In NE it is 37 Deg at 9:55 PM and headed for a freeze. What heat level is your Pellet Stove on?

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At 9:55 my Mt. Vernon is programmed for 72 degrees. At midnight it drops to 68 degrees.

Eric
 
I kept my P68 set last night at 75 and the main level of the house hovered at about 70. Upstairs was between 66 and 68. I also had a fire going in the wood stove on the other side of the house most of the night which wasn't really necessary but fun to get going. Temps last night got down to 30 and I wanted to see what what running both units would do. Unless temps get below zero I don't anticipate using any oil this year.
 
silverfox103 said:
Melissa, you need to get a pellet hopper extension. It allows you to roughly double the amount of pellets that your stove can hold. I have them on both of my Harman stoves. I bought them through the dealer, I think I paid around $160 several years ago.

Tom
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Been thinking about that Tom. Think I'll need to get a step stool too so I can reach the top to empty the bag in. 5'3" doesn't reach too far! ;lol
 
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Went to 28 Deg F and then the batteries died in my digital Thermometor's outdoor remote sensors! LOL

House upstairs went down to 66 Deg F upstairs but stove only on # 2 setting. Not bad for sleeping.
 
silverfox103 said:
Melissa, you need to get a pellet hopper extension. It allows you to roughly double the amount of pellets that your stove can hold. I have them on both of my Harman stoves. I bought them through the dealer, I think I paid around $160 several years ago.

Tom
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What she really needs to do is run that baby in Room Temp mode at a set temperature and it will run itself and she won't run out of pellets overnight......
 
Man I love Fall!!!!

Got down to about 26 here last night. Have not fired the wood stove, but the pellet stove is running..Set a 2 of 5. Seems to do all right. I thought the stove maybe way too big for my small room, but the cold last night made me realize.. not.
 
Been running on and off for a week or so. Ran the stove all last night for the first time. Set to 71 or so.
65-67 upstairs...good for sleeping. 30 outside at 5:30 this AM.

So much better than hearing the oil burning!
 
Harman Lover 007 said:
What she really needs to do is run that baby in Room Temp mode at a set temperature and it will run itself and she won't run out of pellets overnight......
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it was my fault. Experiment really, I knew i should have added another bag before going to bed, but I wanted to see if what was left would carry over for about 6 hours. I found out. NOT. I have yet to really discover how long a bag will last me. So far, I can't imagine burning just a bag every other day like Mighty Moe.
 
Melissa220 said:
it was my fault. Experiment really, I knew i should have added another bag before going to bed, but I wanted to see if what was left would carry over for about 6 hours. I found out. NOT. I have yet to really discover how long a bag will last me. So far, I can't imagine burning just a bag every other day like Mighty Moe.
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It is called insulation and how large the space to heat is.
 
Melissa220 said:
Been thinking about that Tom. Think I'll need to get a step stool too so I can reach the top to empty the bag in. 5'3" doesn't reach too far! ;lol
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The hopper extender for my P43 is $199
 
For funnsies here is the calculated BTU loss for my home via energy audit.

October - 19k BTU per hour
November - 29k BTU per hour
December - 37k BTU per hour
January - 39k BTU per hour
Feburary - 34k BTU per hour
March - 27,274 BTU per hour
April - 16,538 BTU per hour

I have recently stopped setting back, but when I was, I was probably saving a good 1/4-1/2 bag. So with my BTUs per hour, I expect a bag a day minimum, and up to 3 bags a day. My current usage seems to match up SOMEWHAT with the audit. If I was setting back, I could probably save 200-300$ over the span of the heating season.

My design heat loss is 54k BTU per hour. (The minimum rating a device could have and heat the home to effectively / comfortably.)
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My gross heat loss is 169 million BTUS but after energy flows (Solar / Internal)

134 million or around 418 bags.

However, with real world numbers based on fuel usage, I would say I went through around 112 million BTUs last year, or around 350 bags. I did heat DHW with the oil though, so I'm hoping 5 pallets will be enough, but I'm not crossing my fingers =) Last year was also one of the colder winters, breaking a record even for coldest january, weeks with highs of -20 / -30s.

Food for thought!
 
TheMightyMoe said:
For funnsies here is the calculated BTU loss for my home via energy audit.

October - 19k BTU per hour
November - 29k BTU per hour
December - 37k BTU per hour
January - 39k BTU per hour
Feburary - 34k BTU per hour
March - 27,274 BTU per hour
April - 16,538 BTU per hour

I have recently stopped setting back, but when I was, I was probably saving a good 1/4-1/2 bag. So with my BTUs per hour, I expect a bag a day minimum, and up to 3 bags a day. My current usage seems to match up SOMEWHAT with the audit. If I was setting back, I could probably save 200-300$ over the span of the heating season.

My design heat loss is 54k BTU per hour. (The minimum rating a device could have and heat the home to effectively / comfortably.)
.

My gross heat loss is 169 million BTUS but after energy flows (Solar / Internal)

134 million or around 418 bags.

However, with real world numbers based on fuel usage, I would say I went through around 112 million BTUs last year, or around 350 bags. I did heat DHW with the oil though, so I'm hoping 5 pallets will be enough, but I'm not crossing my fingers =) Last year was also one of the colder winters, breaking a record even for coldest january, weeks with highs of -20 / -30s.

Food for thought!
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Wow, good work on calculating those numbers! Last winter was a real mild winter for us. Only had to shovel snow 1 time! Stores got stuck not selling off their snow shovels and snow blowers! The ski slopes lost alot of money too!
But this winter is supposed to be very different!
 
TheMightyMoe said:
Last year was also one of the colder winters, breaking a record even for coldest january, weeks with highs of -20 / -30s. Food for thought!
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I was wondering where our cold weather went last year.
 
perley03 said:
Woke up at 530 this morning to snow. Had about 3/4" then it changed to all rain by around 10am. Def was not ready for the white blanket.
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Must have been localized to your area as I did not have any white stuff (can't say the word yet). We're both from 'central Maine' which of course covers a large area!
 
yeah. up at 12:30 pm
still saw some white stuff on the bottom of the windshields on the street.
 
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