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Thanks Mark Fellows. Hey, I was just in Westminster a few weekends ago. Beautiful country up there.
hey all. I leave my stove burning 24/7 when its cold. In my opinion, pellet stoves are safe, and proven. I do feel the need to protect my family, if things do turn bad. Smoke and CO2 detectors. Also keep a fire extinguisher handy. Here is my 2 cents. Would you leave the gun by the door where the crooks enter, to protect yourself??? Nope. Place a fire extinguisher at the bottom of the stairs or somewhere AWAY from the stove. If that area is on fire in the middle of the night, you won't be able to get near a fire extinguisher if it is next to the stove. Keep multiple extinguishers in various places so you can attack the pellet stove, kitchen stove, and anything else that may flare up. In college, we used to "chill" beer instantly with a short blast from a CO2 extinguisher. Think of what that would to to someones face who was trying to enter your home...
KatWill said:
Major fear....running out of pellets during the night and having a cold house in the morning...
I run my pellet stove 24/7...when it is cold out of course...and when I am not cleaning it.
I keep mine going 24/7 as well once it's cold enough. At this time of year, will run it most of the day and off at night.
It my mind it's more efficient to run it 24/7. Otherwise, it only has to work harder and burn that much more fuel to get where you were before you shut it down.
It my mind it's more efficient to run it 24/7. Otherwise, it only has to work harder and burn that much more fuel to get where you were before you shut it down.
24/7 last season. I admit I had a few restless nights with all the pellet stove noises (grinding, squeaking, bumps in the night, getting up and checking to make sure the house wasn't on fire). This season smooth sailing and confident that it's ok. Pellet stoves have many features that will shut down the stove if there is an overheat problem. Try to relax. I think once you go through a season with no issues it helps.
When the weather is cold mine runs 24/7. Even when I am away for a few days my wife feeds daily.
We have a Harman P-61 and never turn it off from about the end of Oct till Early April. I just clean the burn pot once a week and give it a good vacume every other week. I never give it a second thought.
I usually run mine 24/7 but as stated above, i'll turn it off at night and let the LP furnace work a little since propane is cheaper this year than pellets.
Maybe my 2.5 ton annual pellet consumption will drop to 1 ton.
Maybe my 2.5 ton annual pellet consumption will drop to 1 ton.
I bought mine so I'd be warm 24/7... no sense in shutting it down during the coldest part of the day.
I also run mine during the night last year we ran it 24/7, this year I put in a setback thermostat, it is set to turn the stove off at 11:30pm and back on again at 3:30am the jury is still out on if will save me anything. I think it burns a bunch to heat the house back up to temp. Time will tell at the end of this year. I used 4.5 tons of pellets last year. Never worried with burning the stove at night though. Sealed combustion, many safety features, something would have to go very wrong. Probably a better chance of the coffee maker burning the house down.
amick780 said:
Damit! did i turn the coffee pot off when i left this mornig?! LMAO
Agreed, these stoves are safe, clean it, turn it on and sleep warm and well.
If you dont run your stove all night, and the furnace kicks on you now have a fire in your basement. Let them burn thats what they are for.
Why not leave them on? They are on a themostat so they won't come on if it's hot outside. Get the smoke detector and CO2 detector just in case.
real simple;
pellet stoves are designed to be run unattended, i routinely run mine overnight and leave for work with my family sleeping. i tell this to my customers all the time ,and im serious about it.
noone is going to field a pellet stove which cannot be trusted to operate safely unattended. that said , safety devices such as smoke detectors and CO detectors should be installed if ANY devices which produce a flame are employed in a dwelling. its insurance think of it this way , if you own and drive a car you feel that you are safe in your ability to drive but you still have insurance, why??? because its insurance, thats why.
if you have these devices and an solid Ul listed appliance of any make that is reputable in todays market (which all are) and you maintain it as the manufacturer prescribes, its not gonna kill you in the night. relax and let the stove do its job
pellet stoves are designed to be run unattended, i routinely run mine overnight and leave for work with my family sleeping. i tell this to my customers all the time ,and im serious about it.
noone is going to field a pellet stove which cannot be trusted to operate safely unattended. that said , safety devices such as smoke detectors and CO detectors should be installed if ANY devices which produce a flame are employed in a dwelling. its insurance think of it this way , if you own and drive a car you feel that you are safe in your ability to drive but you still have insurance, why??? because its insurance, thats why.
if you have these devices and an solid Ul listed appliance of any make that is reputable in todays market (which all are) and you maintain it as the manufacturer prescribes, its not gonna kill you in the night. relax and let the stove do its job
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