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@@MrClay-ip3bn It's a Macleod Maxi 12kw.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 Ok. Thank you!

Sounds like a google question mate :) How hot does fire get? I'm not sticking my hand in there lol

Button is pressed at about 0:02 seconds into the video. Pellets automatically feeding into the burn pot and then they catch fire. At the very start the wattage drawn is around 2 watts then a few seconds later it jumps to about 300 watts. Ignitor is starting to warm up and pellets are being slowly fed into burn pot. Fire is starting around the five minute mark but it isn't fully established and burning until the 7:33 mark. That's why the watts being drawn drops from around 300 watts down to 40 - 70 watts because the ignitor switches off.

@@IsaacParbery It's to clean the heat exchanger inside. Pull it out and push back in to clean ash off etc.

@@HarryCuthbertson-ii1jz wish I could help but unless there's an error code displayed on the screen in guessing at best. Unplug it and wait then plug it back in. If there's no error code on the screen then best to book it in for a service. If you have the same model pellet heater pellet fires Tasmania sell and service them.

Vented through the wall or ceiling. Good thing about pellet heaters is they can vent out the wall directly behind them. Most wood heaters can't do this. This is a demo machine I have setup but you can still see the flue venting outside.

Cost varies greatly depending on which country you live in. Best to google prices. Most people will burn a bag a day in the middle of winter. Again, this depends on where you live and how cold your winters are. We burn about 60 to 100 bags a year. If you live somewhere that allows a lot you may burn 2 to 4 tonne a year. Depends on your winters, how big your house is, how warm you like it, do you have other heading etc. Yes, there is a chimney or flue.

Thanks for the comment ☺️

Not sure what you are referring to sorry. Maybe the ash pan?

No idea what model pellet heater you guys have. Whats the model and brand?

I even made an updated video showing how quiet it is. czcams.com/users/shorts4EyKSwOk5eE?si=WaFSZ-j5cbgZfe0Y

Wow that's weird. Yeah mine isn't loud at all.

Exactly. No need to split, dry, stack or worry where to put the stuff.

Yup high quality but pricey 😉 I like Haas because they are more affordable but still pricey. Any chance you got the link to the drolet supplier?

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 they are in Packenham Vic, need to look him up, I was looking at bringing in the Heatilator Eco Choice brand of heaters but unfortunately they aren’t willing to make them with 240v electrical’s so they would have to be converted once here adding cost, simplest method would be a 240-115v transformer which was done to the Snowflame heaters sold here.

Thanks and good luck with your test. I made this video while ago and want to do something better. Amy suggestions on what you'd like to see? I understand you may want more technical info but happy for any suggestions. Thanks again.

Thanks. Yup so much more I could have included and totally agree. I'll be playing with a new format of videos going forward. Would love to see that pellet mill of yours if you've got it running.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 it’s still sitting in the shed unfortunately, but will be starting it up in a couple of weeks for running in the die

Thanks for that comment.

Very easy. Flue brush like the one on this video is cheap on Amazon. Take call off end of flue and run brush up and down a few times. Seriously, it's super easy. The hardest part is taking cap off the pipe.

Pellet prices depend a lot on where you live. In the USA people pay anywhere from $5 USD to $8 USD a bag. In Australia we pay anywhere from $8.50 to $13.45 AUD a bag. Most people will go through about 60 to 100 bags a year in Tasmania, Australia where I live a year. In the USA obviously cold areas people are burning up to 6 ton a year. They run their heaters non-stop. Completely agree on the maintenance. With a wood heater you can let them run non-stop for months. At the very least I'd be stopping a pellet heater burning non-stop once a week to clean out the ash. Plenty of people on the USA do this. Run their heater 24/7 and shut it down for an hour or so a week to clean it out. However, with a wood heater you are spending that time splitting, stacking, moving and drying firewood. Everyone is different and I used to enjoy cutting trees down, chainsawing it into rounds etc but not anymore. It became a chore and I hate it :-) However, I totally understand some people love doing that and it's great we can pick a heater that we like and did our lifestyles. Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.

Hey mate. Definitely is an ash pan on it. Around 5:39 mark you can see the bottom of the burn box has a grill/grate. Pan is just under that. Pulled out from the front. Just below the burn box.

