Pellet stove electricity costs............

[MCPO]

Just got my 04 Jan - 04 feb electric bill and the KWHR usage was practically identical with last years corresponding bill. I used just under 24 KWh per day both years. ($126 last yr $127 this yr)
This Jan-Feb time frame being an average of 5* colder than last and the first winter with my pellet stove it appears my stove might use less juice than the oil furnace does. I`m probably splitting hairs but still, I`m quite pleased with this.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Was the rest of the house as warm as it was with the furnace?

Matt

 

[MCPO]

Was the rest of the house as warm as it was with the furnace?

Matt

Oh yes, since I only use the pellet stove in the finished basement (some heat goes upstairs) but the oil furnace is really the prime source of heat for the first and second floors.

 

[tinkabranc]

It's great ain't it??

Both my electric and NG bill went down after I got the stove.
Guess the furnace used alot more juice than I had thought.
House is ALOT warmer now too.

 

[TomPajak]

mine runs at 1 amp while startup needs 4 amps...so pretty darn cheap in my opinion

 

[Shortstuff]

Using my Kill-A-Watt EZ meter for one month on my Castile told me that it cost me $9.44 to run my stove for one full month.

Steve

 

[dpwoods]

Master of Fire,

I see you are burning a Harman P38. I've got a Harman P61 with similar blowers and feed motor as yours. When it's idling along it uses about 100 watts, going to 130 watts when the feed motor kicks in.

I ran a Kill-a-Watt meter on the stove outlet for a couple weeks during the cold weather last month. The P61 used about 2½ KWh per day or 75 KWh per month of electricity. At our rates (increasing in March...) that amounts to about $6 per month to run the stove.

 

[Wet1]

Thank you oh great Master of Fire!

 

[MCPO]

Master of Fire,

I see you are burning a Harman P38. I've got a Harman P61 with similar blowers and feed motor as yours. When it's idling along it uses about 100 watts, going to 130 watts when the feed motor kicks in.

I ran a Kill-a-Watt meter on the stove outlet for a couple weeks during the cold weather last month. The P61 used about 2½ KWh per day or 75 KWh per month of electricity. At our rates (increasing in March...) that amounts to about $6 per month to run the stove.

75 KWh per month @.18 KWh delivered = $13.50 where I am.

 

[Whimpster]

In Nova Scotia 75KWh @ 0.11796 =$8.85 plus tax @13% =$10.00

 

[hearthtools]

This might help
here is some detailed voltage and amp charges for enviro