nuclearrepairman wrote:


I am curious why you had to replace the room blower. I assume it was bad, I guess my question is asked because I bought a used Auburn and the room air blower seems very week compared to my other stove(magnum countryside). Please let me know your experience. B

Hello all, boy am I glad to see the site back up and running! I bought another stove over the off season and visited the site to try and get some advice, I was taken back when it would not come up.

Eitherway glad its back online and looking forward to a good burning season, going to attempt to fire up the Magnum tonight if all goes well. I bought a St. croix Auburn and in the process of figuring what to do with it, it was to good of a deal to pass up. B

Somerset is the best you can buy in my area, the hardware up the road a bit is the closest place to find them. TSC which is a lot closer sells Michigan pellets which are decent but produce a lot of ash, so I will drive the extra bit to get the Somerset. I made a big mistake a few weeks back and found a guy who was selling "hardwood" pellets for a very good price, so of course I did not buy a few bags to try I bought a ton and of course after my wife helped me get all 50 bags to the basement I then found out they were the worst pellets I have had the pleasure to burn. The ash filled the pot like sand and the stove would only burn for approx. 3 hours. When I opened a bag it smelt strongly of pine(hardwood)? I will however commend the seller as he did take back every unopened bag for a full refund, after I carried all 47 bags form the basement. B

I have a leaf blower and have used it as you mentioned before, however I never opened the door. Why do you open the door? I can say i do not use the blower regularly. I cleaned the stove up very good Sunday afternoon and today being Wednesday I notice a big difference in the performance of my stove. I am burning Somerset pellets which are the best you can get around my area. This week end I will give the blower or "sucker" a try and see if it helps out. B

I am on my 4th year burning and I have never had the issues with the above mentioned that I have this year. I have to do a very detailed cleaning every week or the stove will not burn at its max. I still can not seem to get it perfect, and thats with using coat hangers up behind the burn pot, a shop vac, an ash vac and my bare hands. I just cannot seem to get it all. This is also the first year I have been burn't pellets only, and the stove seems dirty all the time to me. After 4 to 5 days of striaght burning I get a lazy flame, extremly dirty glass in minutes and less heat, clean it up and good to go again for 4 to 5 days. Any tips on how to get it cleaner and keep it that way, would be much appreciated. B

I am not using the stirrer pot after all, I tried with the clinker pot and it has been working great so I stuck with. Thanks for your help and sorry for the late reply. B

Well I finally have been burning for a week now. I decided to try the striaght pellets in my clinker pot and it is going very well, great heat and the best part is I have been able to empty the pot leave a small amount of hot ash in the bottom, close the lid and walk away. Very happy so far. B

Good to see or hear from you Tall!! I was wondering the same thing over the past 3 years I have been burning nothing but corn witht he clinker pot. I would mix in some pellets here and there but corn has been my main fuel. I dont like the idea of going back to my stirrer as the only memories I have of it are noise and a lot more cleaning. I will give the pellet clinker pot team a try. B

Hi Wes,

I will check into this, I do not think it should be an issue, as I only used the stirrer for the first season and then swithched to a clinker pot. With this heat wave coming to an end I better check it out. B

Finally got it loose at turning. Have to order a few parts, put the stirrer pot back in, and pick up a ton of pellets. By the looks of the weather the next few days its time. B

Still got it soaking in oil, have not really had a chance to try it. Thanks B

Hello everyone, I have been messing with my stove lately, due to the fact the price of corn is supposed to go through the roof I will have to resort to pellets and probably not much of them. Unfortunetly I have already paid a large propane bill and expect more to come. Okay to get to the point, knowing I will be burning mostly pellets this winter I tried to get my stirrer pot up and running and it appears the drive shaft is froze. Has anyone else experienced this and how did you fix this issue? Thanks B

Well said Tinman, I would agree I am also a union tradesmen. There is a misconception in this country that all unions support there members for laziness and 3 hour bar lunch's, however it is quite the opposite with my union, you do not show up and work, you do not have a job!!! Please do not let a few groups bad practices tarnish the rest of us hard working, family raising americans!!! B

I would like to thank all of ya for the help this season, I never really got my issues resolved, but I did manage to burn up a ton 1/2 of pellets and 150 bushell of corn.

I will be putting the 3500P in hibernation this afternoon, I am out of corn, no one close has pellets and the last few days of 50 Deg locked it up!

I will still be checking in to the site over the summer, as I finally hope to update my stove to something bigger. Not sure what that might be yet though.(might be wood)

Enjoy the warm months! B

I am done, the 3500P is going to get moth-balled this afternoon. Have a great summer friends. I will still be checking in from time to time. B

Thanks Tinman, I will head that way tomorrow and see what I can find. B

Tinman where did you get the pellets and what kind were they? B

Has been a full week since I ran out of corn and I am starting to miss the heat, may have to break down and buy some pellets! B

I put the last bucket of corn in yesterday afternoon and the last bag of pellets last night. Now comes the decision do I get a small amount of corn in the wagon, buy a half pallet of pellets or call an end to a very frusyrating burning season?

And I must not forget to mention I am going to have to fill the L.P. tank soon!!! B

CT,

I have the outside air hooked up and have checked the path as far as I can it all seems to be clean. Glad you made it to the new forum!

aharvey,

I have another post about clinker pots and Vander knows of someone sell pots for the 7500, check it out. B