I did a full cleaning and leaf blower run on my stove since I am using hardwoods that it does not like and with my extended horizontal it becomes more troublesome. my horizontal run comes out under my deck stairs and puts the evl at the top end of specs. I think if I am going to continue to burn these 145 a ton pellets I should rethink my venting plan and box in a corner of one of the upstairs rooms and run my vent through the roof or find a good multifuel stove that will digest them better. I think the man burn issue is my venting which works great with softwoods but not so with most hardwoods.
I just flipped the stat and started liftoff since it is snowing and the temp is below 30. My heat pump rarely defrosts unless something is falling from the sky. It is going to get stupid cold and I need to get the basement warmed up so I can hold the strips at bay as much as possible until it drops below 10. My thermostat will shut the heat pump off below 10 degrees and then it is up to the strips and pellet stove.
I wish I could find a person with a castile or sante fe and see how Ozarks burn in their stove in comparison. Anyway time to go see how my first burn is going since cleaning.
I just flipped the stat and started liftoff since it is snowing and the temp is below 30. My heat pump rarely defrosts unless something is falling from the sky. It is going to get stupid cold and I need to get the basement warmed up so I can hold the strips at bay as much as possible until it drops below 10. My thermostat will shut the heat pump off below 10 degrees and then it is up to the strips and pellet stove.
I wish I could find a person with a castile or sante fe and see how Ozarks burn in their stove in comparison. Anyway time to go see how my first burn is going since cleaning.