Hey, propane as in bottled gas? I'm not sure what you pay for bottled gas but it's bloody expensive here. A pellet heater is definitely cheaper where I am. What does your father post for bottled gas and how long does a bottle last him? The storry answer is yes I expect it would be cheaper. If he had natural gas as in piped to his house, then natural gas may be cheaper but again depends on price.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 My dad owns two propane heater one on first floor and basement. It been years since he used propane from local brand to deal with propane.

Yeah is next to the heater and doesn't worry me. Suggest spinning is no issue also. However, you raise good points which is why I talk about stuff like this. Pellet heaters aren't for everyone and people need to know what and how heaters work so they can understand if it's the right choice for them. Appreciate the feedback.

Yes moving is a pain. The other option is to simply put the leaf blower in at the T pipe. This way you don't have to move the pellet heater. Set it to blow and it'll suck ash out of the pellet heater and blow it out the flue. If burning 4 tons then yes you obviously must be doing a few good deep cleans. And yes I see many people in the US switching to pellets due to cost of LPG. The heater is a Zeigler and Brown which is the same as the Comfortbilt in the USA. They are essentially the same but are no longer sold here in Australia. I think this one was about 8 years old and still worked fine. Brand doesn't really matter as long as you clean the heaters properly. Yours should be fine and I see a lot of people int he US are happy with comforbilt.

Hi, about 100 Watts in the first hour when you just start the heater then 60 watts every hour after that.

Yeah, I've seen people talk about issues with EcoPellets and quality. It definitely did happen. However, never had the issue myself and I've burnt a lot of their stuff. Worst I get is clinker build up which is no drama for me but for some of it is. Regarding parts and heaters, for me the most important is can you get parts. Biggest issue I see right now is retailers leave the pellet heater market, like Bunnings and basically BBQs Galore plus all the other retailers who originally sold then dropped heaters over the years because they were no longer being imported etc. People need retailers who will be around long term, can support them and help them troubleshoot etc. That plus Pellet prices are far too high on the mainland and while EcoPellets quality does vary without them I wonder what price nsfp Pellets would be selling at.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 yeah true, although clinkers shouldn’t be forming if the raw material is processed correctly, up here I am really pushing my services to cater for the lack of manufacturer backup, most parts can be sourced from AliExpress including big ticket items like auger gear boxes, combustion blowers. Climatise is the largest seller/service agent left in Victoria, I have attempted to subby to them however I was unsuccessful, the industry is needed now more than ever with the gas prices about to skyrocket here in time for winter.

@@offthegridwithbert924 regarding clinkers, where do you draw the line? Yes, the more high quality/filtered the material is the better but that costs. EcoPellets premium is $9.50 a bag here and nsfp at Bunnings $13.40. The budget EcoPellets are $8.50 here. I'm happy to save $4 or more a bag and deal with minimal clicker. I totally agree though and I understand some people don't like EcoPellets due to the lower quality compared to nsfp but then you have to pay for that quality. I know without EcoPellets in Tasmania we wouldn't have had many people using letter heaters today if it was only nsfp. I honestly think the mainland world be the same and I'm sure your customers at least done are happy to use EcoPellets due to the saving. I think it's great people like yourself are out there supporting the industry. I share your videos where I can because what you are doing is more than most retailers, which is great.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 much appreciated, yes the supply options here are limited, we have Piazzetta which are premium, Eco Pellets Tas, and Heat Mate which are pine, BBQ galore had a brand of excellent ones however no longer selling here

Thanks! The glass was so black because of the airflow being limited by all the ash inside as shown. Poor airflow, black glass, so needs a deep clean. However, the black glass can also be caused by poor quality pellets and you mentioned but for me I just knew it was ash inside and needed a clean.

Hi, by blower if you mean room exhaust fan that blows got air into the room, then that shouldn't be possible. The smoke exhaust is obviously completely separate from the room fan. I'm guessing maybe something, first out whatever, has gotten into the room fan and that's why you are getting smoke. The only other way there could be smoke is of there was a hole or something. I wonder if the door gasket needs to be replaced. However, a bad door gasket would trigger a a vacuum day switch and the heater would shut down. Is the smoke only visible during startup? Do you have an outside air kit? Sometimes during startup there is a very tiny bit of smoke that comes out of the pellet heater but it's minimal and definitely wouldn't be heaps of smoke billowing out.

