- Oct 21, 2011
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Was reading about a USS pellet stove. It said it burns 5.1 pounds of pellets per hour.
Is that about average?
Is that about average?
slackercruster said:Was reading about a USS pellet stove. It said it burns 5.1 pounds of pellets per hour.
Is that about average?
That sounds like it might be the consumption at the max feed rate. That would work out to about 3 bags a day. I think the general consensus around here is roughly 1 to 2 40lb. bags per day depending on weather, size of house, how well house is insulated, etc, etc... That's 1.667 to 3.33 lbs/hrslackercruster said:Was reading about a USS pellet stove. It said it burns 5.1 pounds of pellets per hour.
Is that about average?
DirtyDave said:I use 1.66 lbs per hour 2300sqft house cathedral ceilings and moderately well insulated maintains about 72 thruout house on low when its in the teens here at night, and I use ceiling fans to circulate air. Have never had the stove on 5 setting, 3 means opening the windows and venting or the ac kicks on auto at some point. 1 bag a day
superchips said:I usually burn ~1 bag/day 40 lbs.
However, when I had Woodfiber Inc's Hardwood pellets that claim 8000 BTU's cough cough
I burned 3 bags a day while watching the temp in the house go down.
DirtyDave said:I use 1.66 lbs per hour 2300sqft house cathedral ceilings and moderately well insulated maintains about 72 thruout house on low when its in the teens here at night, and I use ceiling fans to circulate air. Have never had the stove on 5 setting, 3 means opening the windows and venting or the ac kicks on auto at some point. 1 bag a day
My wife would freeze to death at those temps and i would never hear the end of it. Can not get lower than 72 (preferable 74-76) around here and thats upstairs. Yep.And it can eat some pellets.BradH70 said:DirtyDave said:I use 1.66 lbs per hour 2300sqft house cathedral ceilings and moderately well insulated maintains about 72 thruout house on low when its in the teens here at night, and I use ceiling fans to circulate air. Have never had the stove on 5 setting, 3 means opening the windows and venting or the ac kicks on auto at some point. 1 bag a day
Jeeeessss Your pellets must be partially radioactive! I'm heating 2200sq pretty easily with the t-stat set for 68* downstairs. The upstairs gets heat from natural convection and stays around 65-66. If it drops into the teens, the upstairs can go down to 63-64. With this, I go through ~1.25 bags per day which averages to about 2lbs/hr
I guess I could turn the t-stat up a few degrees but that would mean more pellets being burnt.
BradH70 said:DirtyDave said:I use 1.66 lbs per hour 2300sqft house cathedral ceilings and moderately well insulated maintains about 72 thruout house on low when its in the teens here at night, and I use ceiling fans to circulate air. Have never had the stove on 5 setting, 3 means opening the windows and venting or the ac kicks on auto at some point. 1 bag a day
Jeeeessss Your pellets must be partially radioactive! I'm heating 2200sq pretty easily with the t-stat set for 68* downstairs. The upstairs gets heat from natural convection and stays around 65-66. If it drops into the teens, the upstairs can go down to 63-64. With this, I go through ~1.25 bags per day which averages to about 2lbs/hr
I guess I could turn the t-stat up a few degrees but that would mean more pellets being burnt.
John97 said:Whatever the thermostat tells my Mt. Vernon to drop... :cheese:
It hasn't gone above a bag a day. Generally I bring up a bag in the morning and dump in what fits. Then the rest of the bag usually goes in at night to top off the hopper.
j-takeman said:Depending on the weather outside, I use an average of a bag a day. More when its colder. Can't figure out an average as I use a stat. Stove doesn't run but only when needed. So I just add a bag of fuel when it will fit in the hopper, Having a 3 bag hoper also makes life much easier. I can forget a day and still not need to worry I will have a cold stove when I get home.
Its ratings are 1.7 lbs/hr on low and 7.8 lbs/hr on hi. But this is actually a wild guess. The auger feeds volume of fuel to the burn pot. The volume will vary by weight/size with each brand of pellets out there. Bulk density varies greatly in pellet fuel. A greater density pellet will allow for more fuel. Size also plays a roll. Longer pellets will generally provide less volume compared to shorter fuel. I wouldn't get so hung up on pounds per hour.
We burn two bags a dayslackercruster said:Was reading about a USS pellet stove. It said it burns 5.1 pounds of pellets per hour.
Is that about average?
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