Having never owned a pellet stove could someone tell me if this one is any good?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8807253423&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

I'll be using it in a barn, Fairly insulated. 30' x 52'. Just need it to take the chill off and not to heat like a house. have to have a pellet due to expense of building a chimney. From what I understand a pellet stove is simply vented much like that of a clothes dryer.

Thanks.

Cheers,

Bill

That is pretty light weight. I think you would want one that was heavy cast Iron. Also pellet stoves are good for constant heat. If you only are looking to warm up a building for a few hours every now and then there are better choices. Google alt fuel furnace. One that also burns corn gives you more options as well.

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For another $500 you can get a good UL listed stove, go heavy those suckers get hot.

Constant heat from a small stove would be fine. It wouldn't run me out. Although lightly insulated, it is a barn. I've looked on the net at the various options.

I really can't spend $1000 on a stove. Thats why this one caught my eye. Its what I can afford. Maybe I'll keep looking for a used one [sigh]. Been shopping for a used one for quite a while. Found a couple but someone else would beat me there and grab it up.

Thanks guys.

Cheers,

Bill

How about a multifuel torpedo heater? 170,000 BTU can be had for under 400 and will run on K1, Diesel, heating oil, Biodiesel, jet fuel, etc

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2007 GL CDI. Wifes

Yes, I looked into this type of heater too. All the ones I've looked at have a fan that blows the heat around. I would prefer one with no fan. Would like to find a kero heater with no fan big enough to take the chill off. Last year I took 3 kero heaters and it still wasn't enough.

Maybe I'll have to reconsider.

123c, I should've bought a stove at the end of the season last year but had so much going on then I didn't have time to shop. If I can hold off this year maybe I'll get one at the end of this season.

Thanks for the suggestions all.

Cheers,

Bill

Don't forget the fire insurance, Bill!

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Bill, I agree with the others that stove is an outfitters tent stove not meant to be used very often. I was going to suggest the torpedo stove as someone else did, but they are loud and do have a hell of a fan.

I will share with you what a cousin rigged up for my dad's tractor shed (one of those trapezoid shaped metal ones that is about 50 x 100 and 20 ft. tall I would guess): he took two 55 gal drums. The bottom drum he welded legs and a door onto, and vented it out of the roof with a stovepipe. He also welded two pieces of pipe cut in half for channels into the sides and put a tiny squirell cage fan with a metal housing on there for a blower. He welded another drum on top of the burner drum (spaced with 1' or so of angle iron) that is filled with waste hydraulic oil and has a tube connecting the two with a petcock in line. You stoke the bottom drum with wood and let some oil drip on it from the top drum and presto, instant heat. It has been 20 years I know since that was made and it still hasn't burned through.

And the lightning rods.



Cheers,

Bill

I would not recomend a pellet or wood stove for a shop. I have used wood stoves for years and had a wood stove in my barn/ shop.
Problem was that by the time I got the stove up to temp and start producing enough heat I was done working in the shop. They can take a good hour to start producing enough heat to make a differance and several hours to warm up a work space.
I went to my local HVAC folks and got a cast off oil burner furnace, hot air, for free. The amount of oil used was maybe 1 gallon for 3 hours in winter. The heat was instant on. I didn't have to fuss with lighting fires and getting it going.
I approx 100,000 btu furnace may burn 1 gall an hour run wide open.
I would set the thermostat to keep the shopp at 45 in winter. Makes a big difference from heating up from 20-30 deg.

I know of some out-of-work girlscouts who will come over, build a campfire and for a nominal fee, stoke the embers and clean up when your done.

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If you read my orginal post I am not going to install a chimney. Barn is very tall and no matter how I did it, it would cost a fortune for venting. Thats why I was looking at a pellet stove. No chimney required. If I were to build a chimney I would install a LP furnace as the building 30 feet away has LP heat.

That being said I know someone is thinking why not run the heat duct over to the barn. The furnace isn't big enough to do any good plus big bucks for LP with just heating the other building.

Mistress......any of those girl scouts cute and over 18? I'm an equal oppurtunity employer.

Cheers,

Bill

turk burners kick ass

Yah, I've read up on those in researching bioD, but in this one, the oil is just used to start the wood so you don't have to use kindling or paper.

i recomend building a turk if you make bio, very useful in burning off glycerine, and hell of alot of fun to watch