How high are you running your pellet stove in this frigid weather

[Hot Foot]

Anywhere between heat level 6 and 9. It's going to be 7 here tonight in RI. My basement dwelling 25-PDV, is going to be slingin' some heat tonight.

 

[bogieb]

52i ran out of pellets while I was at work. House dropped to 68. BRRR! Restarted running in stove temp heat setting around 6 feed at 5 trying to re over the house back to 72. The. I’ll throttle it down a bit. It’s a balmy 6 degrees here in Smithville MO.


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Hu, I set the thermostat for the main floor stove at 69 so it doesn't start up until it hits 68. However, today is supposed to be windy, on top of the cold, so may be boosting that a degree or two.

 

[bostonfan49]

Fan speed on 4, Pellet feed on 1 for the first couple of hours, then back the fan down to 3 for the day/night...until we turn in. T-Stat set at 74-75. Outer rooms temps stay around 69-70. This past Wed-Sun 31st, overnight temps were -9,-2,-10,-6...tonight is supposed to be another-10. Daytime temps have averaged between 8-12. Have never run the stove on fan speed 5 and have permanently settled on feed 1 as the M55 just sends too many Pellets out...
Next week, Jan 5th/6th we’re looking at -4,-16 and -8,-16 for day and night....can’ wait Bill

 

[vinny11950]

Fan speed on 4, Pellet feed on 1 for the first couple of hours, then back the fan down to 3 for the day/night...until we turn in. T-Stat set at 74-75. Outer rooms temps stay around 69-70. This past Wed-Sun 31st, overnight temps were -9,-2,-10,-6...tonight is supposed to be another-10. Daytime temps have averaged between 8-12. Have never run the stove on fan speed 5 and have permanently settled on feed 1 as the M55 just sends too many Pellets out...
Next week, Jan 5th/6th we’re looking at -4,-16 and -8,-16 for day and night....can’ wait Bill

Next week is going to be brutal....

 

[Shane1]

With lignetics gold I was able to heat my first floor on 3 with my Englander. Regular lignetics or drycreek I'm at 5-6

 

[Indiana]

It was 8 degrees this morning and My englander 10cpm jas been cranking on #8 of 9 for 3 days. Im able to maintain 68-70 during the day. By morning I'm at 62. Im going thru 2 bags a day.

 

[Icemanxxxv]

Tweaked the stove settings last night. Not quite the results I was hoping to get. Woke up the house was 64. Outside air temp was -10. Working to recover the house right now.

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[Pete Zahria]

Next week is going to be brutal....

This morning was no picnic... -10°

Dan

 

[Icemanxxxv]

This morning was no picnic... -10°

Dan

I KNOW I'M WORKING THE FLIGHT LINE TODAY

 

[P51mustang]

We had -29 degrees this morning here in "The North Country" area of upstate, NY.....Evidently we're going to get a couple days this week with highs in the low 20's and then back down into negative temps. for late week and weekend....

 

[Hiskid]

Minus 10 here this Am in south central PA. Serenity on #3 keeping the South side LR and kitchen a 72. The 95+ propane furnace keeping the north side at 72. It comes on every half hour at these temps and runs for a few minutes keeps the br's and bath at 70. The whole north side is being hit with nw winds. The underside of the mobile got to 34. Almost hit the switch for the water line heat tape.

 

[Don2222]

Hello
It is currently 12 Deg Outside and the P61a-2 in our approx 2k sq ft split is heating the house comfortably.
The stove took over our center chimney with the Selkirk masonry kit that pulls in the fresh air around the liner. This way the stove is centered from side to side and also front to back with 2 registers cut into the living room and kitchen to pull up half of the heat coming out the front with a little ductwork.
The Big Blue Buderus boiler now has it’s own SS chimney behind the masonry one to keep it out of sight from the road.
The stove has the room probe extended up thru the wall in the living room for proper feedback
With the stove is in the basement and in room temp mode and the distribution fan above medium which also has a boost with an inline ductwork fan that helps to keep the living room and kitchen 72 Degs while the basement is 83 Degs while the bedrooms down the hall are 67 Degs to be comfortable for sleeping.
As the outside temp goes up or down, The stove automatically adjust for this temp, however sometimes we need to tweak it a tad but the dial remains around 72 Degs with the max feed rate just below 4.

 

[Deromax]

They're forcasting -26F for the next night, but at my place I often got 4-5 degrees lower than that. I think we'll shatter a new record!

Ravelli Monica goes between idle in the mid-day and level 2 out of 5 in the night, but the house is small and I use some electric baseboard in the basement and bathroom to supplement and even-out temp variation in the house. House temp at 72F.

 

[GeHmTS]

Running at 75F in room temp mode during the waking hours and 68F in the sleeping hours. I have electrical heating running at 68F. We're all nice and comfy.

