My wife and I left town for the day yesterday and did not get home until about midnight last night. We planned on being home by the end of the day. My stove ran out of pellets at approximately 5 pm according to my daughter. I planned on having her add pellets but she left to go to a friends house before I was able to call her to add the pellets. She was no help in reminding me....brain is getting a little old. Anyway, each house is obviously different. My house happens to be a bit drafty and not insulated too well. In just that 7 or so hours with outside temps falling thru the 20's my living room where stove is went from its normal 71/72 to 63 and the other side of house (ktichen and dining room) were down to 61. I added pellets as soon as I got home. My P61 used about 3/4 of the bag just to get the entire house back to its normal 71 and 68 respectively by mid/late morning today. I now believe that by letting the walls, granite counter tops, floors, etc cool down just causes the stove to use too many pellets to warm everything back up, at least in my house.
Therefore I think that keeping the stove on 24/7 in the heart of winter is the way to go. I think too many pellets would be burned if I turned the stove off each day or night by hooking it up to an "on/off" thermostat. I do use it in room temp mode so it will ramp up and down as neeeded to keep temperature around 71 near the probe and will even shut down on those shoulder days but on nights like last night it will just keep running with the internal thermostat doing its job. I love my stove.
Just wondering if anyone else operates their stove this way.
Therefore I think that keeping the stove on 24/7 in the heart of winter is the way to go. I think too many pellets would be burned if I turned the stove off each day or night by hooking it up to an "on/off" thermostat. I do use it in room temp mode so it will ramp up and down as neeeded to keep temperature around 71 near the probe and will even shut down on those shoulder days but on nights like last night it will just keep running with the internal thermostat doing its job. I love my stove.
Just wondering if anyone else operates their stove this way.