Topless Pioneer LE top vent

Hi Jerry,

A guy on this thread COAL BIN Pics had a great idea on how to get his coal into his house by using a chute to fill his bucket on the inside of his house and I wanted to know if I could take his wonderful idea and go one step further by skipping the whole bucket process and just gravity feed it directly into the hopper of my stove?

I saw the word topless and thought it may have been a more interesting thread. Anyway, I just want you to take a look at this thread on hopper fires:

Hopper Fire - Alaska Channing 3 with direct vent

I'm not sure of your setup so.....................Just be careful because coal burns very, very hot and it's not a joke. It will burn your house down if u do something stupid - not that u would. The first time I had a hopper fire I couldn't sleep at night thinking it might happen again and burn my house down. I found the cause of it and took care of the problem. I even bought a snap switch/probe so if the temp of the hopper reaches say 140 degrees the snap switch will activate and turn off my stove by opening the circuit. This is a safety device that should be on all stoves and may even be on the Leisure Line.

Check out this old thread.
Hyfire II hopper cover.

Gambler
I saw it was ok for that model but I would just like to make sure that it's ok for this model. I'm sure it is but I want know for sure and who would know better then the owner?


Trader
I don't have mine setup yet, it's on my list of many things to do. From reading that thread it seems it would be fine as long as there is a baro installed on it, thus following mfg recommendations. It clearly seems that Greg is/has pushed this stove to were it should want to have something bad happen to it but it just doesn't want to give in.

He's the man! My stove has a baro so I probably could leave the top off but I don't know your setup so..............

I have see set ups that have a 1 ton hopper elevated outside and run a 3" plastic pipe through the basement window into the hopper on the back of the stove. Fill it 4 times a year. Also, by leaving the hopper lid off does not cause a hopper fire, if it does there is a problem with your stove.
Jer

Very nice Jerry! You always have the nicest things to say.



*Dreaming of a large bin and not having to go outside in the cold to get coal*