Any tips for heat out put Breckwell Big E

[casino_boy]

Hello,
I'm replacing my USSC 6039 with a Breckwell Big E.
I like the idea of not buying 3 stirres a year and mybe a motor for it allso ever year.
I'v been nickeled and dimed to death with it (6039 USSC) and now the mother board i belive is going bad .
Time for some thing new.
I installed a Breckwell Big E and running on "4" and the draft door wide open.
But it doesnt seem to be putting out the same heat.
Any tricks or ideas?
Thanks

 

[imacman]

Hello,
I'm replacing my USSC 6039 with a Breckwell Big E.
I like the idea of not buying 3 stirres a year and mybe a motor for it allso ever year.
I'v been nickeled and dimed to death with it (6039 USSC) and now the mother board i belive is going bad .
Time for some thing new.
I installed a Breckwell Big E and running on "4" and the draft door wide open.
But it doesnt seem to be putting out the same heat.
Any tricks or ideas?
Thanks

Do a search on this forum, and i'm sure you'll find tons of info on the Big E. If that doesn't solve it, contact Eric (PM or email) at "Kinsman Stoves"...he's the resident expert on them here.

 

[buildingmaint]

WOW, if I ran mine on # 4 manual , I would die from the heat . Ran mine on #3 manual last year in 20 -25 degree weather last year and got my 700 sqft first floor to about 90-95 , how big of area are you trying to heat ? I use a ceiling fan in the room with the stove to spread the heat around . What temp is the air coming out of the heat exchange tubes ?Mine are well above 130 -150 .

 

[casino_boy]

I'm heating 1950 sq feet upstairs main floor.(new home 2 x 6 walls)
Heater in the unfinshed basement about in the center of home
and just a open door going upstairs also in the middle of home.
temps in the 0 to 10 degrees above 0.

 

[kinsmanstoves]

I'm heating 1950 sq feet upstairs main floor.(new home 2 x 6 walls)
Heater in the unfinshed basement about in the center of home
and just a open door going upstairs also in the middle of home.
temps in the 0 to 10 degrees above 0.

There is your problem. Put the stove upstairs or finish off the basement with insulation, drywall, and sometype of flooring.

The Big E is a spot heater and not a whole house furnace.


Eric

 

[casino_boy]

Thanks for the reply was hoping that the stove would do as well as the ussc stove without the $$$$ for parts each year.
I was to belive that it put out the same btu as the 6039 stove it replaced.
The old stove heated the space well encluding the up stairs usally at least 69 degress.
Only when we seen below 0 did the gas furnace kick in.
I was burning mostly corn so mybe i got more btu out of it.

 

[kinsmanstoves]

Thanks for the reply was hoping that the stove would do as well as the ussc stove without the $$$$ for parts each year.
I was to belive that it put out the same btu as the 6039 stove it replaced.
The old stove heated the space well encluding the up stairs usally at least 69 degress.
Only when we seen below 0 did the gas furnace kick in.
I was burning mostly corn so mybe i got more btu out of it.

The stove does not make the BTU. The fuel makes the BTU. One brand of stove can be better than another brand of stove by keeping the heat in the stove and putting it into the room but that is based on the stove. You will never get more BTU than what the fuel can produce. If a stove claims to be 80,000 input BTU it has to burn around 9.6 pounds of pellets per hour to reach that BTU. Do not believe everything you read from stove makers.

If you burn 4 lbs of corn per hour you will get somewhere around 24,000 or 28,000 output BTU minus what goes out the exhaust. (corn is estimated around 6,000 to 7,000 BTU per pound).
If you burn 4 lbs of pellets per hour you will get somewhere around 33,000 BTU minus what goes out the exhaust, (pellets estimated at 8,300 BTU per pound).

I hope this helps you.

Eric

 

[casino_boy]

So if I was to insulate the poured concret walls in my basement do you belive that this stove is capabile to heat my area.
I'm not holding you to it just in your opionion? Best guess.
What do you think?
Thanks

 

[kinsmanstoves]

So if I was to insulate the poured concret walls in my basement do you belive that this stove is capabile to heat my area.
I'm not holding you to it just in your opionion? Best guess.
What do you think?
Thanks

Pellet stoves are for spot heat not entire house furnaces. If you want that get the entire house heated with a pellet appliance get a furnace and not a stove. If you want heat upstairs with a Big E put the stove up there.

Eric