PELLET USAGE HARMN P68

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snodays700 said:
ANY REAS0N WHY I AM USING TWICE AS MANY PELLETS PER DAY THAN LAST YEAR 0N MY HARM0N P68
what amount of pellets are you burning?......settings?
 
I have the p43 and i run in stove temp high with dial on 5 and feed rate 4, and burn 1 1/4 bag.....i found i burned more in room temp mode
 
snodays700 said:
WHAT TEMP D0ES THAT KEEP Y0UR H0ME?
72 on main floor and 69/70 upstairs....2200 sq ft colonial open floor plan on main level.....on a night like tonight, it's 33 outside so i have it on stove temp medium fan and dial on 3 feed rate on 3 and its almost 71 on main level...this setting i can get 20 hrs on a bag.........i clean it every sunday, and brush clean the heat exchanger, huge difference in heat output after only 1 week of fly ash on it
 
snodays...stop screaming at HEMI, he's a good guy just tryin' to help you out. (Turn off your CAPS Lock). :) Rick
 
snodays700 said:
ANY REAS0N WHY I AM USING TWICE AS MANY PELLETS PER DAY THAN LAST YEAR 0N MY HARM0N P68

I've been using more pellets as well, but it's also been colder.
 
make your computer type in small case letters NOT CAPS is what they are trying to say
 
Depending on your temp outside, home's insulation value, sq. ft. of the house, and floor plan two bags a day sounds about right for 72 degrees.

You can try running it in Stove Temp mode and kick back your feed rate to 3 and see what happens.


Eric
 
I have an older house and we use alot more fuel to keep the house at temp when it is Windy like it has been here in central NH this December.

My P61 uses alot more fuel to keep the house 72 than 68 when it is less than 20 degrees outside.

I have also found I use less fuel to keep the house at a constant temp than lowering temp durring the day or at night. I know this does not make sense but it works for some reason in my house.

2-3 bags a day sounds right when its 20's durring day and 0 at night.
 
I have also found I use less fuel to keep the house at a constant temp than lowering temp during the day or at night. I know this does not make sense but it works for some reason in my house.

I found that out years ago with my oil furnace, takes a lot of energy to reheat , walls, furniture, ceiling and floor.
 
2-3 bags a day??? 3 bags a day @4 =12 x30= $360 /$2.30=1.56 gallons of oil....(that was the price i bought it at could be more now)
if you burn pellets to be green -ok
but if you are burning to save money.....consider on those brutally cold nights just running your furnace- or for ex if your stove has the room at 70 set the thermostat at 70 and not increase your pellet usage...
even 2.5 bags a day =70 bags almost 1.5 tons =~300 a month?
i like all stoves but once i go over 1.5 bags a day its time to start with the furnace.. if you have a furnace that is very ineff.. then i can see but many people burn to save money not realizing you are spending more....
when i run my stove and the temp goes up and the house goes to 80 so what cause when it drops (outside temp) it just settles right back to where it was!
*** i am not trying to start a war ... just to help those who want to save money....****
 
last year i burnt freedom fuel softwood and got at least 12 hours out of a 40# hopper with pellets to spare
this year i am burning stove chow, and i get about 10-10 1/2 hours and the hopper is empty, they are just crap pellets, tons of fines, lots of ash etc
 
I was kinda grousing about my St. Croix using more fuel this year than last year... my average was 1 bag per day but I was up to about 1 1/2 per day. My stove controls are analog... just one dial to raise/lower temp and a manual feed/hi fan rocker switch. I found the "hi fan" switch was on... it kicks up the combustion fan speed. I don't know exxactly how this effects the operation of the stove but with that switch "off" I'm back to one bag per day.
 
many might argue but with harman it is always better to run on stove mode......you can set your usage for temp etc.... room mode you cannot control when the sensor picks up any temp change it starts burning like mad to raise to what you have it set at... stove mode your room temp might go up or down but your usage will not change... its up to you to adjust according to what temp you want... i know in the winter i dont wanna use more than 1.5 bags a day so mine will get set to that on the coldest days..... sometimes i go to 2 bags aday (setting) for a short time (before bed and right when i get up) but that is only for 1-2 hours each way...
try setting the stove on 2.5 with a feed of 4-4.5 fan 3/4 try it see if it works and how far off from where you wanna be.... then go up .5 if you get over 3.5 turn your feed up... ideally you want the fire as close to the edge as possible without it shooting over burning pellets into the ash pan.....the closer to the edge the better the burn....but dont get burning pellets going over the edge .. if so the feed is to high
 
iceman said:
many might argue but with harman it is always better to run on stove mode......you can set your usage for temp etc.... room mode you cannot control when the sensor picks up any temp change it starts burning like mad to raise to what you have it set at... stove mode your room temp might go up or down but your usage will not change... its up to you to adjust according to what temp you want... i know in the winter i dont wanna use more than 1.5 bags a day so mine will get set to that on the coldest days..... sometimes i go to 2 bags aday (setting) for a short time (before bed and right when i get up) but that is only for 1-2 hours each way...
try setting the stove on 2.5 with a feed of 4-4.5 fan 3/4 try it see if it works and how far off from where you wanna be.... then go up .5 if you get over 3.5 turn your feed up... ideally you want the fire as close to the edge as possible without it shooting over burning pellets into the ash pan.....the closer to the edge the better the burn....but dont get burning pellets going over the edge .. if so the feed is to high
iceman, just curious how small a fire your getting on 2.5?....i've noticed anything under 3 is very small, and not much heat
 
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