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I'm the Proud new owner of a 25-PDV Manufactured in '92. I've downloaded a manual but can't seem to find BTU ratings. Heated home (and domestic water) with a SumersHeat 50-snc30 as only source of heat (except passive solar) and absolutely love it. We average about 3 cords a season. Purchased the pellet stove because I was looking for something to make it easier for a caretaker in case I need to go away for a few days. Also, this past winter was an eye opener when I was kicked by a horse and was down for about a month. So the plan is to use the Pellet stove on the days where the wood stove is too much or the lazy days or when its extremely cold as suppliment to the wood stove. The house is well insulated R-30 walls and cathedral ceilings and R-60 in flat ceilings. 3780 sq ft and is earth sheltered to the North and West. Insulated slab on grade is 5" thick concrete thermal mass. Never done heat loss calculations but I figure its probably not much. So I'm really curious about what to expect out of the stove (if I ever get it working, hehe) Anyone heating with an old Englander 25-PDV? Been around fire wood and wood stoves all my life but this is my first pellet. I was extremely impressed with the quality of this stove and the fact it seems to have never been over-fired. Also seems to be a good supply of new parts available.
I do have a couple of other ?s about the stove. She seemed to be in fantastic shape other than being very, very dirty (don't know how it ever burned). I filled up a large shop vac with powder ash very quickly. The exhaust was almost plugged shut with said powder ash. Just purchased the stove this evening ($150) and have vacuumed everything. Also hit it with the compressor. Plan to remove, clean and oil as much as I can. Both augers seem to be in fine working order and working fine. The combustion fan is not working. Does this unit have a vacuum switch? If so where? The room circulating fans do not come on as well. I assume they will not until the stove is at operating temperature?? Any help or insite will greatly be appreciated.
I'm the Proud new owner of a 25-PDV Manufactured in '92. I've downloaded a manual but can't seem to find BTU ratings. Heated home (and domestic water) with a SumersHeat 50-snc30 as only source of heat (except passive solar) and absolutely love it. We average about 3 cords a season. Purchased the pellet stove because I was looking for something to make it easier for a caretaker in case I need to go away for a few days. Also, this past winter was an eye opener when I was kicked by a horse and was down for about a month. So the plan is to use the Pellet stove on the days where the wood stove is too much or the lazy days or when its extremely cold as suppliment to the wood stove. The house is well insulated R-30 walls and cathedral ceilings and R-60 in flat ceilings. 3780 sq ft and is earth sheltered to the North and West. Insulated slab on grade is 5" thick concrete thermal mass. Never done heat loss calculations but I figure its probably not much. So I'm really curious about what to expect out of the stove (if I ever get it working, hehe) Anyone heating with an old Englander 25-PDV? Been around fire wood and wood stoves all my life but this is my first pellet. I was extremely impressed with the quality of this stove and the fact it seems to have never been over-fired. Also seems to be a good supply of new parts available.
I do have a couple of other ?s about the stove. She seemed to be in fantastic shape other than being very, very dirty (don't know how it ever burned). I filled up a large shop vac with powder ash very quickly. The exhaust was almost plugged shut with said powder ash. Just purchased the stove this evening ($150) and have vacuumed everything. Also hit it with the compressor. Plan to remove, clean and oil as much as I can. Both augers seem to be in fine working order and working fine. The combustion fan is not working. Does this unit have a vacuum switch? If so where? The room circulating fans do not come on as well. I assume they will not until the stove is at operating temperature?? Any help or insite will greatly be appreciated.