Pellet time counter system

All I can think of is "McGiver."

Why not get a meter that uses ac no need for relay and dc power supply...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-LCD-Wat...384?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d5171228

if you dump a bag in today at 8AM and you have to dump another bag tomorrow at 8AM, you know a bag lasts you 24 hours. No electronics needed.

TimfromMA said:

if you dump a bag in today at 8AM and you have to dump another bag tomorrow at 8AM, you know a bag lasts you 24 hours. No electronics needed.

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Shhhh, that's common sense. No place for that here!

Johnny_Fiv3 said:

Shhhh, that's common sense. No place for that here!

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Oops. My bad.

TimfromMA said:

if you dump a bag in today at 8AM and you have to dump another bag tomorrow at 8AM, you know a bag lasts you 24 hours. No electronics needed.

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But you might be off by 3 pellets. Then the math is all wrong.

I've always though that an hour meter would be nice to remind me to do a good cleaning of the stove, Sort of like a change filter reminder on a regular thermostat hadn't though about using it for pellet usage.

An hour meter might eventually lead to knowing how long the motor lasts before needing replacement.

Now, if it sent a signal to your PC and software allowed graphing feed rate to inside and outside temps...

How would different brand pellets effect rate though? Especially pellets that are uniformly short, wouldn't they tend to feed faster regardless of the amount of turns the auger made?

hyfire said:

The whole idea is to track usage so I know its time to fill the stove with my stove camera., instead of looking in the hopper all the time or waiting till it runs out. For the $12.00 its a good investment.

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Fill it in the morning when you wake up and again at night before bed and you should be fine.

Keep a log for a week or more when you dump a bag with outside temps and soon you will have what you will need now and by looking at the forecast what you will need in the future. I did this and look at the 2-3 day forecast then bring in from my garage X number of bags for the next couple days. If the weather is going to be bad then I know how many to bring in to last the snowstorm. I don't like bringing them in when it is slippery and knee deeps snow before I get everything cleared out.