Consumption has stayed the same still burning on heat 1 but instead of being upper 70's to low 80's in the house its been mid to low 70's. Still plenty warm though.
essentially the smallest stoves could have handled the coldest days of the year.
chken said: ↑ said:essentially the smallest stoves could have handled the coldest days of the year.
I really appreciate that you put this in perspective for folks. I have an ancient 34000 BTU stove, and it's keeping our house warmer, for far less money, than we ever used to manage with electric heat.
Yes and the fact that you are running two stoves pays off too !.Using just a hair over 2 bags a day for 3000sq. ft.. Half of my house is super insulated,(r-32 in double walls, all new low-e windows, 1st floor ceilings r-36, roof r-60.) I have yet to run my little 25PDVC over 4. Right now outside temp is 5* and I just bumped it up to 3. Inside temp is 74. My other half of the house still has single pane windows and r-13 insulation, none in the ceiling and r-32 in the roof. My 25EP is doing well at setting 7 and 73* right now, but struggled at -12 to keep at 68* running 9-9. Insulation is all the difference.
I believe I'd have had a 3 bagger the day I let the oil take over rather than kick up the stove. That worked, I might have burned a gallon of oil that morning ( oil right now here is $2.31 a gal)..The MVAE has consumed 2 bags a day for most days but there have been a couple of three bag days.
PDVC has been idle. No time in the workshop.
1 bag of Okies Golds every 28 hours keeping my old cape warm downstairsSometimes though the heat has to have enough difference to move and warm the whole area. Just because the stove can keep an area at 68 does not mean it can move it effectively enough to warm the whole area. I need 2 to 5 degrees difference to get things moving and a fan that can circulate about 175cfm to 200 in this cold weather. The Harman with a fan that's trying to get 135 cfm has a hard time.
A bag at 8200 BTU/lb is 328,000 BTU. A gallon of oil is 140,000 BTU. A bag is equal to 2.34 Gallons. The oil is still about the same cost as pellets. I have neglected efficiency.I believe I'd have had a 3 bagger the day I let the oil take over rather than kick up the stove. That worked, I might have burned a gallon of oil that morning ( oil right now here is $2.31 a gal)..
Well said!A bag at 8200 BTU/lb is 328,000 BTU. A gallon of oil is 140,000 BTU. A bag is equal to 2.34 Gallons. The oil is still about the same cost as pellets. I have neglected efficiency.
There are other reasons for burning pellets. The biggest being, I would rather use a renewable resource than burn a fossil fuel that we have to purchase from people that hate us. Besides, I just like the way it looks.
Agree on looks. So let's approve Keystone and we can burn oil purchased from people who sometimes even like us. BTW, thanks to fracking we're burning lots less middle-Eastern oil. Using all of our energy resources we can be energy independent in short order if we just get politics out of the way.A bag at 8200 BTU/lb is 328,000 BTU. A gallon of oil is 140,000 BTU. A bag is equal to 2.34 Gallons. The oil is still about the same cost as pellets. I have neglected efficiency.
There are other reasons for burning pellets. The biggest being, I would rather use a renewable resource than burn a fossil fuel that we have to purchase from people that hate us. Besides, I just like the way it looks.
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