| You are probably like many of other Americans | | | | After you have lit your stove, pellets in the |
| and want to conserve energy in any way that | | | | hopper are dispersed into the stove's heating |
| you can. One of the ways you may have thought | | | | chamber. Pellets are dispersed automatically via a |
| about is changing the way you currently heat | | | | built-in thermostat which monitors the heat and |
| your home. You can improve the efficiency of | | | | determines when more pellets are needed. Air |
| your home's heating system by installing one of | | | | from the adjoining room is brought into the stove |
| the many wood pellet stoves that are readily | | | | by a fan and sent back out into the room as hot |
| available. These stoves can heat your entire | | | | air. Sometimes people install a venting system |
| house through venting systems and fans. They | | | | which disperses this hot air throughout their entire |
| often make it unnecessary for you to use your | | | | home rather than just back out into the room. |
| furnace at all. | | | | Wood pellet stoves offer their owners many |
| Pellet stoves look no different that other wood | | | | advantages. They are known to be one of the |
| burning stoves. However, their inner workings are | | | | easiest wood burning stoves to use because they |
| much more complicated even though they are | | | | only have to be restocked with pellets every |
| simple to use. They use small wood pellets that | | | | couple of days. To reload the hopper, it only |
| you can buy quite inexpensively. These small and | | | | takes a minute to pour a few pellets into it. No |
| compact pellets are put into the stove's hopper | | | | more lifting heavy logs to get a fire going! Pellet |
| for storage. Stoves with larger hoppers hold more | | | | stoves don't emit any smoke so there is much |
| pellets and provide heat for a longer period of | | | | less chance of anyone having an allergic reaction. |
| time. Depending on the model you buy, you may | | | | Finally, the outside of a pellet stove doesn't get |
| or may not have to manually light the stove. | | | | extremely hot so you can place it relatively close |
| Some come equipped with automatic lighting | | | | to inside walls. They also are safe to have in |
| devices. | | | | households that have children and pets. |