The comfortbilt stoves are a rebadged made in China model, just like this heater. Yes, they would be identical or very similar. This is actually a zeigler and brown or at least that's what they call it.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 thanks and mine is the comfort built HP 21. All the reviews I've done on it says it's not supposed to get hot on the top and on the sides just in the front the glass area. But mine gets so hot on the top and the sides that it will literally burn you third degree burns. I just recently purchased it installed it yesterday in about 2 hours later it was that hot. There's no overheating alarm on it but I don't hear the blower motor blowing could that be the problem

@@davidcompton9528 yup something is wrong. Once fire is going the room fan will switch on to blow hot air out of the heater into the room. You should be able to tell what fan is and isn't running. It's definitely not working as intended.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 thanks you we got the problem fixed it was the blower motor. Just stuck

The fan voltage should change when you switch modes. Can you hear the exhaust fan going faster or slower when you change speed setting? The voltage should be higher, so the fan spins faster and more pellets are fed into the burn pot giving you a bigger fire or the opposite going slower and less pellets for smaller fire. What type of pellet heater do you have?

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 doesn't seem to change once started, will rest again. Just had it stop running twice with a #3 code. I did get it going again but still a low kinda lazy flame. Thanks for any and all help to everyone.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 I have a enviro m55c-fs. Yes the fan increases as I up the heat level. Flame does get bigger but not a lot and very little between 4 and 5. Was told by someone to close the damper in the back 1 " , so I did, help , but very little. Any help is appreciated

@@ezellccful pulling the damper out should provide more air, which would be needed for a lazy flame. I couldn't find the M50 model but found m55. Does your model have the "trim combustion air" button? This will allow you to increase fan voltage or decrease and may be worth looking at. Wish I could help more but I assume the heater is new. The only things I can think of are voltage on fan is too low. There could be something wrong with the fan. If the heater isn't new has it been deep cleaned etc? I also assume when you change the heat setting the amount of pellets being fed into burn pot increases and decreases accordingly?

Out the chimney or flue. There is no visible smoke when the pellet heater is running.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 ooh okay.thankx

Hi, yes I believe it's AS/NZS 4012. However, I think it is being updated and pellet heaters are exempt. They used to be exempt in an old version of the standard then it was updated and no longer exempt. This is being reviewed and the updated version should exempt then again because they burn so clean.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 Hi, thanks for your feed back. From my research , yes it seems they are exempt, except for the AS/NZS 2918, which is some kind of installation standard. Do you know anything about this 2918? You mentioned a new law will except them completely? …do you know when this will be implemented?

@@MaxStArlyn Hey, looks like that standard you referred to is for installation requirements. The standard I was referring to above (god it's confusing) was regarding emissions etc. That standard is currently being reviewed and updated because they left out pellet heaters being exempt from emission standards (it may already be updated, I haven't checked in a while). I can't comment on installation requirements, just that pellet heaters don't need to meet emission standards like wood heaters because pellet heaters already burn much cleaner. Just curious. What exemption or what are you doing that has you looking at exemptions etc? There should be no problem getting a pellet heater installed. I'm just wondering what are you looking at doing etc?

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 I’m looking at buying a pellet heater and boiler, from over seas.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472I’m looking at building a new home,..and I’m worried this won’t be approved by the surveyor.

Not exactly sure what you mean by flood out. If it stops feeding pellets into the burn pot and as a result the fire dies out, then sounds like a temp sensor is faulty. It can't detect a fire so switches off. However, there could be many reasons. What's happening exactly and what do you mean flood out?

I've looked but can't see anything. I would love to do the same thing. Some kind of wireless temperature setup.

Hi. Yes, no longer supported and no parts. No doubt you are right about what/why it is having problems. I don't have any manual or support material sorry. As with older heaters, I'd try and find second hand ones so you can salvage parts. I think one is for sale in Latrobe but they want way too much money. I have seen blazes going second hand on Facebook and Gumtree. Id keep an eye out. Sorry can't help about the auger. Just checked and the one in latrobe is $1700. Insane. Post an ad on gumtree wanting to buy blaze heater. I'm sure some are sitting in sheds collecting dust doing nothing.

