Posts Tagged pellet stoves

Little Rascal Pellet Stove Sale!

Posted by on Monday, 1 August, 2011

Little Rascal Pellet Stove

A1 Stoves.com features the fine line of Country Flame stoves and the replacement parts. Please click on the highlighted words to be take to our web site where you’ll find parts for the Country Flame pellet stove line. We’re also having a sale on the Little Rascal $1889.10, that’s 10% lower than you’ll find pellet stoves for sale online!

A-1 Stoves.com is proud to announce the addition of the Country Flame Little Rascal Wood Pellet Stove Parts to our lineup of  supported appliances.  The Little Rascal has been updated with the latest in wood pellet stove technology and ready to handle the toughest fuel out there.
This unit is compact in size yet will heat up your home like the big boys.  State of the art electronics along with a complete diagnostic center will give you the information needed to operate your Little Rascal with ease.  Lighting the fuel is a breeze with the on-board auto ignition system.

If you have any questions please email us at info@A1Stoves.com or call us 1-800-893-4950. We’ll be happy to help you find the right parts for your pellet stove!

Help Me Find Parts for My Pellet Stove!

Posted by on Friday, 6 August, 2010

We offer pellet stove parts for all major brands of pellet burning stoves including Whitfield pellet stove parts, Breckwell pellet stove parts, Quadrafire replacement parts, Austroflamm pellet stove parts, and The Earth Stove replacement parts.
Finding the right parts for your pellet stove can often be a daunting task if certain information is unavailable. Information such as the Make, Model and Serial Number of your Pellet Stove is crucial to a successful Pellet Stove repair. To Identify your stove you will be looking for a metal plate that is riveted to the back or side of the stove. In some cases, such as Whitfield pellet stoves the plate is inside the hopper lid. A Quadrafire pellet stove insert may have the plate on the side so you don’t have to pull the stove completely out of the fireplace. Sending a picture of your stove to the techs at A-1 Stoves.com is another way of making sure you are going to be ordering parts for the right stove. Once you have identified your stove it is a good idea to record that information in your manual.

Don’t have your stove manual? No problem! CLICK HERE for pellet stove manuals.

2010 Tax Credit for Pellet Stove Purchases – Everything You Need to Know

Posted by on Wednesday, 21 July, 2010
ax Form For products “placed in service“ in 2009, you need to file the 2009 IRS Form 5695 and submit it with your 2009 taxes (by April 15, 2010).

On the 2009 1040 form, the residential energy tax credit (from Form 5695) is claimed on line 52.

For products “placed in service” in 2010, you would take the tax credit on your 2010 income taxes.

What you need to submit and save: Save your receipts and the Manufacturer’s Certification Statement for your records.

Submit Form 5695 with your taxes.

Related topics: Which products qualify for a tax credit?

Is there an income limit on the tax credit?

Which components associated with my product are also eligible?

Is the $1,500 tax credit for each product? Each year? Each person?

Can the tax credit be carried over to future years?

Generating Local Jobs With Wood Fuel Pellet Production

Posted by on Monday, 21 June, 2010

Solid fuel heating appliances have largely been ignored for over 30 years, along with for good reason. Traditionally solid energy heating ideas would mean log or coal stoves in addition to boilers. To many consumers both of these options mean a lot of mess in addition to a lot of work along with time. the uncomplicated facts are there was no real innovation in the solid energy heating market, therefore as consumers lifestyles got more hectic, they coal in addition to log heating systems were a serious issue. When oil and gas based systems entered the market, many consumers immediately saw the compensation in terms of a cleaner dwelling, less more along with more time to do supplementary things. Also oil in addition to gas based heating systems kept the property much warmer. Yet now by oil along with gas heating systems emitting high levels of carbon emission along with becoming more costly to run, consumers are looking for alternatives. Consumers do not wish to return to coal or logs, as well as no more than ever these ideas are not applicable to the modern behavior. Here is where wood pellet combustion solutions can provide a bridge between the two. Wood pellet burning solutions can provide affordable heat, by means of low maintaince while still providing more than enough warmth for a small property of even a large company.

