Don't get me wrong, I love my 2 pellet stoves and my wood burning stove. It's at least 10 under tonight and I would hate to be giving the oil tycoons my hard earned cash on a night like tonight. That said, the claims made by pellet stove manufacturer's just seem wildly excessive.
So my Harman XXV (50,000 BTU's) purchased a year ago was considered good for 1700 sq ft. The exact same stove is now good for 2300 sq ft. Interesting!
My 2nd stove, a Quadra Fire Classic Bay 1200 was rated at 40,000 BTU's @ 2500 sq ft a few years ago but now is rated at 47,300 BTUs (very precise) and is good for 2700 sq ft.
Both stoves are manufactured by the same company.
Of course the * by these numbers indicates that the figure quoted is for guidance only and may differ slightly due to climate, building construction, ....
What this really means is that only a complete idiot would actualy believe what they are telling you.
My home is about 2500 sq ft and has 10+" of insulation in the attic but being some 30 years old is probably not really well insulated by modern standards. With both pellet stoves running on Okanagans I can easily maintain mid 70's throughout the house with an even and pretty small temperature spread around the house. Of course my wife wants to fill the wood stove at night and jack the temperature into the 80's but that's another story.
I seem to have the correct heat output now but I very much doubt if either stove individually would meet the manufacturers current claims.
What do you think?
So my Harman XXV (50,000 BTU's) purchased a year ago was considered good for 1700 sq ft. The exact same stove is now good for 2300 sq ft. Interesting!
My 2nd stove, a Quadra Fire Classic Bay 1200 was rated at 40,000 BTU's @ 2500 sq ft a few years ago but now is rated at 47,300 BTUs (very precise) and is good for 2700 sq ft.
Both stoves are manufactured by the same company.
Of course the * by these numbers indicates that the figure quoted is for guidance only and may differ slightly due to climate, building construction, ....
What this really means is that only a complete idiot would actualy believe what they are telling you.
My home is about 2500 sq ft and has 10+" of insulation in the attic but being some 30 years old is probably not really well insulated by modern standards. With both pellet stoves running on Okanagans I can easily maintain mid 70's throughout the house with an even and pretty small temperature spread around the house. Of course my wife wants to fill the wood stove at night and jack the temperature into the 80's but that's another story.
I seem to have the correct heat output now but I very much doubt if either stove individually would meet the manufacturers current claims.
What do you think?