Snow Storm ! ! ! How much are you getting and How high are you cranking your stove?

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Don2222

Minister of Fire
Feb 1, 2010
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Salem NH
Hello

It is 17.4 Degs out and 71 degs in but feels more chilly while being hit with a Nor'Eastor!

We are in between the 5-9" swath and 8-14" swath so we may get anywhere from 5-14" ! ! LOL

How much snow are you getting? How high are you cranking your stove?

In Stove Temp mode and just turned up the heat setting to 6 with a feed rate of 4 !

From the NOAA snow map, Looks like we only got 8-10 inches! LOL

 

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possible 14 inches by the end of tomorrow.
we've gone above zero for lows, so i'll be running on medium w/ short sleeve tee.
the new pellets are performing well. i've shut off the fans to let the back bedroom cool to sleeping temps.
5f outside right now. 2f called for overnight.
 
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Supposedly getting around a foot. Glad it's the fluffy kind.

Stove in room temp mode. Haven't touched the controls. Now, the hopper latch, that's a different story.
 
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Outside temp is 9. Inside temp is 70. In room temp mode, set at 70.
About to turn in and set the stove at 62 for the night
 
14° here and I have stove temp on my Accentra at 7 and feed rate at 2. The house is about 75° but it doesn't feel overly warm for me either.
 
I gotta say, it is 4 degrees out and I have my wood stove blasting and the pellet stove is still running more than usual. plus the boiler is running for the upstairs zone. we are getting 30mph winds. usually the wood maintains very well. snow, uggggh. It is starting to get old. we had a little over 4 feet this morning. this was from the last couple days. plus we have 6" if fresh stuff today and supposed to get another 8-12" by morning.
 
It's 10 out and 70 in. Stoves on 3 ticking away. I'm on the line between 10 - 15 or 10 -18 so it's a lose lose thing
 
Outside 20 degrees right now, supposed to get down to 14 degrees over night.
70 degrees inside. Supposed to get 2-4" of lake effect snow here tonight. Probably only 4-5" on the ground now.
 
That one missed us thankfully. Finally got the black ice on our driveway melted enough that my wife didn't have to use chains to get up to the main road. Outside 30 deg. inside 72.
 
I gotta say, it is 4 degrees out and I have my wood stove blasting and the pellet stove is still running more than usual. plus the boiler is running for the upstairs zone. we are getting 30mph winds. usually the wood maintains very well. snow, uggggh. It is starting to get old. we had a little over 4 feet this morning. this was from the last couple days. plus we have 6" if fresh stuff today and supposed to get another 8-12" by morning.

holy crap! lake effect's a witch.
we have a friend who is flying into syracuse tomorrow and heading home to pottsdam. hopefully she'll make it home without too much trouble.
 
16 out and 70 inside. 6" on the ground and still snowing out. Stoves are set to 70 and running nice.:)
 
Got about 3" overnight, s'posed to get the rest of it before it stops ............
 
It sure is monochromatic out there. I just measured and there is 11-12 inches out there. On top of the vehicles there is 11, and in the middle of the yard is 12.
 
8" and snowing hard. 5 outside 70 in
 
We were predicted to get 6-8 (north of Philly). We got 3 inches and a 1/4 inch of ice. Gonna have to throw the snow blower on full blast this morning.

As for the temp, our overnight low was 25. Stove running on medium-low, house is 70.
 
I watched the Army/Navy game yesterday... what a mess the weather was there. I live in west Michigan and we just keep getting lake effect snow. And timps in the teens, waiting on am/FM to ship my timber ridge 49trcpm to me. Hopefully it will be here next week.
 
Had 4 to 6 before it turned to rain.
Now there's about 2 inches of smush.
Fairly typical for Buzzards Bay.
( snow - rain- slush - freeze )

Just gotta push the windrow of smush the town plow left at the bottom of the driveway or it will be hell to drive over for the next couple of cold days. When I had the 4wd truck I just drove over it.
Now that we have just one car - a Honda Fit with roller skate wheels I'm gonna have to clean it up more often.
 
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Had 4 to 6 before it turned to rain.
Now there's about 2 inches of smush.
Fairly typical for Buzzards Bay.
( snow - rain- slush - freeze )

Just gotta push the plow the windrow of smush at the bottom of the driveway or it will be hell to drive over for the next couple of cold days. When I had the 4wd truck I just drove over it.
Now that we have just one car - a Honda Fit with roller skate wheels I'm gonna have to clean it up more often.
Our chevy hhr has the same problem. We have approximately one foot of fresh snow, snow blower has been working overtime with me behind it doing the same, my new timber ridge 49 can't get here soon enough. I'm going to have to install 4" from the back of the stove all the way out. Hope I have it up and running b4 Christmas. Having a hard time finding 4" pipe and fittings, no box stores or mom and pop shops around here carry it near me. That means a 85 mile drive one way. Good thing the hhr gets 29 mpg.
 
10- 14 inches here have to clear the yard out before football today ..priorities u know stove on 75 temp inside 73 ==c
 
5" of cement. Grrrrrr
 
Maybe 2 inches outside Philly. Maybe 0.1 inches ice (makes trees look nice - very few limbs down). Going to 30's today, 18 tonight, 20's tomorrow. Moved MVAE to Manual, Med-High as experiment but likely going back to Auto. Whitfield at High damper andMed to M-H feed rate as I burn through some experimental box store pellets before going back to Hamers when they're gone.
 
Looks like I got 12"...stove keeping up....pellet stash starting to get "weak in the knees" We ARE warm
 
about 8" ish.....

stove set for 75 and doing as well as it can in an old drafty home
 
it's either a b***load or s***ton, not quite sure. but it's dry and fluffy.
very pleased with the crabbe pellets compared to the MWP softies. lots more heat.
5f out and the drapes are open to view the winter wonderland. (makes the wife happy. eh, i like it too ;lol )
 
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