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  1. Just thought I would share this bit of info..... it seems that soon there will be some kind of 'eco point' type thing from the govt. available for people getting a pellet stove.

    That would be on top of any town specific cashback.

    No details but will post more when I get those.

  2. No doubt you could put rabbit pellets in there if you wanted to break your stove.

    Doesn't sound like a smart idea to me though.

     

    You can stuff 30kg into the stove we are probably going to get, Jynxx.

    It uses a not inconsiderable volume of them - the showroom guy said that they can use nearly 10kg in a 8am-6pm day with it on full blast.

    That was a very large room, probably close to 3 times larger than our room.

    A bag of pellets can cost 300-600 yen, depending on if you want crappy or quality ones.

     

    It's not going to be our only heating option, more of a luxury for those long leisurely evenings, weekends, that kind of thing.

    Really looking forward to it.

     

    And it does look like we'll be able to get 50,000 yen off courtesy of the town.

  3. Problem with pellets is that they have to be fed the "pre-made" pellets of fuel. Making the pellets is not trivial (I have tried to get a pellet maker to use Olive press waste as feed and produce burnable pellets as output, to no avail so far!) and the manufactured ones are not (in Aus at least) cheap to buy.

     

    Add the higher cost of the stove to the ongoing cost of the pellets and the result is a less than exciting cost/benefit analysis.

     

    TBH, if I could, I'd make pellets and burn the mothers in my current heater. Unfortunately, the pellets stop airflow in the combustion chamber unless it is specifically designed for it (and this is part of the cost of the burner system) and extinguish the fire.

     

    There's + and - for both wood and pellets.

    In our opinion, a quality pellet stove is the preferred option.

    This is after doing lots of research and thinking about it.

    (Otherwise, we would be planning to buy a wood stove :doh: )

     

    Let's enjoying our choices.

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