Oil Delivery
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Pelletluvr
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I think all of us oil burners are doing the same. My stove is just an ornament this year.
alternativeheat
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I ran the stove overnight at a fixed rate, was comfortable enough overnight. When I got up this morning and let the cats out of my studio room a chill came in along with them, so I blipped up the thermostat setting on the oil burner a bit to catch up the heat. It ran one cycle and leveled everything off. Back in the warmer weather I didn't have the stove going at all and running now mostly because I like the heat in the living room, though it's mostly heating the whole house anyway. Oil is $1.52 here.
Funny, my intent was to run the stove through the holidays, was too warm out this way for that so I used the oil burner. With the stove it either would have been too warm or on and off all day long ( gross waste of pellets, igniter etc).
Edit: Oops, oil here is down to $1.49 today.
Funny, my intent was to run the stove through the holidays, was too warm out this way for that so I used the oil burner. With the stove it either would have been too warm or on and off all day long ( gross waste of pellets, igniter etc).
Edit: Oops, oil here is down to $1.49 today.
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TimfromMA
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I'm using pellets because I have them. I will not be replenshing my supply this spring as long as prices stay where they are.
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
At $1.25 I shut the stove off till when ever the oil price rises again and we are only $.24 away from that happening.. Same as I used to do with coal, didn't matter if I had a ton of coal on hand or not it will get burned some day. But of course coal doesn't go bad, doesn't matter if it gets damp, wet etc.. So right now I just buy bags of pellets as I want them and have 0 stockpile on hand unless you include the 4 bags in the car and 1 in the stove presently .
Pellet-King
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I've owned this house 7 yr's a 1952 cape, oil heat has been great, finally a evenly heated home, even my cellar is almost 60, usually is 45 by this time, more I think about it I bet I had a cold air draft down my oil flue and was making the cellar cold and the whole house colder, my stove is in my fireplace, really noway to add a OAK , I've burned maybe under 150 gallons of oil since Oct
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
My stove is on my hearth, the vent goes up the chimney via 23 ft of liner from my fireplace. I ran my oak up into the chimney just to teh other side of the block off and insulation, it just ends in there. Works fine, one of the installers in the forum at the time stated he installed plenty of OAKs that way . He stated that no chimney is so tight as to not feed the stove fresh air and if it is then just drill a couple of holes.
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If I understand you and using ( http://nepacrossroads.com/fuel-comparison-calculator.php ) for comparing oil to pellets, your breakeven point is OIL @ $1.49/GAL. The chart calculates the price of pellets at $177 a ton for break even point. I'm sure the calculation chart for BTU's may be off some, but I haven't seen pellets under $200 a ton in quite a while.
For me, I paid $259 a ton for some crap (spring and fall) pellets. So, my breakeven oil price would have to be $2.18/ gal.
Cost comparison chart for $1.49 oil and $177/ ton pellets:
Wood Pellets Short Ton(2000 Lbs.) $177 /ton = $13.41 Cost per million BTU
Fuel Oil No.2 Gallon $1.49 /gal = $13.43 Cost per million BTU
alternativeheat
Minister of Fire
Actually at $1.25 and lower a gallon I can't really be bothered with the work involved in alternative fuels. The pellets could cost less than oil even, never mind break even and I just don't bother with them. I can afford the oil and luxury of turning a dial . My break even point is well above $1.25 actually. We still pay $259 a ton around here too. I think the dealer are kind of stuck with pellets they over paid for by contract last year. Till this inventory is gone we won't see a drop in price. Just my hunch.
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