November 18th to December 18th pellet usage

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DBCOOPER

DBCOOPER

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Jan 23, 2010
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Stowe, Pa
I'm not sure if I'm calculating this right but here goes. Based on weather records there were 899 degree days between 18 Nov and 18 Dec. I used 19 bags of pellets in that time keeping my place at 70 degrees, where I am comfortable. Thats 760 pounds of pellets devided by 899 degree days which equals about .85 pounds per degree day.

Last year there were 4900 degree days here. That would equate to 4,165 lbs or about 105 bags, a little over 2 tons.
My house is 1265 square feet in eastern Pa, mid eightys construction with newer windows and siding,decent insulation.
Sound about right?
 
DBCOOPER said:
I'm not sure if I'm calculating this right but here goes. Based on weather records there were 899 degree days between 18 Nov and 18 Dec. I used 19 bags of pellets in that time keeping my place at 70 degrees, where I am comfortable. Thats 760 pounds of pellets devided by 899 degree days which equals about .85 pounds per degree day.

Last year there were 4900 degree days here. That would equate to 4,165 lbs or about 105 bags, a little over 2 tons.
My house is 1265 square feet in eastern Pa, mid eightys construction with newer windows and siding,decent insulation.
Sound about right?
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Since this is my first year I am very interested in how my usage compares to others. Where are you getting your degree days data? I have been using weatherdatadepot.com but they don't have an option for choosing certain dates.
 
As it gets colder, you'll find yourself using more. I basically use double from jan to mid/end of february here than i do in December or march.
 
There is a degree that might be missing. The wife "I'm cold" degree. So you up the degrees on the stat to comp this. How much extra fuel this uses? Is anyones guess.
 
j-takeman said:
There is a degree that might be missing. The wife "I'm cold" degree. So you up the degrees on the stat to comp this. How much extra fuel this uses? Is anyones guess.
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HAHA how true it is. "turn that stove up!"
 
DBCOOPER said:
I'm not sure if I'm calculating this right but here goes. Based on weather records there were 899 degree days between 18 Nov and 18 Dec. I used 19 bags of pellets in that time keeping my place at 70 degrees, where I am comfortable. Thats 760 pounds of pellets devided by 899 degree days which equals about .85 pounds per degree day.

Last year there were 4900 degree days here. That would equate to 4,165 lbs or about 105 bags, a little over 2 tons.
My house is 1265 square feet in eastern Pa, mid eightys construction with newer windows and siding,decent insulation.
Sound about right?
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That sounds about right to me, Im in eastern PA also and used around 2.5 tons similar size house
 
History and almanac...
 
DBCOOPER said:
I'm not sure if I'm calculating this right but here goes. Based on weather records there were 899 degree days between 18 Nov and 18 Dec. I used 19 bags of pellets in that time keeping my place at 70 degrees, where I am comfortable. Thats 760 pounds of pellets devided by 899 degree days which equals about .85 pounds per degree day.

Last year there were 4900 degree days here. That would equate to 4,165 lbs or about 105 bags, a little over 2 tons.
My house is 1265 square feet in eastern Pa, mid eightys construction with newer windows and siding,decent insulation.
Sound about right?
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Do you know what "balance point" you used to get your HDD?
Between Nov. 18th to Dec. 18th I used about 15 bags or 600 pounds.
Balance point of 60deg - weatherdatadepot.com says that I had 706 HDD which equals 0.85 pounds per HDD.
Balance point of 65deg - weatherdatadepot.com says that I had 787 HDD which equals 0.76 pounds per HDD.
 
DBCOOPER said:
History and almanac...
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Ah- there it is.

Between Nov. 18th to Dec. 18th I used about 15 bags or 600 pounds.

Balance point of 65deg - wunderground says that I had 925 HDD which equals 0.65 pounds per HDD.
 
Some how I came up with the wrong number of degree days in my calcs. It should be 672. So 19x40= 760 lbs 760/672= 1.13 lbs per degree day. 4900x 1.13=5537 lbs / 40 lbs per bag=138.42 bags is what I should have used last year if I had a stove last year for the entire season.
 
northest pa above the poconos, a little over a ton so far and no compliants from the boss. Leave the stove mainly on manual to let it burn. Have noticed a big difference with a new batch of Allegheny pellets. The bags are very loose, you can noticce the flame being "lazy" and dirties up the stove faster. Cost factor = cheaper then electric and propane from last year.

Wondered how poeple could the the difference between pellets, now I know.

Dan
 
3600sqft is about 2 - 2.25 bags in the single digits.
 
30 bags since 15 October. Mostly 1/2 to 1 bag per day...
The 3 of the last 4 of days around here have been two
baggers, with temps in the low to mid teens...
Happy with the usage so far. Even if the temps plummet,
for the next 2 months we should make it thru the winter
on this year's stash...
 
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