[AT] An untapped market?

[Steve W.]

Hate to say it farmer but your too late....

I have already seen pellet fired camp stoves and BBQ grills.

I have just started getting into repairing them since the three local
places that sell them seem to forget that you bought it off them when it
comes to service. Been working on cross references for the fan motors
and control boards with a couple other guys, So far it seems like Fasco
made just about every fan out there (and many of the motors themselves
interchange) Lennox owns Whitfield and Traditions pellet stoves and have
been more than happy to give info about their stoves. They have manuals
online as well. So does Enviro. and there are a few places that list
parts as well. My involvement started when my FILs Whitfields acted up
and the place he bought it from told him to "take it apart and bring us
the parts to be tested"?  What a way to service what you sell....

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


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From: "Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 12:12 PM
Subject: [AT] An untapped market?


> I was looking at our pellet stove (which we still love) one
> day and was thinking about some other things when I sort of
> fell into a thought... The process is a little like the old
> Reece's commercial where the chocolate bar accidentally
> falls into the open jar of peanut butter...  :-)
> Any who, it occurred to me that if someone were to make a
> much smaller version of a pellet stove that it could be very
> useful for heating campers, motor homes etc. It could also
> be a great size for smaller workshops and greenhouses, both
> of which are usually heated to lower temperaturs than where
> you sleep.
> Our old 24' travel trailer has a small LP gas furnace in it
> that we have never used since I am not positive whether it
> is safe or not and have not had time to check it out. It is
> a bear to get to. A smaller sized pellet stove would have
> several advantages. For one thing it could never explode...
> Fuel would be easier to deal with in a bag than filling and
> connecting tanks (which do not last very long). A failure to
> get a tank connected properly or a valve that starts leaking
> can leak out a tank of gas in no time (and can be
> dangerous). Small tanks of LP have become very costly and it
> seems like every whip-stitch lately they have changed specs
> causing frequent tank replacements or valve updates. Is
> there any fuel that you could haul any safer than pellets?
> They are like a big old bean bag. You could haul them in
> your tow vehicle or in the trailer, even under your bed in
> complete safety. You could sit and look at the dancing fire
> through the glass door. I love that about the stove we have.
> The pellet stove has a fairly cool exhaust ( I can
> momentarily lay my hand on the flue anytime) and gets its
> combustion air from the outside. Even the full sized stove
> as it is made only requires 3" of back clearance and 6" of
> side clearance. With double wall construction and some
> fireproof insulation zero clearance would be no problem. Our
> full sized stove which heats over 1500 sq. ft. is basically
> a 2'x2'x2' cube. The existing gas furnace is that big. Of
> course it would require planning  to fit in properly but so
> does everything else in a camping vehicle.
> Just some thoughts.
> -- 
>
>
>
> "farmer"
>
> Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
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