I have a 2006 Harman Accentra 2 FS that I am running in a 32x24 log home built in 2008. Half the house is open floor to ceiling with an open loft in the other half and two bedrooms on the first floor under the loft area. I have extended my room temp probe (new) to be next to my oil burner thermostat just outside the door of the bedroom in the back corner of the house and down a short hallway. The total extension probably added 10’ of wire.
The temps here this week have been running in the high 30’s to low 40’s at night and into the mid 50’s during the day. With the room temp dial set at 68 degrees and auto ignite, it will keep the house comfortable during the day and evening ramping up and stalling down and even eventually shutting off completely during the night sometimes. My problem seems to be that when I get up in the morning and look at the oil burner thermostat it indicates the room temp is 64 and I keep feeling the stove should have kicked on and it is not. I will admit to being a NOVICE and still trying to fine tune my understanding of properly setting up the stove but does this sound correct? Is the thermostat or room temp dial tolerance greater than 3-4 degrees? Is the open floor plan not conducive to the current placement of the temp probe? Is it just that it is the “Shoulder Season” and I need to give it more time to get consistently colder?
I have read and re-read all the Room Temp/Auto threads I could find and am just still a little confused. I went completely through the stove cleaning the entire exhaust path including the ESP as well as the rest of the stove prior to installing.
The temps here this week have been running in the high 30’s to low 40’s at night and into the mid 50’s during the day. With the room temp dial set at 68 degrees and auto ignite, it will keep the house comfortable during the day and evening ramping up and stalling down and even eventually shutting off completely during the night sometimes. My problem seems to be that when I get up in the morning and look at the oil burner thermostat it indicates the room temp is 64 and I keep feeling the stove should have kicked on and it is not. I will admit to being a NOVICE and still trying to fine tune my understanding of properly setting up the stove but does this sound correct? Is the thermostat or room temp dial tolerance greater than 3-4 degrees? Is the open floor plan not conducive to the current placement of the temp probe? Is it just that it is the “Shoulder Season” and I need to give it more time to get consistently colder?
I have read and re-read all the Room Temp/Auto threads I could find and am just still a little confused. I went completely through the stove cleaning the entire exhaust path including the ESP as well as the rest of the stove prior to installing.
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