Poll: How many bags do you burn on the coldest days?

Thanks for doing this! It will be helpful to see where my usage falls among others.

2 bags of GOOD stuff.

1.5. 73* in my house. 0 outside

When the coldest days get here I'll let ya know ...... right now it's 2.361

First season with this particular stove. Temps have dropped quite low but haven't stayed there. The next 2 days will be the test. My guess, and vote, was 3 bags.

With the 6/10 GPH nozzle on my Buderus, I'd expect it to run at least 18 out of 24 hours, or 10.8 gallons. At $3.50/gal it's $37.80 for oil vs $15 for pellets. My guesstimate on oil consumption could be wrong as it's been a long time since I've heated with the black gold From what I recall, the boiler seemed like it ran almost constantly on wicked cold days.

Gonna go throw in a bag now and tell her "Good girl!"

I put 2 bags a day, but sometimes it is just a little more, like when the low for the day was a -34* F and the high for the day was a -17* F

2 bags to keep the house at 72 (disclaimer: I have 0 insulation and a drafty house)

With the single digits coming I expect to be around 2.5 bags

Single digits = 2 bags to keep the house at 71 for me.

It looks like I'll be using 2-2.5 bags in the next 24 hrs. Maybe 3?

About 2.5 bags a day for the next 2 days is my guess. 2600 sq ft at 70-72 with outdoors single digits or below. Oak seems to have reduced usage a bit. Cycling a little oil beat upstairs for pipes, dont want em freezing.

With the Temp at -18 F with a wind chill of -34 still only using
1 1/4 bags a day the area heated is at 74 F . The old fe3 is
just about maxed out . Heating 1500 sq ft of 1850's hand squared timber farm house

chken said:

So, having gone thru the "How's your stove holding up to the frigid temps?" thread, I wanted to summarize the results. This is what I got based upon the responses, but not everyone actually answered the how many bags question, a lot were about setting choices. I thought a new survey would help.

Anyway, here's what the other thread came up with:

<0.5 bags = 2 people
~1 bag = 11 people
~1.5 bags = 7 people
~1.75 bags = 4 people
~2 bags = 7 people
~2.5 bags = 2 people, (yikes, I'm one of those 2)
3 or more bags = 1 person

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1 1/2 bags on really cold (for here) days. Today it is about 12 degrees outside and I expect to burn close to 2 bags. Sub zero temps are predicted for tonight so we will surely use 2 bags. Usually just a hair over a bag a day keeps us toasty.

one and one eighth in 12 hours.
running on high with feed gate closed down all the way.

I have two stoves, currently using 4 bags in a 24 hour period.

Update to my earlier post- 2 1/2 bags in 24 hrs. Temp was 0 and wind was ripping. Gonna be colder tonight....outside

Some of you must have very tight houses. A pound of pellets is about 8000 btus or a bag equates to 13000 btus per hr over a day at 100% efficiency. Realistically this is closer to 11000 useable btus per hr.

My house can suck down 40-50k on a cold and windy day especially with the single and below 0 days. Granted my house is old and far from tight but does have newer windows, and some added insulation.

Tim

1.5 - 2 bags