 

[vinny11950]

I have electrical heating running at 68F

I have electric baseboard heaters too and try to use them as little as possible. If the bedroom doors close at night then it kicks on because the stove heat can't travel. Also I have a big electric baseboard heater in the basement set at 45 degrees to protect the water pipes. But even in the coldest days it rarely gets under 45 down there (only half insulated).

 

[tlc1976]

Thankfully I finally used up the last of the Kirtlands on Christmas Day. Got 3 tons of Pro Pellets for the rest of the season which should be more than enough. According to periodic visual glimpses of the thermometer, it's been 0-20F and from heat range 1-5 I've been running 2 in the day and 3 at night. Keeps it 75F at the stove, 70F at the middle of the house, and 66-68F at the back bedroom. I like the peace of mind of the extra headroom as it will only get colder. The Kirtlands I'd be running 4 maybe 5 right now. The difference at the stove air vent is considerable, and they burn cleaner to boot. I'm going through about 1.5 bags a day.

 

[Don2222]

Hello
It was almost -9 early this morning! Most schools have a 2 hr delay due to frost bite.
Stove kept the living room up to 64 while we were asleep!

 

[Jhawknseattle]

Man I live in western Washington and feel all of a sudden tropical in the 30s. I'm able to shut mine off during the day while the kids are at school and me and the better half are working. I get home and it's usually low 60s in the house, put the stove on max till we go to bed and kick it over to the lowest setting over night, back to max for the kids in the morning then off.

 

[EnglanderandHunstman]

sitting at 69 on my first floor, the hunstman wood stove in the basement is ripping some good ash and maple and the englander smart stove is cruising at manual mode setting 5.....17 outside here

 

[ekehoe]

I'm starting to think more and more that there's something wrong with my stove. I'm mid-coast Maine with the temps in single digits and below for the past two weeks. My Hampton GC60 has been running full bore 5 out of 5 (comb fan at 5, feed trim at 1), and my house struggles to reach 65. One day last week it didn't reach 60. I've been having issues with overflow, black soot on the window, and lazy flames...but I've been too cold to shut the damn thing down and do some work on it. Now we have this snow bomb about to hit, dammit. Well, if i lose power then I can clean it really deeply.

 

[EnglanderandHunstman]

thats frustrating....have you started with the easy stuff first? see how she does after a deep cleaning and before you shut it down give all seals and gaskets a check with a lighter and see if there is any air sucking into the firebox specifically. im getting the pellet stove super clean before this storm and a bunch of wood in the basement for that stove. expecting to lose power

 

[vinny11950]

I'm starting to think more and more that there's something wrong with my stove. I'm mid-coast Maine with the temps in single digits and below for the past two weeks. My Hampton GC60 has been running full bore 5 out of 5 (comb fan at 5, feed trim at 1), and my house struggles to reach 65. One day last week it didn't reach 60. I've been having issues with overflow, black soot on the window, and lazy flames...but I've been too cold to shut the damn thing down and do some work on it. Now we have this snow bomb about to hit, dammit. Well, if i lose power then I can clean it really deeply.

Sounds like a congested stove. Good luck.

 

[ekehoe]

thats frustrating....have you started with the easy stuff first? see how she does after a deep cleaning and before you shut it down give all seals and gaskets a check with a lighter and see if there is any air sucking into the firebox specifically. im getting the pellet stove super clean before this storm and a bunch of wood in the basement for that stove. expecting to lose power

Part of the reason she hasn't had a good cleaning is the cold...I didn't want to lose all the warmth we've built up. When it's -10 overnight, you get a little worried. Should be warm enough today to clean it out, and I'm going to take a couple hours to do it. Yeah, I know we'll lose power, we do every storm and get it back kinda late too...island has a lot of trees that are fond of power lines. I have no backup heat, and the generator isn't working, so we're gonna be chilly.

 

[ekehoe]

Sounds like a congested stove. Good luck.

I'm getting this feeling more and more. A good deep clean will happen today since the temps will be in the upper 20's and warm finally.

 

[alternativeheat]

As soon as I see single digits coming our way, or colder, I switch the P61a to Stove Temp Auto some place around level 4, feed rate 3-1/2 to 4 depending on pellet size. So right now it set at 4 temp and feed rate just under 4 by a line width and it's had been 11 outside ( it's warming up today for a day or two). But these settings up to near temp 5 allow me to stay at 2 bags per day and the oil heat to kick on 3-4 or so times in 24 hours and get some heat to some out rooms. Over night last night the heat did not kick on . It's a balancing act though because on oil heat the second floor can get too warm for sleeping. IF I run on the stove alone it goes into room temp mode feed rate 4 heat setting 75-80. Heating 1800 sq ft in a partially loose partially tight house.

They really screwed our kitchen up when installing new cabinets, opened a wall behind them and didn't reiinsulate before installing the cabinets, cold air blows across the kitchen floor there for 5-6 ft of baseboard.. But when I run kerosene heat in my basement shop the floors are then warm. I've got to do something about that kitchen wall, thinking of cutting holes in the back of each cabinet and blowing in insulation, that might be better than before the install. And I can fill under them as well.