Survey- auto or manual ?
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kbjelka
Feeling the Heat
Auto with stove set to medium and the thermostat set to 70. Waiting for my programmable to arrive then I'll kick it down in the off hours.
toastyinri
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ylomnstr
Feeling the Heat
Groundhog said:
That's how I've got mine setup now, but I wonder if this is smart or not. I guess its back to the same old argument about if you should turn down your oil thermostat when you're not home. Then when it turns back up a few degrees, it has to run longer to get back up to temp, so in the long run, does it just even out?
I wonder if I should just keep my stove at a set temp all day around and just turn it up when it's really cold out and needed. I guess that would make another good experiment.
kbjelka
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ylomnstr said:
I think it might save some pellets but I'm actually more interested in the programmable so that the temp is on the up swing when we get up. Depending on when it last ran the stove is sometimes creeping towards the fall back temp during the morning routine. I was hoping to time it to get it on the up swing when we first get up.
Heat loss is proportional to the difference between the outside temp and the inside temp. If you set your thermostat down - the heat loss will be lower. If you can set it down for long enough you will use less fuel than keeping it a steady (higher) temperature. I have a programmable thermostat and set mine back to 60 at night. Pellet stove comes on at 5:30 am to warm up the house in the morning. then set back down til about 3 to get warm again for when we get home.
I have been thinking about going to manual though because I have replaced the starter in my stove twice in 3 years. so maybe its a wash. gotta do some more scratching to see if it makes more sense to take it off smart stat.
I have been thinking about going to manual though because I have replaced the starter in my stove twice in 3 years. so maybe its a wash. gotta do some more scratching to see if it makes more sense to take it off smart stat.
nanama72
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We manually put our stat down at night and it definitely saves a lot on pellet fuel. We lower it to 65 at night and keep it on 72 during the day. It uses less than if we kept it at a constant rate all day. However, we have ours on high/low rather than on/off and I think that will save the starter.
kbjelka
Feeling the Heat
yoscratch said:
Sounds like my plan exactly. What brand of stove are you running and what did it cost to replace the starters?
mc67
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lessoil
Minister of Fire
I have tried both.
Room Temp Mode works good but stove cycles quite a bit. Too warm outside. >25
This gives the igniter quite a workout.
Stove Temp Mode will keep a fire going as opposed to letting it burn out.
When it gets cold and stays cold, this might be worth a try.
I want to find a setting that will hold a steady temp in the house around 73.
Right now, the room temp works its' way up to 77 with temp set at min
and feed rate on 1.
Room Temp Mode works good but stove cycles quite a bit. Too warm outside. >25
This gives the igniter quite a workout.
Stove Temp Mode will keep a fire going as opposed to letting it burn out.
When it gets cold and stays cold, this might be worth a try.
I want to find a setting that will hold a steady temp in the house around 73.
Right now, the room temp works its' way up to 77 with temp set at min
and feed rate on 1.
steamguy
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Manual!
My wife is a tightwad, and she said when we were looking at stoves, "So, this one requires that you have the wired thermostat, right? So we have to have an ugly wire across the wall, right?" (The stove is in a location where by code you cannot pierce the wall on both sides)
She went on: "And it can start by itself, right? Even when you're not home, right? Even when you don't FEEL cold, right?" The salesman gulped and said, "...um, yeah..." :red:
Sale lost! 'nuff said! :lol:
My wife is a tightwad, and she said when we were looking at stoves, "So, this one requires that you have the wired thermostat, right? So we have to have an ugly wire across the wall, right?" (The stove is in a location where by code you cannot pierce the wall on both sides)
She went on: "And it can start by itself, right? Even when you're not home, right? Even when you don't FEEL cold, right?" The salesman gulped and said, "...um, yeah..." :red:
Sale lost! 'nuff said! :lol:
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