Amending this post: as of my latest experiments with feed and damper settings, feed 4, damper 3 seems to be working for us.
rickwa said:To get 43K BTU per hr on the p38 Harman it feeds 5.5 lbs per hr. 1 bag in 7.25 hrs. that it a rip roaring hot fire. It sound like your stove is not feeding enough fuel. to get 40,000btu it would have to feed about 5 lbs per hr. That should turn your room into a furnace!!
rickwa said:ice, how long does it take to burn a bag of pellets? from what i could figure out by the post you are only on you 2nd bag after 48 hrs? from 9am the 24th to 11am the 26th. i know if i try to throttle my harman down to 1 bag a day i hardly get any heat at all On high it should burn alot more than that. To get 43000btu per hr on the p38 Harman it feeds 5.5 lbs per hr. 1 bag in 7.25 hrs. that it a rip roaring hot fire. It sound like your stove is not feeding enough fuel. to get 40,000btu it would have to feed about 5 lbs per hr. That should turn your room into a furnace!!
lexybird said:thats one of the reasons i went with a real wood stove instead of a rabbit food burner ,they are more of a gimmick in my eyes .
jtakeman said:rickwa said:To get 43K BTU per hr on the p38 Harman it feeds 5.5 lbs per hr. 1 bag in 7.25 hrs. that it a rip roaring hot fire. It sound like your stove is not feeding enough fuel. to get 40,000btu it would have to feed about 5 lbs per hr. That should turn your room into a furnace!!
That would be at 100% efficiency. Most stoves are more like 74 to 80%. If you plan on using any of the heating calculators. Better to us a lower max BTU for safety. Start using the full 100% and you will be cold or max out the stove in the extremes. Just FYI
BTU said:Don't think this cell phone stuff will last either...... ;-)
lexybird said:thats one of the reasons i went with a real wood stove instead of a rabbit food burner ,they are more of a gimmick in my eyes .
IceNine said:.......Over the weekend though, i was in and out of my basement doing some work. It gets stupid cold in there without the furnace running. With the winter getting colder and the oil monster running less often i want to avoid any frozen pipes. I remember seeing some timer that a member here created that will run the furnace on an interval. Can't find the link anywhere though........
Ice, can't comment on how you should deal with the very high flame.....I never worked on a stove like yours, but the description of the flame/ash seems about right.....you want a bright yellow/white flame, some blue at the base, and greyish/brown ash.IceNine said:Thanks mac. I think that will do the trick. Any pointers on my other dilemmas?
It works by starting up your furnace or boiler on an electronic timer to run hot air or water through a zone that might freeze pipes if left off for long periods of time.
slls said:It works by starting up your furnace or boiler on an electronic timer to run hot air or water through a zone that might freeze pipes if left off for long periods of time.
Ah, some one who knows the difference between a furnace and a boiler.
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