Furnace newbie needs help!

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Pelhambrewer

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Nov 20, 2008
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Southern NH
Hi gang. I am a very frustrated user of a Magnum 6500 pellet furnace. Since the recent string of cold weather in NH i can’t get the house temperature above 64 degs in the house. I did have the unit connected to a thermostat but i disconnected it, put the jumper back on the circuit board and tried to run the unit manually. I have been running the unit in the highest setting, going thru 3-4 bags a day and the temp of the house is 64 degs when i wake up in the morning.
I am new at using this type of heating but i have to assume that i should be getting a house temp of more then 63-64 degs? My house is not very large, around 2000 sq ft., i would think the unit should be adequate provide sufficient heat.
the basement where the unit is located gets warm to mid 70’s. There is little air flow coming out of the registers (particularly as compared to air flow when running my oil furnace).

My dealer, is new at selling furnace units and unfortunatley can offer little help. Trying to get a hold of the tech help at Amercian Energy is all but impossible.

I am not sure what other information i can offer in to the forum members to help diagnose the problem. Any help would be appreicated.

Thanks in advance
Shawn
 
A couple of pieces of information would be helpful. First, what's the rated BTU output of the furnace? Secondly, what's your house's heatloss? You can download a free heat loss calculator from http://www.heatinghelp.com.

What kind of damper do you have on your chimney, if any? Do you know what your stack temps are at the firebox outlet? It could be that most of your heat is going up the stack.

You might try posting the same question over in the Pellet Forum. Maybe somebody there has more experience than we do. Somebody may even have the same furnace.
 
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