Harley
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36 last night when I loaded the stove to go to bed. 74 in the house. This morning 23 outside, 69 inside. Furnace still not being used (set at 60). approximately 1800 sf, just using the Heritage.
Yeah !!! Cold night in WESTERN MA!!! post what your using and house temp here!!!
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23 Last night in Central PA. 77 in the living room, 71 upstairs heating with just my Harman DVC-500 set at 70. My house was built in 1880 and actually has no modern isulation but does have modern vinyl windows. My walls are(inside to outside) drywall over plaster and lathe, 2" rough cut plands, 1" rough cut siding, asphalt siding, insulated aluminum siding. Shows what a foot of material can do for you insulation wise.
Harley
Minister of Fire
Iceman... Is the accentra the one you are replacing? or based on the other thread - are you adding an insert in the larger room. to supplement the Harmon? (or is the Harmon what you just put in?)
Seems like that is doing the job pretty well.
Welcome, by the way.... another addition to the Western Mass contingent.
Seems like that is doing the job pretty well.
Welcome, by the way.... another addition to the Western Mass contingent.
Monadnock region of NH.
27* At my house this am. 72* in the great room, 69* in our bedroom upstairs.
Stove is working out just as I had hoped. NO furnace yet this year.
I have burned 1/2 ton so far this year. 3.5 left.
Might pick up some more if the prices drop a little.
27* At my house this am. 72* in the great room, 69* in our bedroom upstairs.
Stove is working out just as I had hoped. NO furnace yet this year.
I have burned 1/2 ton so far this year. 3.5 left.
Might pick up some more if the prices drop a little.
firewatcher said:
Damering Down means to reduce the airflow into the fire box, leaving the stove firing on high all night would over fire the stove. If I stuff my fire box with wood and let it burn on high all night my stove would over fire causing possible damage.
After I stuff the fire box I do let it burn on high for 30min or so before I damper in down for the night.
wg_bent
Minister of Fire
firewatcher said:
Asking if you are stuffing the firebox OR Dampering Down is sort of like "Do you walk to work or bring your lunch?"
Dampering down is just a term meaning do you close the damper. In this case on your Osburn, it means sliding the air control lever all the way to the left...fully closed.
Freestanding stoves mostly work the same, although I believe a small number have secondary air controls but I could be wrong...(guys?????) CAT stoves (insert or freestanding) have an additional control to open and close the CAT, and some of the more sophisticated stoves, some from PE (summit) and VC just as a couple examples, have techlology that automatically attempts to adjust the amount of air to keep the burn more consistant. Spike or Elk (and many others around here) could do a better job of explaining that stuff.
Burning wide open all night is a recipie for over firing and wasting your fuel. Plus you'll never get an overnight burn doing that. The only way to get an overnight burn is to shut down the air as much as possible and let the secondary combustion do it's work. From my experience, with my Osburn, the amount of heat is really adjusted by the amount of wood in the stove vs the air setting. Granted the air setting will cause the burn to be more vigorous, thus producing more heat, but more heat goes up the chimney too. If you use the air setting on high to get burns going, then damper down and let the secondary burn technology do it's thing, you'll get the most efficient burn. Once I get to a bed of coals, many times during the day I'll open it up more, but that's not practical to wake up and mess with during the night.
The exception to that is on very cold evenings when I will get up and add wood at about 3am. that's where I do wish the firebox were larger. For good overnight burns, I believe that about a 3.0 cuft firebox would be really ideal. It just happens that I installed the largest stove I could fit in my install. (Lopi Revere and Hearthstone Morgan were right there also)
I hope this little brain dump helps.
BurningIsLove
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I've found on my Dutchwest stove that I really cant "damper down" at nite, or at least that's the setting I was already on hours before going to bed. Once there is a good bed of coals & the reburner (non-cat) is humming along, my stove sits at about 520 with the primary air inlet completely closed. There is a 2ndary inlet controlled by the stove for the reburner (more info in this thread or other similar threads. Fortunately I have the large DW model, so I can get 6 good sized splits in there, let it catch, close the bypass, go to bed, and wake up with a decent bed of coals still going.
