Hello all. I haven't been on in a while, but I wanted to pose a question or two. I have an 1840 Victorian home that I'm trying to figure how to save some money this coming winter with. I have a Oil boiler with cast iron radiators throughout the house and its seperated into multiple zones. I also have a Harman P68 centrally located in the house. The Pellet stove won't heat the whole house obviously, as it is a 3 story 4200sq ft house, but I keep hearing people talk about using the pellet stove to "suppliment" the oil boiler. Can someone explain this to me? If the boiler is running anyway, won't it cost more money to burn oil and pellets? I thought about turning off the boiler at times when I don't need full heat, but the boiler also supplies the hot water to the house and I've heard turning Boilers on and off are actually not good for it. I run the boiler at 180/200 in the winter, as I have been told this is the optimum temperature for Cast Iron Radiators. Can someone fill me in on their thoughts? I'm in the Plattsburgh, NY area. Pellets are running about $220 a ton right now. Oil is at $3.50.
-Justin
-Justin