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Mohomeowner

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I have an Englander pellet stove in my house. It's in the living room of the house. We really like it but for two things. It's kind of loud and it also uses about 250 watts (IIRC) when running (800 or so when the automatic light feature is running).

I have a single group 27 (I think) deep cycle battery. I plan to expand that to 2-3 batteries. But, I also want to be able to run a small deep freeze off the bank as well. My Englander can run for about 5 hours before depleting the battery....and that's completely discharging it. I would like to limit the discharge on the batteries to 40-60%.

I would like to run the stove off a battery and power inverter in the future for power outages. I need it to be able to run for about 10 hours without depleting the battery bank (my generator will be fired up every 6-10 hours so that's the reason for the 10 hours timeline)

So, what high quality stove would you recommend that can meet these two things? Low electrical use and low noise.
 
Thelin Parlour Stove......
 
I had an Avalon Astoria last year that used approx. 180 watts on normal burn. From what I see on the Travis Ind. website, most of their stoves run about that amount of watts. 400 watts on startup.

Travis Ind. stoves (Avalon & Lopi) are high quality stoves made in the USA. Also, very quiet stove.
 
My empress FS is very quiet. Have no idea however on amount of electrical it uses.
 
countk said:
My empress FS is very quiet. Have no idea however on amount of electrical it uses.

The Empress uses 500 watts max on startup, so I'll take a guess that normal running it will be around 225-250 watts.
 
Franks should be chiming in with one of his pride and joys, so I'll let him put forth that stove.
 
Mohomeowner said:
I have an Englander pellet stove in my house. It's in the living room of the house. We really like it but for two things. It's kind of loud and it also uses about 250 watts (IIRC) when running (800 or so when the automatic light feature is running).

I have a single group 27 (I think) deep cycle battery. I plan to expand that to 2-3 batteries. But, I also want to be able to run a small deep freeze off the bank as well. My Englander can run for about 5 hours before depleting the battery....and that's completely discharging it. I would like to limit the discharge on the batteries to 40-60%.

I would like to run the stove off a battery and power inverter in the future for power outages. I need it to be able to run for about 10 hours without depleting the battery bank (my generator will be fired up every 6-10 hours so that's the reason for the 10 hours timeline)

So, what high quality stove would you recommend that can meet these two things? Low electrical use and low noise.

Mt Vernon AE. It can even run directly off the batteries.
 
macman said:
I had an Avalon Astoria last year that used approx. 180 watts on normal burn. From what I see on the Travis Ind. website, most of their stoves run about that amount of watts. 400 watts on startup.

Travis Ind. stoves (Avalon & Lopi) are high quality stoves made in the USA. Also, very quiet stove.

those Avalon seem to have good reviews, always wonder why you got rid of it and got into the a bit noisier Englander.....
 
To the OP, I have a Quadrafire Santa Fe, their smallest model, and it runs VERY VERY quiet compared to my Englander.....don't know about the watts though..
 
geek said:
.....always wonder why you got rid of it and got into the a bit noisier Englander.....

MULTI-FUEL...can burn anything if wood pellets aren't available. Stove isn't all that noisy. I'd say maybe a little more, but my kids said they thought it was about the same.
 
Mohomeowner said:
So, what high quality stove would you recommend that can meet these two things? Low electrical use and low noise.

Take a look at the MT Vernon AE.
My UPS shows about 300-400W load with the igniter on. And right now it is showing 99W running on Med-Low.
 
Well since I don't see Franks chiming in I'll toss the Europa out there, it is basically a 12 volt DC stove with a built in trickle charger with a 120 volt power supply when running on high it consumes about 72 watts when the battery is being used. Nominal on 120 is approximately 120 watts. It doesn't use fans that are as large as a lot of pellet stoves so is quite quiet (I've heard one in operation). It is also a manual light stove.
 
Mohomeowner said:
I have an Englander pellet stove in my house. It's in the living room of the house. We really like it but for two things. It's kind of loud and it also uses about 250 watts (IIRC) when running (800 or so when the automatic light feature is running).

I have a single group 27 (I think) deep cycle battery. I plan to expand that to 2-3 batteries. But, I also want to be able to run a small deep freeze off the bank as well. My Englander can run for about 5 hours before depleting the battery....and that's completely discharging it. I would like to limit the discharge on the batteries to 40-60%.

