Apellet stove is an electronically powered home appliance used to emit heat in houses. It is made of various components that are used to hold the pellets, feed them, burn the pellets and distribute heat. Although pellet stoves and other heat stoves are a little bit complex to maintain, their operations are remarkably simple.

One of the most important things you will need to understand about pellet stoves is how to fill the stove with pellets for maximum efficiency. The part of the stove where the pellets are stored is called the hopper. This part of the pellet stove comes in different sizes and the holding capacity is based on pounds/kilograms. The smallest pellet stove hopper could carry up to 35 lbs (15.9kg) of pellets while the largest hoppers are known to handle as much as 130 lbs (60kg) of pellets.

The pellets in hoppers are not burned all at once. The pellets are slowly fed into the fire pot depending on your settings. The number of pellets to be burned could be controlled by a component of the pellet stove called an auger.

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There are two types of augers

The manually controlled auger wherein you control the number of pellets to be burned right in the pellet stove or the safer, and more convenient thermostat. The type of auger in the stove will determine how many pounds of pellets to be burned per hour. Naturally the more pellets burned per hour, the more heat your pellet stove will emit. For a pound per hour (0.45kg), you get to have a relatively warm heat from the stove but you can also improve to five pounds per hour if you really want to heat up your entire average household.

Consider this: since the hopper could hold at least 35 lbs, every load that you place in your pellet stove could last you at least a day maybe two if you have a bigger hopper. That is why if you want to make your pellet stove the main source of heat, get a pellet stove with a bigger hopper.

Once the pellets are in the fire pot, heat will become possible when the combustion chamber starts. The combustion chamber starts a flame that will burn the pellets in the fire pot. The combustion chamber could be manually ignited or it will automatically start once it’s switched on. This part of the pellet stove is electronically powered so if there is a power failure, the pellet stove will stop working. Although some pellet stoves offer battery backup power in case of electricity lost to your home and this is highly recommended if you encounter severe winter storms.

The heat is distributed in the air with the use of a fan. The fan in the pellet stove absorbs air and blows it through the chamber where the heat is located. The air will automatically become hotter and will be blown out to the room. This feature in pellet stoves has largely contributed to its safety factor. The heat from pellet stove is blown out instead of simply radiating a component to be distributed. This heating process is called convection. The radiation process, such as in wooden stoves, could heat up the appliance fast that it’s too dangerous to touch during operation. Some pellet stoves use convection heat systems to distribute heat through the entire house on multiple floors.

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Comments (5)

• |2009-10-03 15:48:14 Denise  - mom
  I have a piece of styrofoam-looking material between the firebox of my pellet stove and the fire pot and auger area of my pellet stove. It is cracked. The current pellet stove sales people where I live have no clue how to get a piece of that material to replace the cracked piece. Is it important? Where can I get it? I am sure it is non-flammable, but there is a black metal firebox behind it. HELP ME!
  
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• |2009-11-06 15:49:05 gman  - styrofoam firebox pellet stove
  I would contact the MAKER of your pellet stove, not the sale guys. They know nothing. Whoever your manufacturer is call them ASAP and figure this out, could be very important.
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• |2009-11-06 14:34:28 Gladys Velasco
  If you used 20 lbs of pellet daily, is this consider main source of heating
  
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• |2009-11-06 15:50:04 gman  - 20lbs pellet daily
  Depends on the square footage you are trying to heat.
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• |2010-01-23 19:15:48 Linda White  - How to install a pellet stove into a metal buildin
  I recently had a 48x24 ft metal pole barn built. I am going to install a pellet stove in it. I will install the pipe up and out on the side of the building. Any suggestions how I can install it?
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