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There are various unlike grades of biomass incineration pellets, depending on the raw materials used to produce the pellets. For the top premium grade fuels, only precise type of pine, spruce plus oak residues are used, which contain little or now bark. Some pellets are formed exclusively of softwood or hardwood, while others are blends of the two. Lower grades of wood products from local operations can also be used for wood incineration pellets, on the other hand these will generally be regarded at Lower grade standard pellets. For example local wood land operations along with management generates a large volume of biomass chips. The chips could be processed locally in addition to then sold back into the community. This type of local energy loop is encouraged with many green fuel experts as it reduces the amount of raw material as well as pellet transport. It also has many economic payback developing local jobs, as well as keeping money local.

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The type of wood pellet that can be burnt will depend on your chosen pellet stove heating system. Some units are very limited, where others are much more energy variable as well as can handle a wide range of wood fuel pellets by dissimilar ash contents. In generally a higher percentage of pellet boilers than pellet stoves can handle higher ash content fuels. Purchasing a more energy flexible unit means you can help support local pellet producers as well as also acquire much cheaper pellets. Making biomass pellets for pellet incineration answers, is not as straight forward as some people presume. Each material performs somewhat differently in the pellet mill, depending on material density, moisture content and other factors. Also not all pellet mills are equal, and some are much more suitable for making biomass pellets than others. For case in point most animal feed pellet mills lack the required power to produce a quality pellet energy.

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Pellet Stove Parts Guide Part 1

Posted by on Sunday, 4 April, 2010

Finding the right pellet stove parts can often be a daunting task if certain information is unavailable. Information such as the Make, Model and Serial Number of your Pellet Stove is crucial to a successful Pellet Stove repair. To Identify your stove you will be looking for a metal plate that is riveted to the back or side of the stove. In some cases, such as Whitfield pellet stoves the plate is inside the hopper lid. A Quadrafire pellet stove insert may have the plate on the side so you don’t have to pull the stove completely out of the fireplace.
Sending a picture of your stove to the techs at A-1 Stoves.com is another way of making sure you are going to be ordering parts for the right stove.
Once you have identified your stove it is a good idea to record that information in your manual.
Don’t have your stove manual? No problem! We have pellet stove manuals here.
Do a Google search for A-1 Stoves or pelletstovepart.com and download the correct manual in Adobe PDF format.
If the manual you need is not available, a quick email from their Contact Us page will usually result in a quick response with a manual attached.
Most pellet stove manuals have instructions for doing simple repair tasks like installing a new auger motor or replacing the door gasket.
But, one of the greatest benefits found in manuals is a partial parts list of the most common used and replaced parts.
In the case of a Breckwell Auger Motor, the part number listed in the manual is “C-E-010″. Once you have your part number, type or paste it into A-1 Stoves dot com’s web site’s Search Field and get instant results. You can also type in your stove Make or Model such as “Whitfield Advantage” and get results for many common parts like fire backs, combustion blower motors, and even control panels.
One of the most commonly requested trouble shooting guides on our web site is “How To Tell If Your Auger Motor Is Bad”.
Here are a few symptoms of a bad auger motor:
* Motor on when stove is plugged in
* Motor remains off when switched ON
* Noisy-Grinding motor
* Motor running constantly
* Motor running erratically
* Fluid leaking from gear box
* Red light blinking to slow-fast
When replacing your auger motor, most stoves follow these simple steps:
* Step 1: Unplug stove. Remove rear access panel to expose the auger motor.
* Step 2: Remove set screw on the bracket.
* Step 3: Loosen set screw on lock collar (do not remove entirely). Gently slide motor backward and away from auger.
* Step 4: Install new motor. IMPORTANT: Make certain that the flat spot on the auger motor shaft (D) lines up with the set screw on the lock collar.
* Step 5: Reseat set screw on the bracket.
* Step 6: Reinstall rear access panel as shown in manual.
* Step 7: Plug in pellet stove.
Another common problem with pellet stoves is that the room air blower (also known as the convection fan) does not come on.
If your convection fan fails to start it does not necessarily mean that the fan itself is faulty.
The room fan is set up so that it only comes on when the stove temperature reaches around 120 degrees so that you are not blowing cold air into the room. This problem is a low cost quick and easy fix with the replacement of your low limit switch.
For more information and excellent customer service, I recommend A-1 Stoves Chimney in Grass Valley California for all your pellet stove repair questions and parts reference. MH

Save 10% on The Pellet Hopper

Posted by on Thursday, 3 December, 2009

Tired of lugging those bags of pellets to your stove?? We have the answer AND we’re offering 10% off for the holidays!hopper

The Hopper Pellet Fuel Dispenser – GET YOURS NOW BY CLICKING HERE

Now enjoy the satisfaction of filling your stove with CLEAN FUEL! Reduce maintenance and extend the life of your pellet stove.

