Running the stove overnight!
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We have ours on a T-stat, if it calls for heat it comes on at night. If we are gone during the day I usually turn it down a bit but if it is below zero I let it burn burn burn. Once you get familiar with it you will be more comfortable (pun intended) leaving it on.
mustangwagz
Feeling the Heat
after running this pellet stove for about a month, i feel safer leaving it run ALL the time in comparisson to the wood burner i always left burn un attended at night and while not home. You'll get used to it, once you see and realize that they work GREAT and are almost fail safe, you'll sleep WAY easier. haha. We promise! Do your stove flue the right way (with a certain amount of rise) so that smoke leaves the stove like its supposed to, and you'll be good 2 go.
Dhosh
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I plan on having ours on all the time ... as much as someone is here to keep it loaded, anyway!
I DID have install inspected, and added to the house insurance, however! ;-)
I DID have install inspected, and added to the house insurance, however! ;-)
sante fe
Burning Hunk
Ours is on a thermostat, kicks on and off 24/7 as needed. Plenty of safety features built it. You should always have working CO2 and smoke detectors.
Lake Girl
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Please get a couple of battery operated smoke detectors besides the hard-wired ones ... had a family of four die a couple of years ago because of an electrical fire that took out the hard-wired one.
Ouch! Good tip. All of our detectors have battery backup. I believe the breaker for the smoke detector circuit is an arc fault breaker. We should be good.
yrock87
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My first year and I let her burn. Last night I actually got up 30 min after I got into bed because I ciulnd not hear the tink of Pellets dropping. Turned out the stove had shut down because the guy who cleaned it an hour before bed(me) haven't gotten the fines box cover on correctly. The stove started up but when the cover worked loose during operation the lack of vacuum in the stove caused it to go into shutdown mode. These stoves are pretty smart and default to shutdown if everything isn't kosher. It was actually reassuring to me when it shut down due to my mistake. 5 min later I reinstalled the fines cover and had flame, slept like a baby!
DOLLARBILL
Feeling the Heat
24/7 all winter long it get shut down for a cleaning ! You can tell a City Boy from a Country Boy Heh!Heh!
snocross1985
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I run mine mostly when I'm home only but do leave it going when I go to bed. The only thing I hate is that when I turn the T-stat to a normal temp the stove will do it's thing, heat up the room and then turn off. But since where my stove is (the basement) it doesn't stay warm down there even though it's insulated, and the stove winds up kicking back on in like 10 minutes, and if I'm not there to pull the lever to scrape the pot the leftover ash and whatnot is still in it, causing a delayed ignition with the pellets, and it sometimes puffs smoke around the door when it finally does ignite because so much pressure has built up. So it makes me a little nervous to leave it running when I go to work. Although if I turn the T-Stat to about 80 the stove wont turn off, because it will keep my basement around 75-80 (which I don't mind because I like it really warm) and that way the upstairs of my house stays around 65-70 with no other sources of heat.
Dgopetactical
Feeling the Heat
I run mine 24/7 when needed, at night/ when nobody is home etc. I fill the hopper and do what I gota do no worries here.
Denny
Denny
Check it before bed and make sure its burning well and forget about it until morning. It took me a bit before I felt comfortable.
I think a lot of us on here felt uneasy about running our stoves overnight at first... however there is NO hesitation anymore... second nature..
The main purpose to burn is at night when it's colder , running during the day defeat's the purpose of owning a stove, If my house burns down Insurance will build me a better new one!!
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