Pellet Heater Basics - What and How They Work?
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2021
- Want to know how pellet heaters work? Watch this video to see what's inside, how they work and why they are a great heater. You might know them as pellet stoves or pellet fires but no matter what you call them or what model you have, they all work the same way.
Sick and tired of moving, splitting, stacking and drying wood? Pellet heaters put out a lovely "fire" type of heat by burning wood pellets but are a lot easier to manage than wood heaters. Not only do you still get that lovely natural heat but a pellet heater offers a lot of the convenience you get with a heat pump, like switching on at a certain time or shutting down when your room gets to a desired temperature.
Click any of the timestamps below to skip to different parts in the video:
01:50 Pellet heater startup ignition mode
03:27 Fire starting in the burn pot
04:50 Heating mode and temperature output
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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??
Thanks for this demonstration. I appreciate the time and effort made for this.
Keep in mind that I've only used it for a couple weeks, that being said, so far so good czcams.com/users/postUgkxAU9pOCSV9Y5JprooHvfxTpOrt4hx8uRM . Using it at 8 ft. by 8ft. deer blind that is insulated. I have to keep the door cracked for it to get enough air to burn, but that is very likely the wood I've used. Much better quality than I expected for the price. Now if I can just take it easy in the beginning it won't be 90 degrees in my blind. All in all it seems like a keeper.
Great video! I just fired up our stove for the season. Smoke has been coming out of the blower. Your input is appreciated
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.
Awesome video! Im studying for my NFI test and mainly know wood buring installs and products vs pellet, so this helps!
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.
Oh i see the pipe leading to the wall from the pellet heater. Neat
What does the switch/handle at the bottom do? Which position does it need to be set to?
Not sure what you are referring to sorry. Maybe the ash pan?
My dad is thinking of replacing propane stove with a pallet stove because costs wise. Is pallet better than propane use. Or he just use electric heaters more.
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.
How much fuel is required for a couple months and what is the approximate cost of a bag of pellets? Do you have an exhaust going to the 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.
What does the latch at the exchanger do
@@IsaacParbery It's to clean the heat exchanger inside. Pull it out and push back in to clean ash off etc.
Ihave one what isthe problen whit to mucho smoke white tell me what's happened thanks
Too much smoke coming out the flue? Sounds like it's not burning properly. Could be dodgy/poor quality pellets but when was it last deep cleaned? Meaning inside the pellet heater where you can't see (no just the fire box) and ask the flue?
Just out of curiosity what would cause his pellet stove to run good for about 12 hours and then all the sudden flood out
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?
Does it heat your water and radiators?
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.
Got a enviro m50 I cant seem to get a high flame, set on 4 or 5 but get a 1 setting flame, any ideas people?
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?
they should make them with a solar power source in case there's an outage
Interesting idea but what about at night? Most people have battery backup. Pellet heaters only use 60 watts an hour once running. Very easy to run a heater with solar and battery backup.
The "Drolet" brand of pellet heaters come with batteries built in in case of power outages.
Nah.. I'd drop in a thermonuclear power source to be completely off the grid.
Just drop 80-100 g worth of plutonium pellets every 10-15 years or so. :)
I bet you wood pellets are a lot easier to find.
Would you need a heater when the Sun is turned on in Australia? I have herd many stories about the cold Australian Sun. Thought it was just a myth.
Mate, just get a UPS or diy a UPS setup very easy to do. They pull very little power and easy to hookup to batteries with a solar charger controller and solar panels.
Is there any Australian standard accreditations, for wood pellet heaters ?
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.
PROBLEM IS FINDING THEM NOW . i WANT ONE FOR MY BASEMENT your panel says jan . 01 year 2000
That's because it was unplugged. Yes, finding older heaters is hard especially if you need parts. I would be checking FB marketplace, gumtree if it is used in your area and Craigslist. Posted wanted ads also. I've done that and people contacted me saying they had a heater they wanted to sell.
Does it have a room thermostat?
Hi, yes they do. That's how they know what temp the room is. You can specify to heat the room to 22 for example and then go into lowode or switch off all together and start again when temp drops too low. I'll make aore detailed video on that. Thanks.
@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 what does it coast?
@@davidengle2342 I'm not sure where you live but check out www.tassiepelletheaterowners.com/where-to-buy-a-pellet-heater-in-tasmania/ to see pellet heater retailers in Tassie. How much they cost depends on what size heater you want.
Where's the exhaust?
How much electricity conserved in 1 hours
Hi, about 100 Watts in the first hour when you just start the heater then 60 watts every hour after that.
What about a vent pipe
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.
Is that the HP 21?
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
And where the smoke go?
Out the chimney or flue. There is no visible smoke when the pellet heater is running.
@@tassiepelletheaterowners4472 ooh okay.thankx
He's using some strange temperature scale that makes no sense. Plus he talks funny.
There can only be one ;-)
whatever you do avoid explaining how these heaters receive air because doing that would be crazy! How many stupid pills do you eat on the daily?
Thanks for that comment.