deep wood said:I'm installing a Lopi Pioneer Bay insert and would like the option of operating the insert on auto mode with a thermostat. Must I purchase the Lopi Thermostat (part # et. el...) or may I use a standard "off the shelf" thermostat?
Doesn't the SkyTech have a swing adjustment?Griny said:Here's my 2 cts
I have a Lopi pioneer bay with the sky tech battery operated remote.
Cheap design but it does what it supposed to do, however if you would set the temp at 68, it will have to cool down to 66 to start it and it shuts off at 70, and the stove blows just air to cool down the stove and often I see the temperature is 71
That's a pretty big gap if you are sensitive to temperature fluctuations. Now I bought a thermostat Honeywell at Costco and thought that would make it nice and comfortable steady temperature, and yes that is true.
However the pellet stove turns on at 68 and off at 69 then turns the stove off but again the stove has to keep running its fan to remove the heat... usually takes 20 mins, but after 10 mins the temperature is down to 68 again and it starts all over again... I think that this is putting too much stress on the pellet stove's starter element... I might be wrong but its almost better to leave the pellet stove running at a low setting.
macman said:You don't have the thermostat close to, and in front of the stove, do you? It needs to be out of the line of the air blowing from the stove, and at least 15' from it. I had an Astoria, and mounted the stat in the kitchen, around the corner from the stove.....that solved the on-off too often problem, along with the swing setting of 2 degrees.
Well no worries because they don't sell the Travis remote anymore, at least they don't show them as an accessory for the Lopi Pioneer Bay anymoreJRB said:Most people on this site have liked the Skytech. I have a Lopi Yankee and got Travis's Wireless Remote with it. In a word the Travis Remote "SUCKS"!. After fighting with it for almost a year including having it replaced once.
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