with the remote thermostat? This would make it simple so I would not have to run a wire. I could mount thermostat wherever I wanted. Correct? How does the stove read from the remote thermostat?

 

What model remote system are you looking at?

Don't know. I have a Lowe's, where I bought the stove. They have a Lux-7-day programmable thermostat on sale now for $59 dollars. Don't know that I need a programmable one. I just talked to a guy there and he says they do not have any wireless ones there except for the NEST. ? I have seen those before but I think they are expensive. I was hoping for something wireless so I did not have to run a hardwire from the stove to the thermostat. I suppose I could though if that meant a lot cheaper in price. Just need something that I could set it and leave it at say 45 deg. We are not there most of the time. But the wireless are probably all programmable. Eh?

I suppose it would not be too hard to run a wire straight down through the floor behind the stove, then across the basement floor joist and up through floor to where I wanted it on the wall. But would probably end up having to run some crappy looking wire mold up to the thermostat. Don't want to get into drilling up through finished wall and fishing wire and all that. Can I just by any brand of thermostat and do they have one I can get that would be wireless? So I could put the wires into the stove where it needs them and then mount thermostat on wall that will "talk" to it?

Should I put the thermostat in the same room as the stove? Or in the center, main room of the camp? The stove is in the front (living) room where we sit most of the time when there. The main room is actually the center of the camp where the kitchen and dining area are. This is the biggest room with cathedral ceiling.

 

I also have a Wal-Fart nearby and a hardware store.

 

If I get a remote should I put it in the room the stove is in or in the next room in the center of the camp? Just curious what you think about that. Tough to explain the layout of the camp. Front room, I think I posted pic of the stove in the room before, is about 11 feet wide and 27 feet long. Then the next room is the big room in the center of the camp. That is about oh at least 20 x 20 with cathedral ceiling.