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   David_Thomas | Dec 07, 2000 10:25am | #1

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   If you want to know about wood stoves, I'd have some opinions, but in pellet stoves, I'd only caution you to check the prices on the pellets versus your other fuel options (they can be pretty competative) and if there are multiple pellet manufacturers and suppliers for the stove in question. Pity to have to feed the rabbit sawdust to make your own pellets. -David

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   Jack_Lindsey | Dec 07, 2000 10:37am | #2

   *I'll second David's suggestions. We debated wood vs pellet when we built our home 2 years ago and wood won hands down on a fuel cost basis. Also, check on feeding the pellet stove if your power goes out. Can you do it manually? If not, it could to get mighty cold.

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   David_Thomas | Dec 08, 2000 03:56am | #3

   *Regarding the power-out heating options: Check the wattage for the pellet feed screw and any fans. Might not be much (200 watts?) and could be powered off a car battery and an invertor. An average car battery could be drained 50% and run a 200 watt stove for 2 hours before you'd need to start the car and run it for 30 minutes to top off the battery. Sure beats firing up a noisy generator. I've got my RFH heating set up to allow that, although I haven't had a power failure that lasted the 2 days it takes the slab to cool down. -David

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   Darren_Bobrosky | Dec 08, 2000 03:56am | #4

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   I am going to purchase a pellet stove soon. In your opinions, which are good and or bad?

   Thanks