Battery backup in case of power loss?

[imacman]

This was in a previous thread.....seems like a nice little unit...got good reviews.

www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200313480_200313480

i look into that one as well not bad for the price

This is also from the other thread. Same item as Northern but only &119;.00 and free shipping. http://www.amazon.com/Eastern-Tools...d_bbs_sr_6?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1220634286&sr=8-6 BTW this has a one year warr. not 90 days

good bang for the buck

Yes, nice deal, as long as you don't live in California.....can't be shipped there.

 

[wil lanfear]

This was in a previous thread.....seems like a nice little unit...got good reviews.

www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200313480_200313480

This looks to be about the same unit that I purchased. The seller will accept a $90.00 offer plus the shipping fee.

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How do you make an offer? This is a standard auction.

Sorry, try this link.

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[RonaldAdams]

Here is my concern, maybe someone can tell me if its valid. The two times I burned my US Stove 6039 I was amazed how long it ran after shutting off. Auger still runs slowly, and after reading I see its to keep pellets from burning up the auger to the hopper. If i lose power when I'm not home what are the chances of fire getting through auger? Even if power supply gave me few hours I may get power back or get home to fire up generator. The other side is if it were that important it would be built into the stove. Anyone know exactly what happens to the stove if it loses power?

Schoondog

You could test your theory by pulling the plug during a burn cycle (to simulate a power outage). I looked at your stove on the web and I would (not an expert here) think that without power there would not be any blowers to create a flame big enough to burn back into the auger. The reason the auger keeps running after a normal burn is due to the blowers still extracting heat. I would test this theory while I am still there just so I know what will happen when I'm not home. As to back-up power, while a generator is better for longer outages, it still needs someone to start it or it will have to be installed as an auto back-up system ( more money). the alternative is to look at a good UPS system with enough power to run your stove for the time you are usually out of the house, say eight to ten hours. A good place to look for this type of systems is on computer surplus web sites. Computers usually have power supplies that are any where from 250 watts all the way up to 800 watts, which why UPS's for computer should be good for pellet stoves ( almost the same power requirments) I have the i mentioned earlier in this thread and I also have another made by ( or for ) Compaq Computer corp. This is the one that is currently on my oil furnace. I hope this helps. :coolsmile: