Does anyone else have a temp that...
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Seanm
Minister of Fire
If I had to go to work for 8 or 10 hours a day I wouldnt be able to keep the stove going but since Im a self employed Realtor/property manager Im in and out of my house all day long. If I let it go out everything gets cold and it takes for ever for me to heat up all the mass. Last year we had a really mild winter where the coldest day was Christmas day at -9f. I didnt need to use the furnace at all that year unless we were away.
My EPA 2.3 CF box Drolet will keep up down to -25F if I watch it and feed it wood.The house is 3000 sq ft but 1200 of it is basement which is 53 now with days of below zero temps. I keep the upstairs at whatever... 65-68. It is super insulated.
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I'd be throwing open the windows here if it were 87 in my place! lol
The edenpure kicked on this morning for the first time... my thermometer said it was -26 outside and 70 inside. I reloaded the stove and it soon warmed up enough to keep mama happy. I loaded the stove last night at 7pm, and it was at 4am (I get up early for work) that the house was so cold. I took the pic just for my wife!
HybridFyre
Burning Hunk
Tell me about it. This is the room I have to work with...oh yeah and all the giant windows.
TX-L
Burning Hunk
Yes, no wind chill. Actual air temp was -37
at the local airport (closest official weather station) one day last week. Different people reported -40 in certain areas on their car thermometers while driving. It was -29, -37, -30 on three different mornings. However, it has warmed up to single digits below zero at night and single digits above zero in the day so far this week! Yay relative heat! Also some lake effect snow Monday
Cold AND snow, you gotta love it, don't ya? And yet the Blaze King cruises on, oblivious to the vortexing and drifting all around it...
Seems that the upstairs gets heat easier then my hairpin staircase and hallway.
As many others have found before me, the heat loss from ducts mostly negates the benefits of running the fan alone. 68F air blowing out of the vents feels nice in the summer, but not in the winter. Also, when running in heat mode, my furnace fan runs at high speed, but when in fan-only mode it runs much slower.
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