I'm heating a 2200sq two story Colonial with a Quadra-Fire MT. VERNON AE Insert. My question is for the programmable thermostat folks.
I like the second floor to be 68°F from 6:00am-8:00am and the first floor to be 70°F between 5:00pm-10
m. Overnight and during the day I'm fine with the house at 60°F. Using the oil furnace I would lead these times by about an hour to make sure they would be up before I needed them to be. The pellet stove seems to need more like 3 hours of lead time. So, do I still save on pellets by operating the stove in this manner? Would it be more efficient to only drop the temps to 65°F so that the stove can recover quicker or is maintaining those extra 5°F going to cost just as much? I tried starting a log of pellet usage but with varying temperatures outdoors and a small set of data points it's hard to get anything conclusive. Has someone already done a similar study for me?
The morning setting is a tough one. It seems I need to get the first floor pretty warm for the second floor to reach 70°F. I'm pretty sure the second floor zone of the oil furnace is the only efficient way to heat a second floor for 2 hours (3 hours including lead time).
Regardless, those that aren't home during the day or drop temps during the night, I'm curious what you've found to be efficient settings and recovery times.
I like the second floor to be 68°F from 6:00am-8:00am and the first floor to be 70°F between 5:00pm-10
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The morning setting is a tough one. It seems I need to get the first floor pretty warm for the second floor to reach 70°F. I'm pretty sure the second floor zone of the oil furnace is the only efficient way to heat a second floor for 2 hours (3 hours including lead time).
Regardless, those that aren't home during the day or drop temps during the night, I'm curious what you've found to be efficient settings and recovery times.