Best Way to Utilize Harman XXV Settings

[slheinlein]

I recently purchased a Harman XXV and getting familiar with the stove temp and room temp settings. Any advice from owners as to which is more efficient or better to use? I have been mostly using the stove temp setting since that is what the installer suggested but I can also see the benefits of the room temp. Any information is appreciated.

 

[FireJumper]

Welcome ~ I'm sure if I can't shed some light on the situation there are plenty of others that can. So I will give it a shot..

Burning the unit in stove temp allows the unit to burn at an even pace or a certain amount of fuel per hour. So in stove temp you can determine exactly how much fuel you will use in any given day as where room temp allows the unit to use what fuel is necassary to maintain your set temperature. So it all depends on how you’re burning the unit in room temp. If you have it set at a reasonable temp. say 70 degrees and the stove can maintain that temp pretty regularly then you may save fuel. If you have the unit set to 80 then no, you probably won’t save much fuel.

Hope this helps a little

 

[GVA]

it's kinda like saying how do Honda accord owners get the best fuel economy... It's all in how you maintain it and use it, and the environment that it is in..(EDIT.......That is every user and situation is different)
I like to say it's all in experimenting between probe placement and the stove settings.
If your house is drafty I'd say stove temp would work but for a steady room temp put it in room temp mode, especially in the spring and fall when the sun starts coming in the windows, the rooms heat up and the stove shuts off rather than pumping out btu's to keep the stove at a certain temp.
Room temp= thermostaticly controlled heater
stove temp= wood stove simulator ;-)

 

[moog5]

I've been burning my XXV for two years now. It doesn't get anywhere near as cold here as New Hampshire, so my experience may not be what you are looking for.

Prior to buying my XXV, I burned a Whitfield for 10+ years. It was a very simple machine, it had auger speed settings 1-5, a manual adjustable blower speed, and no auto start ability. 80% of the time I let it burn 24-7 on the lowest setting. Most of the time the house was comfortable, but sometimes it was too hot and I would have to manually turn it off, other times it was a little too cold and I had to turn it up. I am not sure what if any difference there is between the Stove Temp mode and my old Whitfield, As I am not baking cookies in the XXV, I can't see any reason to want to keep the stove temp constant. All I care about is keeping the room comfortable...... not to mention the ambiance of the wood flame. The Room Temp function takes care of that.

In my opinion, running the XXV in Stove Temp mode is about like watching a color tv with the color settings set to "black & white". You can do it, but why would you want to (other than the capability of turning it into the fire viewing mode discussed in the 4th paragraph of page 15 in the owners manual)?

 

[masterswimmer]

I've got my XXV set to room temp @ 70 deg. The auger set at 4. It works. It ain't broke, so I'm not fixing it!

swimmer