Honestly, I don't use it anymore but will make a video on detail about it. One pass was enough but there's obviously always gives, it just depends on how much you want extracted. The main issue is how powerful the exhaust suction is because the higher it is the more gives you pull out but the more little pellets get sucked out, which you obviously don't want. I just tip bags into the heater slowly but if fines are a worry I just empty into a bucket outside and then tip bucket into heater. I find that a lot of fines remain in the bucket and don't get tipped into heater, which is enough for me. However I just don't bother now and to bag slowly into heater. I will make a follow-up video though. Thanks!

100%. I think some people with a wood heater don't understand how much heat is lost to moisture content and how much goes out the chimney due to low efficiency. Plus you don't need to run the pellet heater 24/7 like many do with a wood heater. Good thing about Tas is pellets are affordable and we have a few brands to choose from.

Thanks for the info which helps explain a few things. Can't wait for your videos! Ill definitely be sharing them as our mainland pellet group is quiet due to lack of info etc. Will be good when your videos drop as I know they'll find them interesting.

Let us know when that mill of yours is working. Would love to watch some videos. In Tas we can buy pellets by the bulka bag, luckily but most people still prefer to buy bags. Just easier and more convenient. That heater is definitely interesting and just as you said its design keeps clinkers out of the burn pot. EcoPellets said they were importing them but it's getting close to a year now and no update. Again, I look forward to your mill videos.

Yes, your way is a lot easier :-) Sadly I don't think some people understand the importance of cleaning heaters

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 I had one last week a Parkwood where the hopper caught fire due to the unit being totally blocked up in the rear exhaust channels, combustion fan housing and flue, installed 2006, never serviced. The owner told me he didn’t realize it needed to be serviced each year, I had to sack it as moisture got into the controller board, it’s at my workshop now getting a refurb. He decided to put a wood burner in.

Hi! Yes, I believe you are talking about EcoPellets? Yes, we are lucky in Tas as pellet heaters down here are kind of known and obviously we have a few mills. I completely agree that the pellet heater industry is facing a up hill battle and no big players want it to succeed. We have two FB groups and my videos here are to try and spread the word. I would love to do more to get the word out. Appreciate the comment. Let me know if I can help in any way.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 Yeah EcoPellets Tas, $10 per bag cheapest price on the mainland, sounds good, what are the Facebook group names? I imported a 150kg/h mill from China in early 2020, my idea is to supply my existing clients to start and if things take off will look at a bigger setup, I plan to attend some field days in Vic to get the word out about these heaters again and I will do a CZcams video on them as well.

@@offthegridwithbert924 FB groups are Australian Pellet Heater Owners and the other is Tassie Pellet Heater Owners. Tassie group is the biggest. I'm not affiliated with anyone an goal of groups I to increase awareness. Great to hear you have your own mill. If you do make video I know members in the group's would love to see them. There's so much work in getting raw material crushed, filtered and dried before even making pellets, so total respect it is something you are doing. After work I'll have a proper look through your channel and see what I can share on the Aussie pellet heater group. Thanks.

Get into making the pellets. I do at home with a pellet mill on the back of a tractor. I can make a years worth of pellets out of pure oak sawdust in about 2 weeks.

Not this model but yes, they do make pellet boilers which can heat hit water and run radiators to heat your house. Just search for pellet boiler.

There can only be one ;-)

Yes, need to be clean and sadly some people don't know that. Another good option is to use a vacuum hose extender. I have a 10m/30 foot hose so I now put the shopvac outside so any fine dust blown out by the heater is outside. Definitely a good idea to wear a mask like you do.

Cold air intake kit should be talked about

@@jonathanwright5550 👍 Great idea for a future video 😁

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 was surprising the difference in the house it made

@@jonathanwright5550 yup. Got our main pellet heater in the lounge connected to an oak but honestly I haven't noticed much difference. However, totally agree that drawing air from the outside to heat is much better than drawing air from inside the house which then causes negative pressure and cold air covers into your house. Thanks. I'll definitely do a video on it. Was a great comment.

@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 doesn't the fitting on the back go to burn chamber??