70 percent of all auger jams are caused by sawdust and “fines” that come from each bag of pellet fuel.
Now you can decrease those jams significantly.
Introducing The Hopper!

Stores up to 280 lbs of Pellet Fuel. That’s seven 40 lb bags of pellets!
Fuel flows over a screen, sifting out the fines and sawdust.
All but eliminates auger jams.
No more struggling with awkward 40 lb bags of fuel.
No melting plastic bags and spilling pellets with the pellet hopper.

Works with all pelletized fuels, even difficult fuels such as corn.
Now enjoy the satisfaction of filling your stove with clean fuel.
Reduce maintenance and extend the life of your pellet stove.

GET YOURS NOW BY CLICKING HERE

The Hopper Pellet Fuel Dispenser

Posted by on Tuesday, 1 December, 2009

The Hopper Pellet Fuel Dispenser
hopper
Now enjoy the satisfaction of filling your stove with CLEAN FUEL! Reduce maintenance and extend the life of your pellet stove.

70 percent of all auger jams are caused by sawdust and “fines” that come from each bag of pellet fuel.
Now you can decrease those jams significantly.
Introducing The Hopper!

Stores up to 280 lbs of Pellet Fuel. That’s seven 40 lb bags of pellets!
Fuel flows over a screen, sifting out the fines and sawdust.
All but eliminates auger jams.
No more struggling with awkward 40 lb bags of fuel.
No melting plastic bags and spilling pellets with the pellet hopper.

Works with all pelletized fuels, even difficult fuels such as corn.
Now enjoy the satisfaction of filling your stove with clean fuel.
Reduce maintenance and extend the life of your pellet stove.

Ships in a 29 inch x 29 inch x 21 inch box.

  • Width 28 inch
  • Depth 28 inch
  • Height 20 inch
  • Weight 52 lbs
  • Warranty: 5 years against manufacture defects

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR HOPPER NOW!

What You Need to Know When it Comes to Buying a Pellet Stove For Your Home

Posted by on Tuesday, 4 August, 2009

If you have been reading information about pellet stoves you already know that it can be a great way and inexpensive way to heat a room and an open area in your home. You also know that these sophisticated combustion heating appliances burn pellets and not cord wood, logs, or other forms of fuel. What you might not know is some of the specific information about pellets.

One of the important things to realize about pellets is that most of them are manufactured in the Pacific Northwest part of the country. This area has the waste materials available to produce wood pellets. Pellets are made from wood waste, including, saw dust, wood shavings, and other wood products that are considered waste. In some cases the pellets are made from plant life as well. For the consumer this means that availability in some areas may be difficult at times and in some cases the cost may be somewhat higher because of transportation costs. You should check with your local dealers to find the cost of pellets in your area. The average cost of pellets is about three dollars for a forty pound bag. Of course if your buy in bulk you should expect to get a lower average cost.

Most pellet stove manufacturers build hoppers to hold these pellets. The size of the hopper can range from thirty pounds to 130 pounds. Of course the larger the hopper the fewer times you are going to have to fill your hopper with pellets. A device will transfer the pellets to the heating chamber where they will burn creating a centralized fire that creates the heat for your room. Many stoves offer automatic lighting devices so you do not have to light the fire by hand.

Knowing how to store your wood pellets is also important. The key is keeping them dry and away from moisture, dew, and water. When you store them make sure there is air being circulated around your pellets. This will help to keep them dried out. A water tight shed or garage is most likely the best place to store your pellets. It also makes it easy to shovel them off the floor. Pellets can be purchased from the typical retail chain home improvement centers. They also can be purchased and ordered from online companies. Check with your pellet stove dealer to find the best price and source for pellets.