first timer,what settings do you use?

My St. Croix has 5 levels. During the shoulder season, I mostly keep it on 3. Ill move it up to 4 on the really cold days. Alot of us use thermostats to automatically cycle our stoves on and off to maintain a level temperature in the house.

In the shoulder season I use room temp auto. The unit will come on when needed and shut off. When it gets cold I'll switch to room temp manual. That saves the igniter and keeps the stove from cycling on and off every few minutes. I'm not a fan of constant fiddling with the stove to get the temp I want. I use a programmable thermostat along with the Harman thermostat to keep the family room at 70 in the day and 66 at night. Works for me.
Ron

+1 on room temp auto during the shoulder season and room temp manual during winter.

That seems way to high. That's 10lbs an hour! I filled out hopper and it's been running on and off for a few days and it's still about 1/4 full. I would continue to play with the settings but we have been using room temp auto as well and it just comes on whenever the sensor calls for heat.

Have you read the sticky at the top of the forum page - about what your manual doesn't tell you ...

thundercracker said:

Thanks for the responses! My stove seems to run through a full hopper in about 6 hours at feed rate of 3. Temp set at 70. So the stove is on constantly

Does that seem about right?

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A full hopper in 6 hours? doesn't sound right to me..I would have to be full throttle and melt my walls to go thru that much in 6 hrs.
Have a free standing Harman 61,000 BTU and getting at least 15-16 hrs out of a 40lb bag,, feedrate 3/ set at 70 degrees...room temp/Auto or Manual..
Some one needs to chime in here.. that's way too much. A P68 will go at least 11 hrs on a bag.
btw: The "Constant on" I assume has now replaced the "Stove temp mode from previous models.

For my harman p35i .when I first got my stove I tryed both Modes.I found the room temp would eat more pellets and cause more ash.so I always keep it in stove mode(witch is contestant on your newer model).i keep the feed at 3.8.so last night filled the hopper and about 12 hrs later still had about 20% left.its on stove mode 4 and the house is perfect.so try both ways see how much pellets it eats and see what wrk best for you.

Ctcarl said:

For my harman p35i .when I first got my stove I tryed both Modes.I found the room temp would eat more pellets and cause more ash.so I always keep it in stove mode(witch is contestant on your newer model).i keep the feed at 3.8.so last night filled the hopper and about 12 hrs later still had about 20% left.its on stove mode 4 and the house is perfect.so try both ways see how much pellets it eats and see what wrk best for you.

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Is there an AUTO or Manual with the new Constant Mode or is it more like Stove/Auto & Room/Manual where flame never goes out..

Tonyray said:

Is there an AUTO or Manual with the new Constant Mode or is it more like Stove/Auto & Room/Manual where flame never goes out..

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Not sure.i beleive it's the same just changing the name from stove to constant.

Ctcarl said:

Not sure.i beleive it's the same just changing the name from stove to constant.

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Just checked...
All is the same as before just changed the Stove temp TAG to Constant.. so,
Constant/Auto is same as Room/Manual... flame will not go out unless it runs out of Pellets.

I get roughly 18 hrs per bag right now, with 35 degree temps 35 mph winds and stove set to Room temp auto maintaining 70 degrees.

Phoenix Hatchling said:

I get roughly 18 hrs per bag right now, with 35 degree temps 35 mph winds and stove set to Room temp auto maintaining 70 degrees.

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Will you turn it to room temp manual in the winter months?

That does seem like it's using way too many pellets. I have been averaging about a bag to 1.5 bags a day depending on the outside temps in my P68 which I would think uses more pellets than the 52i.

I have been running feed rate 4 in auto room temp. Last night and the night before got cold so I set it to constant burn on manual with a feed rate at 2.5. It used about the same amount of pellets.

mr47930 said:

Will you turn it to room temp manual in the winter months?

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I will use room Room Temp/Manual when the weather stays constant cold.REAL COLD and I jump to Stove/Auto.
I;m not a big fan of High flame/Low Flame/No Flame..causes more ash and Those pesky carbon speedbumps in the burnpot depending on Pellets used..
Besides, My house is not that well insulated so cool down is quicker with Room/Auto.
Yesterday was rainy and cold up/down the East coast and no sun all day so used room/Manual and kept it steady all day.
I think Room/Auto works best for people who have a pretty tight insulated house with less variable house temps swings.....gotta try all the mode settings to settle on the one That works best for you.
Good info here on the forum but different stoves and dwelling sizes, pellets brands etc call for different settings from one user to another..There's No One Size fits all with Pellet stoves.

roadking88 said:

i'm running room temp manual for the past couple days..33 and snowing over here today..filled it yesterday at 4 and still running on the same bag about 1/4 of the bag left..i have it set to 68 degrees ....

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what is your feed rate..
[sorry bout the snow this early]

roadking88 said:

yeah a little early for snow but good for the hunting....i got my feed rate just a little over 3..

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ok... The P43 holds 50 Pounds. I assume?
I filled [almost] around 9PM last nite. less than the 72 pound limit.
now 2:30PM.[Actually 3PM] Without time change..got about 2 hrs left running a P61..
sounds about right for both models..

thundercracker said:

so let me see if i got thiscorrect me if i'm wrong)

in general,
- higher feed rate = more pellets used also = more heat output
- constant burn dial = pellets used constantly (duh)
- the room temp = possibly better conservation of pellets as the stove will dial down and shut off once the temperature probe senses its matched room temp setting. depending on how how high i set the temp dial will determine how long the stove is on.

is that right? i'm really interested in the way to conserve pellets while keeping the house comfortable. i just want to make sure i'm not unnecessarily burning through a lot of pellets. it could be my 1st floor is a lot more open than i give it credit for, so the stove (even on room temp) seems to stay on quite long to get to 70.

thanks

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Sounds about right... feed rate #4 is Recommended but I use 3/3.5.
The Constant[ on Auto] will just dribble some pellets every so often to keep the flame alive..
same as Room temp/manual....
lot of people like those modes since the stove is already Hot with embers and ready for full flames quicker as opposed to a cold stove startup..
you seem more concerned on pellet conservation which is fine.. Room temp/auto would be your best move.
If your rooms cool down too quickly for you, then use 1 of the above methods as I do..
I only use room/auto when I know the suns coming out and most of the day will be a warmup from cold or chilly AM temps
thereby the stove will shut down and fuel will be saved.
i

If you want to burn less pellets you either have to keep your house cooler, close off unused rooms, or burn a hotter pellet. Using a thermostat will help regulate your house temperature and help reduce burning pellets unnecessarily.

TimfromMA said:

If you want to burn less pellets you either have to keep your house cooler, close off unused rooms, or burn a hotter pellet. Using a thermostat will help regulate your house temperature and help reduce burning pellets unnecessarily.

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Yep...
that too..