Hello, A pellet newbie here in Central Maine. Today it was about 15 F.
A week ago 1/11/12 we bought our first pellet stove. Englander 55-SHP22. We really like it and mechanically it appears to be running perfect but I am a little disappointed in the amount of heat I am getting from it/how much of the house it is heating. I'm hoping that I wasn't expecting to much from it. I know its based on optimal criteria but the stove is rated for 2200sf. My house is just around that. Its an old home, two floors, the rooms are a bit cut up, ceilings are high, but is insulated well and has pretty good windows. When purchasing the stove I honestly thought if I could even get half of that (for the first floor) I would be happy. But I'm not getting anywhere near that at a comfortable temp. I installed the stove centrally on the first floor. The kitchen is to the right of that and the hallway (going upstairs) and other rooms to the left. In the stove room (194sf) I can get great heat. It's been up to 82. But on the kitchen counter 10' away it would b be 64. I can get circulation throughout other rooms with fans but can't get those temps to rise above 63. I see other posts here and from reading about other situations I feel that I should get more heat. When circulating I can see air movement through the door ways (streamers hanging in them for test) but maybe my heat is trapped in that stove room.
I called Englander today and explained this to a rep. He had be adjust my "Low Burn Air" to 9 from the factor setting of 4. With a few searches here I found statements that those settings are only for heat ranges of 1 or 2. So I question why he had me adjust that. Anyway after I did that the flame did seem to be better but I'm not sure it I just thought it was.
I'm keeping the stove really clean and have tried 3 different types of pellets. It didn't seem to make much of a difference in changing the heat output but some were "cleaner" than others - not as crumbly in the hopper.
Wasn't sure if I am missing something with my expectations. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you.
A week ago 1/11/12 we bought our first pellet stove. Englander 55-SHP22. We really like it and mechanically it appears to be running perfect but I am a little disappointed in the amount of heat I am getting from it/how much of the house it is heating. I'm hoping that I wasn't expecting to much from it. I know its based on optimal criteria but the stove is rated for 2200sf. My house is just around that. Its an old home, two floors, the rooms are a bit cut up, ceilings are high, but is insulated well and has pretty good windows. When purchasing the stove I honestly thought if I could even get half of that (for the first floor) I would be happy. But I'm not getting anywhere near that at a comfortable temp. I installed the stove centrally on the first floor. The kitchen is to the right of that and the hallway (going upstairs) and other rooms to the left. In the stove room (194sf) I can get great heat. It's been up to 82. But on the kitchen counter 10' away it would b be 64. I can get circulation throughout other rooms with fans but can't get those temps to rise above 63. I see other posts here and from reading about other situations I feel that I should get more heat. When circulating I can see air movement through the door ways (streamers hanging in them for test) but maybe my heat is trapped in that stove room.
I called Englander today and explained this to a rep. He had be adjust my "Low Burn Air" to 9 from the factor setting of 4. With a few searches here I found statements that those settings are only for heat ranges of 1 or 2. So I question why he had me adjust that. Anyway after I did that the flame did seem to be better but I'm not sure it I just thought it was.
I'm keeping the stove really clean and have tried 3 different types of pellets. It didn't seem to make much of a difference in changing the heat output but some were "cleaner" than others - not as crumbly in the hopper.
Wasn't sure if I am missing something with my expectations. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you.