The concern we all have is this statement:
We like it chillier than most indoors, 55-60F range is ideal; anything hotter and we are miserable.
At that temp, my wife would be heading to the nearest hotel.![lol ;lol ;lol](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/lol.gif)
How much do you use downstairs where the pellet stove is? What temp does the pellet stove maintain downstairs at say 0ºF?
I ask because if the downstairs is just a little used, but it has to maintain 75º downstairs for upstairs to be at 60º, then backing off on the pellet stove output to maintain 50º downstairs could make a small stove upstairs more feasible. Otherwise I would be looking at the worst case scenario for a power outage and get a battery bank (or generator fuel) that can cover that time period. You could install a Tesla wall now and connect it to the solar in the future to do this.
We like it chillier than most indoors, 55-60F range is ideal; anything hotter and we are miserable.
At that temp, my wife would be heading to the nearest hotel.
![lol ;lol ;lol](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/lol.gif)
How much do you use downstairs where the pellet stove is? What temp does the pellet stove maintain downstairs at say 0ºF?
I ask because if the downstairs is just a little used, but it has to maintain 75º downstairs for upstairs to be at 60º, then backing off on the pellet stove output to maintain 50º downstairs could make a small stove upstairs more feasible. Otherwise I would be looking at the worst case scenario for a power outage and get a battery bank (or generator fuel) that can cover that time period. You could install a Tesla wall now and connect it to the solar in the future to do this.