I would like to run the stove off a battery and power inverter in the future for power outages. I need it to be able to run for about 10 hours without depleting the battery bank (my generator will be fired up every 6-10 hours so that's the reason for the 10 hours timeline)

So, what high quality stove would you recommend that can meet these two things? Low electrical use and low noise.

A lot of inverters will pull max amperage regardless of load being placed on it. I had a 400 watt inverter in my camper that would pull the same amperage with just my cell phone charging as it would with a 25" tv and satellite receiver plugged in.
 
my us stove 5510 manual says it draws 175 watts runing and 425 watts for ignition, so efficiency wise thats not too bad. it's probably not the quietest stove in the world, but it is tolerable. at $1,000 for the stove its much more reasonable and the astoria. dont get me wrong the avalon is a really nice stove, but $3,700 is a little steep for my pockets and most people's pockets.
 
Add a second battery....
 
fyrfightr said:
Mohomeowner said:
I have an Englander pellet stove in my house. It's in the living room of the house. We really like it but for two things. It's kind of loud and it also uses about 250 watts (IIRC) when running (800 or so when the automatic light feature is running).

I have a single group 27 (I think) deep cycle battery. I plan to expand that to 2-3 batteries. But, I also want to be able to run a small deep freeze off the bank as well. My Englander can run for about 5 hours before depleting the battery....and that's completely discharging it. I would like to limit the discharge on the batteries to 40-60%.

I would like to run the stove off a battery and power inverter in the future for power outages. I need it to be able to run for about 10 hours without depleting the battery bank (my generator will be fired up every 6-10 hours so that's the reason for the 10 hours timeline)

So, what high quality stove would you recommend that can meet these two things? Low electrical use and low noise.

A lot of inverters will pull max amperage regardless of load being placed on it. I had a 400 watt inverter in my camper that would pull the same amperage with just my cell phone charging as it would with a 25" tv and satellite receiver plugged in.

What? I think you may want to get another inverter. If that were true, there is no way the manufacturer could list efficiencies at all, let alone 88-90% I think there might have been something wrong with either your inverter or setup. The current drain/battery drain is completely dependent on the load in any properly setup system. So the larger the load, the faster the battery drain, and the other way around.

For the OP, my stove uses 40 to 70 watts when I set it up in Stove Temp mode. The room blower usually doesn't run the way I set it up so it is quiet in that mode.
 
Thanks for all the info. I'm going to look them all up. Greatly appreciate it!!

We have to heat about 1800 sqft....1500 main part and 300 master BR and bath. It's a new construction house and is very well insulated so the Englander does a good job keeping it warm but we would like it to be a little quieter and I'd like it to use a little less electricity so that I can put it on a battery and inverter.
 
Markcas123 said:
fyrfightr said:
Mohomeowner said:
I have an Englander pellet stove in my house. It's in the living room of the house. We really like it but for two things. It's kind of loud and it also uses about 250 watts (IIRC) when running (800 or so when the automatic light feature is running).

I have a single group 27 (I think) deep cycle battery. I plan to expand that to 2-3 batteries. But, I also want to be able to run a small deep freeze off the bank as well. My Englander can run for about 5 hours before depleting the battery....and that's completely discharging it. I would like to limit the discharge on the batteries to 40-60%.

I would like to run the stove off a battery and power inverter in the future for power outages. I need it to be able to run for about 10 hours without depleting the battery bank (my generator will be fired up every 6-10 hours so that's the reason for the 10 hours timeline)

So, what high quality stove would you recommend that can meet these two things? Low electrical use and low noise.

A lot of inverters will pull max amperage regardless of load being placed on it. I had a 400 watt inverter in my camper that would pull the same amperage with just my cell phone charging as it would with a 25" tv and satellite receiver plugged in.

What? I think you may want to get another inverter. If that were true, there is no way the manufacturer could list efficiencies at all, let alone 88-90% I think there might have been something wrong with either your inverter or setup. The current drain/battery drain is completely dependent on the load in any properly setup system. So the larger the load, the faster the battery drain, and the other way around.

For the OP, my stove uses 40 to 70 watts when I set it up in Stove Temp mode. The room blower usually doesn't run the way I set it up so it is quiet in that mode.

Actually most efficiency ratings are at 100% of the inverters rating. We did a lot of testing on different inverters which is why that inverter stayed in the camper when I sold it.
 
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