Alex_X said:Hi everyone!
What if required power of stove is 20kW, but I will install 40kW stove instead? How overcapacity affects effectiveness?
I was not able to find any information about this issue.
Thank you!macman said:Alex, welcome to the forum. I may be wrong, but are you sure you mean 20Kw, and not 20W?
And also, not sure what your question is....confusing.
Alex_X said:Thank you!macman said:Alex, welcome to the forum. I may be wrong, but are you sure you mean 20Kw, and not 20W?
And also, not sure what your question is....confusing.
20kW= 20 000 Watt . It's a power of stove, that I'm going to use. But question is not about power at all. It's about how overcapacity of stove power will affect coefficient of efficiency.
I've been looking for this information in different places, but didn't find anything useful.
I think it's important!
Thank you Tarbot! I'm from Europe =)Tarbot said:I think he's referring to kilowatt hours
3,413 btu in a KW HR
pellet0708 said:I agree with slls. I think its better to run a stove on medium than straight out all the time. Then on those especially cold nights you have some room to play. I think it even uses less pellets.
Yeah you're right!smalltown said:I suspect that Alex is asking (pardon me if I am interpreting your question incorrectly) if he only needs a 20K BTU input for his needs, but installs a 40K BTU input unit would that cause any problems.
I don't think that it uses less pellets. I know that oversized stove on natural gas uses more. But I don't know about pellets.pellet0708 said:I agree with slls. I think its better to run a stove on medium than straight out all the time. Then on those especially cold nights you have some room to play. I think it even uses less pellets.
littlesmokey said:We use Btu's for sizing in the US. You should get used to using that as many stove dealers won't understand what you are saying. As far as size, if you are in the Puget Sound area, you don't need to oversize. It's relatively mild climate with few extremes. A mid size stove in the 30,000 Btu range should work fine, but many are based on average use per square feet. Sit down with a few dealers and get a feel for sizing. You are close to two major manufacturers in the heart of pellet country, so you should find lots of local information.
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