Eastern MA last nite had a low of 25:
living room: 77 (with the porch & garage doors open)
adjoining: 74
upstairs: 76
adjoining garage: 67
this morning the living room was 73, upstairs was 71. Damn I love my stove.
Eastern MA last nite had a low of 25:
living room: 77 (with the porch & garage doors open)
adjoining: 74
upstairs: 76
adjoining garage: 67
this morning the living room was 73, upstairs was 71. Damn I love my stove.
Xena
Minister of Fire
Ha. Late to the party as always.
Anyway, it was 29F outside when I took the
trash out @ 6:30 am. House was 74F, furthest
room was 69F. St. Croix Prescott running on
the lowest setting overnight.
Anyway, it was 29F outside when I took the
trash out @ 6:30 am. House was 74F, furthest
room was 69F. St. Croix Prescott running on
the lowest setting overnight.
Started up the pellet stove @ 6pm when I got home. (my wife turns off the stove during the day so as not to waste fuel)
Temp was 60 F
Ran it up to 70F (took a while to reach that).
Downstairs temp: 70
Upstairs: 61
Used up a full bag of pellets. Not certain if that's the most economical way to run the stove.
Temp was 60 F
Ran it up to 70F (took a while to reach that).
Downstairs temp: 70
Upstairs: 61
Used up a full bag of pellets. Not certain if that's the most economical way to run the stove.
laynes69
Minister of Fire
I keep the same settings as I do throughout the day. I have the ash door damper open at 2 turns and the rear forced draft stays open. It does no good to damper it down to choke the fire. I load 5 6" in diameter, 20 inches long and they will burn all night. Its all locust at night. I would save the maple for the daytime. I'll open the ash door slightly for about 10 to 15 minutes, then when it closes secondary combustion kicks in and it burns hot all night. With locust i'll get a good burn for 8 hours.
Thank you Thank you (Elvis) The harman is in a different floor in my house the stove insert (the other thread) is going in the basement ... there is no way this harman could heat my house its one of those funny split level housesHarley said:
firewatcher
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Hey guys its gonna be colder tonight in western ma
!
can't wait
13-18 degrees tonight yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
!can't wait
13-18 degrees tonight yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
MountainStoveGuy
Minister of Fire
perpetualy cold. Driveway is permafrost. snow is permantly on the ground till spring. House is 64 degrees, stove is cold. 34* outside.
Henz
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rudysmallfry
Minister of Fire
Milford, CT. Outside was 35 last night. Basement with stove was a zillion degrees, main floor of house was 66. Two cooked cats, a dog and a bird sleeping in front of stove. Sweeeeet.
Todd
Minister of Fire
You guys out east stole all my cold air. It's been kind of warm here. 50 yesterday and 50's today and Thursday. Didn't have a fire last night because house was still warm enough from the burn the night before. Furnace is set at 69 and has gone off a couple times this morning. It's 2pm right now and I'm firing her up. Next week the cold air returns, and I will be back to 24/7 burning.
wg_bent
Minister of Fire
MountainStoveGuy
Minister of Fire
Vintage 181 said:
As soon as i posted here i made i fire. Much more comfortable in the house with a stove. The cold is more an annoyance then anythingl. I just put on clothes. Amazing how lazy you can get this early into winter. I have been buring since september. Unless its realy cold, the stove stays cold.
Adirondackwoodburner said:
What are you folks back east trying to do, melt candles? I couldn't stand a house that hot. I'll bet the humidity is like 5%.
I guess we are just showing off cause of the temp is so up and down nowBeGreen said:
PS my humidity level is 41% that is the key to how much i burn
Mike Wilson
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Last night it was 25 degrees here. I was working with a couple of people outside restoring telecommunications services, and man did the steel toe boots get cold!! Once I got home to the very warm and comfortable house - the Quad and Thelin were a welcome site and I think I stood in front of them for at least 10 minutes to defrost.
BTW - the furnace hasn't been running yet - no Thanksgiving gravy for the Utility company
BTW - the furnace hasn't been running yet - no Thanksgiving gravy for the Utility company
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