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Well, I thought that too, but I gotta tell ya that running sunflower on low and -5, my house temp is increasing 3.5 degrees in about a half hour to forty five minutes, and that is on the second floor the stove is on the first. it is definatelly hotter burning even using the lowest settings. I am gonna let it set this way for awhile and see how pellet usage goes. Only down turn I can see is that it is turning off and on more often using the ignitor more. The savings in pellets, if it is significant may be worth an occasional extra ignitor.
Gotta love the gimmicks all these stoves have, i got sunflower mode too, called crank it to a 3, open the damper, crank up the combustion speed in the + with a lil screwdriver
Thats why I felt it was sending more heat out the exhaust.
Pellet-King said:
Gotta love the gimmicks all these stoves have, i got sunflower mode too, called crank it to a 3, open the damper, crank up the combustion speed in the + with a lil screwdriver
Gotta love the gimmicks all these stoves have, i got sunflower mode too, called crank it to a 3, open the damper, crank up the combustion speed in the + with a lil screwdriver
Gotta love the gimmicks all these stoves have, i got sunflower mode too, called crank it to a 3, open the damper, crank up the combustion speed in the + with a lil screwdriver
Gotta love the gimmicks all these stoves have, i got sunflower mode too, called crank it to a 3, open the damper, crank up the combustion speed in the + with a lil screwdriver
For once I can agree with this guy(green thing). Not recommended to burn deer corn. You want feed corn they feed livestock. No sugars added to gum things up! ;-)
Thats why I felt it was sending more heat out the exhaust.
Hi Smokey, Yes some of the extra heat will go out the exhaust. But the percentage of extra heat which radiates off the stove is a lot greater due to the exhaust ports being at the bottom of baffle plate.