So far since yesterday my stove has eatin about 2.5 bags.. My pellet stove is my only heat source and the thing has been chugging along about 460 degrees for the last 24 hours..
Everybody ready for the cold snap?
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bogieb
Minister of Fire
Honestly, that doesn't sound bad at all, given our recent temps here in New Hampshire.
My p52i worked great yesterday during the day, but simply could not keep up with -15 temps overnight. Today it is working great again (it's sunny but very cold -- expected daytime high is 9 degrees, very slightly colder than yesterday) but I expect it will have a hard time overnight, so I will just let it run out of pellets, at which time my oil furnace will kick in (I have it set for 65, which is actually much higher than I like it for overnight -- that is WAY too warm for the master bedroom, so I have had to close the vents). Tonight it is "only" supposed to get down to negative 10, as opposed to negative 15 last night. (Heat wave!)
(Of course I will leave for work around 4 a.m. Monday, when we will still be in negative numbers -- I hope my car will start! I've gone out and run it a bit today ... hopefully that will help ...)
I wasn't complaining, believe me - if that was propane I would have run thru about $100 worth!
Sounds like I'm 5-6 degrees colder than you, comparing your temps to mine.
And I thought my leaving at 4:45 AM was early . . .
DrewBoogie
Burning Hunk
Was -7 this morning when I got up at 6:30, was 70 in the kitchen and tv room, 64 upstairs. Was 75 in the house at 10 when I went to bed. There is no way it stays that warm in here without those two lower holes plugged up. Very worth the $3 I spent on the plugs. Stove has been running hard though. It's a good thing cause the oil line gelled up and would have work up freezing if we didn't have the stove.
Pete Zahria
Minister of Fire
That is hilarious! great job! I wouldnt attempt to bring a whole ton home in this thing, but i would attempt to bring more bags than the 10 that make my subaru legacy squat.
Since I already have all the pellets i'll need for the next 3 years, looks like the first test of this bad boy is going to be hauling bags of manure for the garden in the spring.
TimfromMA
Minister of Fire
jackhammer
Burning Hunk
Driving through the berkshires on route 90 this morning, the temp went from 25 to 41 in the span of a mile or two! That's amazing even for New England!
Snow yesterday. Ice on top of it last night. Rain today. Mud and 50 tomorrow.
DrewBoogie
Burning Hunk
I love the fact that the rain and warmth wiped all the snow away in one day. I hate the lingering melting snow and fog at the end of winter. Birds were chirping like it was spring this morning in southeastern CT.
I'm a little late to the party...but figured I'd chime in...had the stove running all weekend burning Energex's. It kept the house comfortable and I only had to turn it up to a heat setting of 3...any more than that and it gets unbearable in the room the stove is in.
Heat pump only ran every now and then. It didn't even go on backup heat at all until it had to raise the temperature back up 10 degrees since we lost power for 5 long and cold hours. Gonna get me a generator before next season...luckily the previous home owners installed all the wiring and a transfer panel necessary for one!
Heat pump only ran every now and then. It didn't even go on backup heat at all until it had to raise the temperature back up 10 degrees since we lost power for 5 long and cold hours. Gonna get me a generator before next season...luckily the previous home owners installed all the wiring and a transfer panel necessary for one!
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
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We do have something similar...not as pretty...but it will get the job done safely. The hard part is done...I just need to buy the generator and cable to plug it into the outside receptacle now.
I have a Honda EB5000 and i love it.. Really nice generator, starts first pull every time. Very well built machine.
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
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