I have just purchased a Harman pellet stove insert, and this coming winter will be my first heating season using the stove. I plan on using the stove as an additional/supplemantal heat source to my existing oil system. My question is, is it safe and standard procedure to run the stove 24/7 even when no one is home, or should it be run only when the house is occupied? Thanks a lot for your help.
Do you run pellet stoves 24/7
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I can understand your concern But as long as it is a good stove, correctly installed, it should be fine. They are designed to be run 24/7. We had one for 5 years on a digital thermostat. It was nice to wake up to a warm room and the glowing fire.
As you will hear from many who do, we run ours 24/7,
usually at least six months out of the year. Only shut
down for cleaning once a month.
Now in the fourth year burning with this one.
usually at least six months out of the year. Only shut
down for cleaning once a month.
Now in the fourth year burning with this one.
At home, the pellet stove at one end of the house runs all the time when we need heat. On the other end we have a wood stove that burns about an arm load of slab wood a day. We get a lot of creosote build up in the chimney because the fire is not very big but I clean it with a brush approx. 4 times a season.
At the store one pellet stove is always burning and two more are burning when someone is here.
Eric
At the store one pellet stove is always burning and two more are burning when someone is here.
Eric
It was definitely difficult for me to leave the stove burning when I left the house for extended periods of time. However, within two weeks my fears subsided and now it stays on 24/7. It is a lot easier to maintain a temp than to have the stove work hard when I get home from work to gain ground on a cool house. I've only burned 3 tons so far, but never had the slightest hiccup that gave reason for concern.
BubbRubb said:
Same here. Last year was my first year and I was very nervous leaving it on when I left and also when I went to bed. I'd wake up in the middle of the night just to check and make sure things were good. However, after a few weeks, my concerns were gone and my stove ran 24/7. As long as you have a quality stove, which Harman is, you will be OK.
Scott
Harman XXV
i only use the stove when im home and there, call me paranoid but i never left the wood stove going when i was not there as well in the past.
also i turn down the oil system to 55 when im gone as well
also i turn down the oil system to 55 when im gone as well
always left mine running, even went on vacation for a week in march and had my neighbor come over once a day to top off the hopper...
only thing I ever worried about when not home............. is the hopper lid snapped shut ;-)
only thing I ever worried about when not home............. is the hopper lid snapped shut ;-)
I run my insert 24/7, I shut it down for cleaning. I use it from Nov to March. If you get a good stove you will not have a worry.
i'd start mine at 4:00pm when i get home from work run it through the night till wife and kids leave the next morning and kept our house thremostat set at 50,and the way pellet prices are going i'll probly do the same this year to save on pellet use,i originaly planned to burn 24/7 but pellet prices and supply have me rethinking it. i'll have to see how supply is come later in the season
I've been using pellet stoves for 7 yrs now and I run mine 24/7 I have to I have electric heat. Just keep it clean.
Do you run your furnace 24/7? Same thing with a quality stove and quality install. I know it takes some time to get confidence, that's normal. Get comfortable with your stove, and then let it go. 5 years here burning 24/7, no issues other than a small utility bill.
I run my stove 24/7 as I also work from home. When I first got the stove
I was nervous about leaving it running when I left the house, but I am over
it now. Just make sure it has enough pellets and off I go.
I was nervous about leaving it running when I left the house, but I am over
it now. Just make sure it has enough pellets and off I go.
24, 7 and while away for a day or so. For longer than a couple of days I switch over to the oil furnace.
Stove installed Dec 15, 2008, except for an hour's down time to clean the stove it's been running 24/7. Don't even think about it when we go out. If we were to go out for longer than a day I would shut the stove down before we left and let the furnace heat the house.
We run ours 24/7. So many safety devices built right in. My wood stove never had them! I will admit that I always keep checking on the stove before going out or to bed. With a proper installation and scheduled maintenance, you should feel comfortable that this stove will perform as a safe heating device and without the need to worry as if you had gone off and left the iron on!
We run 24/7 as well minus shutdown time to clean. Never had a problem and it is nice to not run the furnace (propane here).
Bruce
Bruce
we run ours 24/7starting in late October this year till probably late April depending on the weather..this is my ONLY source of heat we CHOOSE to use..I honestly don't think we fired the furnace since we bought the stove in 2007
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