Entering my second burning season with an enviro empress, with a newly replaced auger motor and ignitor under warranty. Burned slightly more than 1/2 ton of NEWP last dec-to-spring, and finished up the remaining bags over the last few weeks.
My wife is fully onboard and loves the thing, so it's burning 24/7 pretty much, except when cleaning aligns with us going out for excessive amounts of time. With the stove running, it means two of the hydro zones in our house do not call for real amounts of heat, and don't draw heat from the oil boiler. Hopefully it'll mean a less tanks of oil over the course of the winter. Tracking all the data, so looking forward to seeing what it says for our old nh home (this is also my second winter in this house). No matter what though, this end of the house is warmer and everyone is much happier, including the cats!
Starting this season with 2 tons of newp and a 1 ton of okies. Just moved 1 ton of the newp, into an unheated enclosed porch for easier access.
So, my question is what now? Should I be looking at doing filtering of the pellets to remove dust/debris, should I be interleaving okies and newp, or for that matter mixing them?
No thermostat attached to the stove, so I'm using the manual heat settings and just moving the excess heat through the house, and keeping it cozy in the stove room. thoughts?
My wife is fully onboard and loves the thing, so it's burning 24/7 pretty much, except when cleaning aligns with us going out for excessive amounts of time. With the stove running, it means two of the hydro zones in our house do not call for real amounts of heat, and don't draw heat from the oil boiler. Hopefully it'll mean a less tanks of oil over the course of the winter. Tracking all the data, so looking forward to seeing what it says for our old nh home (this is also my second winter in this house). No matter what though, this end of the house is warmer and everyone is much happier, including the cats!
Starting this season with 2 tons of newp and a 1 ton of okies. Just moved 1 ton of the newp, into an unheated enclosed porch for easier access.
So, my question is what now? Should I be looking at doing filtering of the pellets to remove dust/debris, should I be interleaving okies and newp, or for that matter mixing them?
No thermostat attached to the stove, so I'm using the manual heat settings and just moving the excess heat through the house, and keeping it cozy in the stove room. thoughts?