Classic Bay 1200 thermostat question, 24v or 12v - with pics

[pberardi]

I am chomping at the bit to light this thing..Just got it about a week ago and installed it tonight. Upgraded from an englander 55-SHP. The englander stove had the option to use a thermostat but it was not the greatest...would surge on and off so I opted to just use the feed settings.

This stove requires the thermostat be installed...I had a Honeywell thermostat that I used for my gas furnace.(pic attached) I am going to use this one for the pellet stove. I put the wires on W and R and connected them to my stove terminals. I just want to make sure the thermostat is the correct one for the pellet stove. Several of the posts online say the stove requires 24v, but my manual says 12v...and I have no idea what voltage my thermostat is. Also which setting should this be set on - Gas/Oil - Electric/Heat Pump?

I attached a picture of my pellet stock. Was able to secure 3 tons of Hamers for 250/pallet. Got a free ton of Lignetics with my stove. Hopefully 4 tons is enough for this winter Was not easy moving that by hand into the basement by myself.

Thermostat -

 

[Jaymaine34]

Can't tell from the picture and not sure about that thermostat but it needs to me a millivolt . It doesn't look correct to me .
The settings would be heat and fan on . Does it allow for a swing set ?

 

[pberardi]

Nope this is strictly set the temp and let it run.

 

[Jaymaine34]

Ok in that case I wouldn't use it . You want a swing set . It you could over fire the stove with short cycles .
I like the lux 500 unit ( it's a millivolt with swing set )
I set mine at 73 with a swing of 3 ( stove comes on at 70 shuts off at 76 )
There are many other units that will work but I found this unit to be the most cost affective (less than $20 if I recall )
I run mine on low with the feed gate almost all the way open ( I like longer run times ) gives a more even heat
It's a great stove ( I own 3 of them ) any questions feel free to ask

 

[Don2222]

Hello
I had a Lux 1500u from Lowes set to manual (no program) with the swing setting set to 8 which is 2 Deg swing and connected to RH and W on my Quad. That worked great! Since then I upgraded to the Lowe's Iris T-Stat so I can turn it on with my Iphone! I luv that.

 

[pberardi]

Jaymaine - Can you explain the feed gate?

 

[Papelletman]

The feed gate is inside of the hopper, the manual tells you you adjust it with the stove set on high so the flame comes out of the burn pot 4 to 6 inches.

Some people like to run their stoves on low not high, so they open their feed gate more.

 

[Papelletman]

Where did you buy your stove from?

 

[Jaymaine34]

Buy running it with the feed game wide open and heat setting on low . I get more even steady heat
( stove rungs longer )
Pellet consumption is about the same . Cb1200 in my opion is a great stove easy to clean and great heat

 

[pberardi]

Ok cool, I was looking for a suggestion on which thermostat to buy. Ill run out and grab one tomorrow when I am at home depot. Feed Gate is the thing in the manual they talk about with the set screw and wing nut? I leave my stove on basically 24/7 so I will need to figure out which setting is the best low or high.

I bought my stove from Ambler Fireplace in Ambler, PA I have a feeling im going to be spoiled over the Englander.

 

[Jaymaine34]

Yes it's inside the hopper there is a wing nut you loosen to move the gate up an down .

 

[pberardi]

sounds good, I will fire it up tomorrow and adjust accordingly. I am going to use the standard thermostat for now.