How high are you running your pellet stove in this frigid weather

[tlc1976]

I bumped mine all the way up to 5 last night. Coldest night so far -25F. I was a little concerned with as hot as the Pro Pellets burn, and how the manual says the stove may trip the thermodisc if running at 5 for extended periods. But no problem.

 

[EnglanderandHunstman]

i just burned the last bag of green supremes i had. wont buy them again unless i cant find anything else, they burn cooler than anything ive tried so far

 

[Talegas]

I arrived back to my house after being away for 3 weeks.. the house was COLD as a popsicle. I left the baseboard to keep it ~44 to make sure the pipes wouldn't freeze.

I'm running my Serenity on level 5 (going up and down as I try to figure out what would be good) and the warmest the basement was 73.. which translates into the upper level of the raised ranch to be COLD.. like 68 or so.. so I use the baseboard upstars to keep it at 70.

I am concerned that in these situations the stove alone in the basement won't heat up the house like it did last winter (which was rather mild and kept the whole living space of the 1500 sqft house very comfortable.

I hope it was just that I needed to heat up all the contents of the house (since it was 44 or so for 3 weeks).

Oh!, and it will be close to 2 bags that I have used in 24 hrs.

 

[vinny11950]

i just burned the last bag of green supremes i had. wont buy them again unless i cant find anything else, they burn cooler than anything ive tried so far

Yeah, very disappointing. They are better to the early and late season temps, not the bone chilling cold we have now.

 

[bostonfan49]

Yeah, very disappointing. They are better to the early and late season temps, not the bone chilling cold we have now.

Fan 4, Combustion Air 3, Feed 1, T-stat set to 74...inside temps range from 71-74
At 6am it was -22F, it’s warmed up now to -14...
Next week we will see a day in the 40’s
Bill

 

[vinny11950]

At 6am it was -22F, it’s warmed up now to -14.

Outrageous temps, Bill.

 

[UpStateNY]

-4F last night no wind. Our Harman Advanced is at 4 feed and blower on high. Living room where stove is located is 72 degrees no matter how cold it is. Fan in hallway on floor pushing cold air from bedrooms and bathroom toward stove. This fan also helps circulate air through kitchen and dining room next to living room. I normally burn 1 to 1.5 bags a day in winter. With this cold snap I am burning 2 pacific cleanfire softwood bags a day.

Raised Ranch downstairs heated with brand new propane boiler in garage hot water baseboard. Boiler puts off a lot less residual heat in garage than the old fuel oil boiler. Temp on garage floor is 38 degrees with extra radiator connected to downstairs return water mounted near boiler. Window fan on floor blowing air near boiler and return radiator helps keep the heat up in the garage above freezing. Boiler also heats baseboard upstairs when I am not burning pellets.

When its cold like this I set the upstairs thermostat during the night to run hot water through the upstairs radiator for 15 minutes twice during the night. This is just to avoid freeze up problems. When I get up in the morning and before going to bed I give the upstairs radiators a 5 minute shot of hot water. This is probably overkill but its best to be proactive.

 

[EnglanderandHunstman]

Yesterday was frigid but not quite as bad as this morning. Big difference for me was not feeding the green supremes.

Yesterday I was and when I woke up it was 61 on the main level. This morning after a night of Maine wood pellets and colder temps with the same overnight setting it was 66. Green supremes = crapola

 

[Tonyray]

-4F last night no wind. Our Harman Advanced is at 4 feed and blower on high. Living room where stove is located is 72 degrees no matter how cold it is. Fan in hallway on floor pushing cold air from bedrooms and bathroom toward stove. This fan also helps circulate air through kitchen and dining room next to living room. I normally burn 1 to 1.5 bags a day in winter. With this cold snap I am burning 2 pacific cleanfire softwood bags a day.

Raised Ranch downstairs heated with brand new propane boiler in garage hot water baseboard. Boiler puts off a lot less residual heat in garage than the old fuel oil boiler. Temp on garage floor is 38 degrees with extra radiator connected to downstairs return water mounted near boiler. Window fan on floor blowing air near boiler and return radiator helps keep the heat up in the garage above freezing. Boiler also heats baseboard upstairs when I am not burning pellets.

When its cold like this I set the upstairs thermostat during the night to run hot water through the upstairs radiator for 15 minutes twice during the night. This is just to avoid freeze up problems. When I get up in the morning and before going to bed I give the upstairs radiators a 5 minute shot of hot water. This is probably overkill but its best to be proactive.

feel the same way..
have a split thermostat system/ 2floors..should put in a programable thermostat but later maybe. still have the old honeywell analog style.
I run the upstairs hot water baseboard heat at night for few cycles.
same in the am when the temps get close to zero.
my basement where all of the water piping run get's to high 40's in this weather.
pipes won't freeze but still feel better running now/then as we heat 24/7 with pellets.