What is the best way to run the pellet stove tandem with the central HVAC system? I am kind of new at this, I have only had my pellet stove in for 5-6 weeks.
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What is the best way to run the pellet stove tandem with the central HVAC system? I am kind of new at this, I have only had my pellet stove in for 5-6 weeks.
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I wouldn't recommend running an HVAC with a thermostat and a pellet stove in a temperature mode. You have two automatic control systems working to control the same thing (temperature) and they'll be over adjusting for the affect of the other one if the sensing points are near each other. System engineers never put two control systems in parallel for that reason. It creates an unstable system.
I tried it in my home and it created greater temperature swings in this mode and a lot of up and down cycling of my pellet stove. Highly inefficient.
That said, you can run the pellet stove in a stove mode and your central heating system in automatic (temp control). You can balance how often the central heat runs by adjusting the pellet stove heat output. At most I adjust the pellet stove a few times a day based on outdoor temperatures with this setup.
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