My auger quit too. I narrowed it down to the motor itself. The bearing on the end shaft was one of those cheap bushing style. I need to get a replacement. Ebay sells the same motor about 50 bux cheaper and it has a warranty. Pretty easy fix. I'm glad I didn't have to pay a heater guy to come out for this. Our pellets run $300/ton and being Alaska, we use it pretty extensively during the winter.
@radarbrew I started burning hard wood pellets and haven't had any trouble I was burning the cheap ones and it seemed to be clogging up all the time and I was having to clean it all the time. Made a huge difference. The good ones runs about $275 a ton here and the cheap ones about $200. We've had a fairly mild winter so far. Wouldn't mind if that continues.
@radarbrew I'm just curious where in Alaska? I live in Palmer and priced out pellets before buying a wood stove 2 years ago. They were running around $400+ a ton. Figuring a ton is somewhat equal to a cord of wood that was very expensive.
this is another great video from you mr. peek but I must admit I kept wanting to doze off during this video..not that I was bored by the video..nah cuz I am wicked sleepy and sleepwatchin youtube HaHa
If it was me id have just a standard wood stove, i had a gas fire with air pumps and always found that when i had a motor issue it was always down to heat drying out the motor barings H&R Bro
@DibbersPage Got one of those too.. We burned 4 cords last year, a little less this year. Maybe a cord and a half or two. The pellet stove's been workin' so well we really didn't need the wood stove for more than just the comfort of running it now and then.
My pellet stove is a bottom feeder - so carbon occasionally builds up on the end of the auger. It squacks and groans when that happens, but it's never actually jammed. And no, I don't vacuum out the hopper - it looks clean whenever I forget and let the pellets run out.
You ran that for three years?Not bad if all you have to do is clean it up once in awhile.Looks like once you get the stove out from the wall it isn't a bad job to do the auger.
@mutt1256 I can heat the whole house with it up on high, but it runs through the bags pretty quick that hot. I usually run it kind of low and kick it up to warm up the house in the mornin' and evening before I go to bed, and we use the wood stove some too..
hey how often do you vac out the hopper i notice they recommend to do it after three bags due to the sawdust can jam up the auger i do mine a lot longer between vacs but its never jammed glad it wasnt to bad a fix for yah
@rpeek huh thats weired that it didnt do it sooner but then im not perfect on doing that either but once in a while i do this it seems to help ease the mind i dont want to have to replace the auger motor lol ive heard they aint cheap ha ha but nothing is these days
My auger quit too. I narrowed it down to the motor itself. The bearing on the end shaft was one of those cheap bushing style. I need to get a replacement. Ebay sells the same motor about 50 bux cheaper and it has a warranty. Pretty easy fix. I'm glad I didn't have to pay a heater guy to come out for this. Our pellets run $300/ton and being Alaska, we use it pretty extensively during the winter.
radarbrew 1 month ago
@radarbrew I started burning hard wood pellets and haven't had any trouble I was burning the cheap ones and it seemed to be clogging up all the time and I was having to clean it all the time. Made a huge difference. The good ones runs about $275 a ton here and the cheap ones about $200. We've had a fairly mild winter so far. Wouldn't mind if that continues.
rpeek 1 month ago
@radarbrew I'm just curious where in Alaska? I live in Palmer and priced out pellets before buying a wood stove 2 years ago. They were running around $400+ a ton. Figuring a ton is somewhat equal to a cord of wood that was very expensive.
nate379 1 month ago
Have you had to use that oil furnace you have in the basement
sirensandhvaczzzszsz 8 months ago
@sirensandhvaczzzszsz Didn't use it much last year. I think we clicked it on once or twice last year just to warm the house up.
rpeek 8 months ago
this is another great video from you mr. peek but I must admit I kept wanting to doze off during this video..not that I was bored by the video..nah cuz I am wicked sleepy and sleepwatchin youtube HaHa
blazerlover25 10 months ago
@blazerlover25 hahaha.. Okay then. Get some sleep. That's what I'm going to do..
rpeek 10 months ago
Looks like alot of work to me.
McBuck48 11 months ago
75 to 80 where im staying at for vacation here in Cambria, californa!
walkingfreak 11 months ago
If it was me id have just a standard wood stove, i had a gas fire with air pumps and always found that when i had a motor issue it was always down to heat drying out the motor barings H&R Bro
DibbersPage 11 months ago
@DibbersPage Got one of those too.. We burned 4 cords last year, a little less this year. Maybe a cord and a half or two. The pellet stove's been workin' so well we really didn't need the wood stove for more than just the comfort of running it now and then.
rpeek 11 months ago
My pellet stove is a bottom feeder - so carbon occasionally builds up on the end of the auger. It squacks and groans when that happens, but it's never actually jammed. And no, I don't vacuum out the hopper - it looks clean whenever I forget and let the pellets run out.
hoppes9 11 months ago
You ran that for three years?Not bad if all you have to do is clean it up once in awhile.Looks like once you get the stove out from the wall it isn't a bad job to do the auger.
heliarche 11 months ago
@heliarche I clean it about every week and a half or two, empty the ashes out and such, not much of a clean. I'm not obsessive about it or anything.
rpeek 11 months ago
Pellet Stoves work great, Easy to repair...i burnt 2 tonnes this winter
2 full skids... Pellets are made in USA. how much you guys pay 40 lbs bag?
OSCALETRAINGUY 11 months ago
@OSCALETRAINGUY We use 4 tons a winter. They got down to $187 a ton, but the last ton I bought was up to $205..
rpeek 11 months ago
Nice heater I've never seen one like that how much heat do they put out?And how many rooms can yoheat with one?
mutt1256 11 months ago
@mutt1256 I can heat the whole house with it up on high, but it runs through the bags pretty quick that hot. I usually run it kind of low and kick it up to warm up the house in the mornin' and evening before I go to bed, and we use the wood stove some too..
rpeek 11 months ago
hey how often do you vac out the hopper i notice they recommend to do it after three bags due to the sawdust can jam up the auger i do mine a lot longer between vacs but its never jammed glad it wasnt to bad a fix for yah
carrabec99 11 months ago
@carrabec99 I've never done that, been usin' it for 3 years.
rpeek 11 months ago
@rpeek huh thats weired that it didnt do it sooner but then im not perfect on doing that either but once in a while i do this it seems to help ease the mind i dont want to have to replace the auger motor lol ive heard they aint cheap ha ha but nothing is these days
carrabec99 11 months ago
My rabbits makes pellets like the ones you use. I wonder if they would work
PGHMEDIA 11 months ago
@PGHMEDIA Sure, if you dry the crap out of them ;)
jacktheripped 11 months ago
first
SweModelMan 11 months ago