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Can you convert a wood stove to pellet.
You could get a wood stove but you are starting from scratch.
The hot pellets will ignite the new pellets.
Also the pellet stove should be removed not converted they are not made for wood.
Add more pellets when needed.
I got a cheap price on wood pellets so i needed a way to burn them in my barrel wood stove i built from a kit.
Burning pellets used to require a pellet stove but new hampshire based energex has created an add on product called prometheus that allows homeowners to convert any fireplace or wood burning stove to pellets.
Simply place the basket in your wood stove fill it with wood pellets light the pellets with gel firestarter.
However just opening your stove and tossing a few wood pellets into it can cause serious damage to the stove.
A modern closed pellet fireplace in addition to saving you money won t make you miss out on the charm that only a wood fire can provide.
The prometheus is a steel basket with its sides and bottom covered by thousands of honeycomb shaped airholes.
In some cases you can install a wood pellet stove directly into your gas fireplace to take advantage of these benefits.
Pellet stoves have different chimney requirements.
Watch as steve maxwell tours a device for burning wood heating pellets in an ordinary woodstove or fireplace.
How to burn pellet fuel in a wood stove.
If you have a pellet basket for your wood stove you can use it to burn pellets in the stove.
Scoop the hot pellets to one side with a metal scoop add new pellets next to the hot pellets.