Harman p68 excessive pellet use

[Shoe0402]

Hi guys I’ve posted before on here about my stove I got a few weeks ago. The stove is in my basement and I don’t have an oak installed yet. But it is using roughly a bag of pellets every 15-18 hours and I have the feed rate set to 4, stove heat mode, ignitor switch in auto (distribution blower runs in this mode all the time), and the temp dial to about 2. Seems like this is quite a bit of pellets. I do have the cable to hook it up for stove mode but didn’t know if it’s a good idea year. I have cleaned it well and cleaned the esp probe. Just wondering if this is normal or not. I have an englander stove upstairs and that would only use maybe a bag of pellets every 24 hours on a medium setting and on a low setting it will last me three days.

 

[Tonyray]

I have the p61A. 18 hours on one bag seems pretty damn good for the Beast 68. My house is not well insulated I go through a bag in about 14 hours. Feed rate 4. Keep the temperature dial around 73-74. I use room auto mode.

 

[rickwai]

If you are running in stove temp mode it is just throwing pellets to it with no regard of the room temp. If you have temp dial on 2 you are asking the stove to keep the esp probe at approx. 325f ish. It will feed on 4 or lower to maintain that. Run in room temp, stove will self regulate to maintain room and probably use less pellets.

 

[bogieb]

At this time of year you would probably do better to run it on room temp mode (with the room probe attached) and auto - as Tony suggests. This will allow the stove to shut down when the room is at the temp you want. Then it will start back up when the temp gets low. I don't have either of my stoves running 24/7 until the deep of winter.

This is probably a much bigger stove than you Englander, so I would definitely expect it to use more pellets just to idle. Plus, your upstairs probably gets solar gain during the day whereas you basement doesn't. My P61a (basement) runs much more than my P43 (main floor) and is responsible for roughly 2/3 of my pellet usage thru the season.

 

[articcatbill]

I have a P68 in my basement, that amount seems pretty normal to me. I leave mine on Stove mode (constant burn) set from 3-5 normally 4. Feed rate is always at the factory setting of 4, never mess with that.

When it is cold out I will use 2 bags a day easy. So depending on outside temps I am using 1-2+ bags a day. But it is heating my entire house.