The reason I got my Fisher was because it was being replaced with a pellet stove. The following spring while hanging out at the local liars club the owner told me that he wished he hadn't sold it to me. He found out after a power outage his pellet stove was a no go. Power is needed for producing draft. Now this was before people around here got into generators so...……….
My pellet stove will run on a 12 volt battery if power is out. You have to manually light the stove, but it will operate otherwise.