It's my first year with pellets and i'm nervous about leaving it on all night when sleeping and all

[sydney1963]

Thanks to everyone. After burning 3 bags of pellets, I did my first real cleaning this past weekend and barely got a half a cup of ash to vacuum up. The clean out tee had maybe a half a teaspoon of ash in the bottom of it. It isn't like a wood stove at all. I am getting more comfortable with it now.

 

[Jester]

I have had a stove for about 4 weeks and have been burning quite a bit for the past week as the temps dropped down into the thirties. I too was/am nervous about leaving the stove burning at night, or while I'm out. I had the discussion with my installer and he assured me that in the 10 years that he has been in the business he has never geard of anyone burning sown the house with a pellet stove. He said that he could not say the same about woodtsoves and traditional fireplaces. When I began asking other folks in town about this subject they all assured me that as long as I keep up with the maintenance, I should be very safe. So, I have been sleeping with the stove on and I'm excited to say that we have not had to have the heat turned on upstairs because I'm getting great air-flow.

I'd love to hear what the experienced burners on the board have to say to us newbies.

Good luck!

I've have some experience with this area. I can go back 19 years and Ive never heard of a problem with either carbon monoxide (make sure you are using detectors that are within the mfg lifespan, and yes they do have a usefull lifespan) or a fire as a result. Conversely, I have seen my share of problems with fireplaces or woodstoves. Just dont put your hot ashes in a paper bag on the deck.

P.S. it looks like a very nice install and setup as well.

 

[micpman]

I've tried to leave mine running at night to find that it has shut down because the pellets do not fall into the hopper auger. anyone have any suggestions? Ive been running it on 1-1 settings. Englander 25-PDVC

 

[pegdot]

I guess everyone is nervous at first about trusting a pellet stove. I sure was! Now, hubby and I both wake up if it cuts off for some reason during the night. We've gotten used to hearing the blower so when it's not there the house seems too quiet. The hardest thing for me to get used to is remembering to top off the hopper before I leave the house for a long period. Instead of wondering if I remembered to cut off the stove I wonder if I remembered to fill it up! ;-)

 

[in-control]

Thanks all, I do have a CO detector and fire extinguisher. Here is a pic on my setup. Did it ourselves which might be part of the anxiety, though I know we did everything to code and was very careful and read every detail in the stove manual.

We have a carbon monoxide detector as well one with a battery backup. We have one in the room with the stove and one in our bedroom. It display's the level - thankfully it's alway's been "0". It help's us sleep at night knowing that we will wake up!