Hi all!
I just had an (broken link removed) installed on Thursday. The tech started me with a bag and was very patient and walked me through thing. Then I read the instructions and the instructions that came with the remote controlstat.
But it's Saturday night, and I just dumped bag five. This is a bag every 12 hours. The pellets are (broken link removed).
Well, you might say, that makes sense if you're heating a big room. Here's the thing, though: the room is 13 x 20 x 9. All of this BTU power to heat one room. I do not, BTW, have anything crazy going on like an open window or something.
(broken link removed). Pardon the kids' toys!
I have three half doorways in the room to keep the child in and to let the heat out. Without any fans set up to distribute the heat*, this is the only room that stays warm. The other rooms are 5 - 10 degrees cooler. (See asterisk note at bottom)
Now, the stove installation tech said that the default "medium" fire setting was optimal and not to put it on "low" (in the green area, for those of you with Avalons). I also made sure that the flame is proper (not lazy) and I have experimented with air settings and blower settings. That means heat = default middle "yellow" setting, blower = default yellow setting, side air intake slide = 1 or closed.
I had the thermostat at 68, but the room stayed 78. Well that was foolish so I turned the blower down; the temp went to 75. The room stayed at 78. So I did just now what the guy said not to do -- I turned the heat setting down to low (into the green). Now the stove seems to be putting out little heat to speak of and the chief problem is that when the remote controlstat tells the stove it's cold, the stove, having been switched to low heat, is going to take forever to get the room back to temp. Again, leaving it at medium means the temp never falls and stays at 75 and I burn 2 bags day and night.
Some questions...
What's your quick take on this whole arrangement?
The dealer doesn't sell pellets, he sells stoves. He has no interest in telling me to burn them up to make $$. Why would he give me a setting and tell me never to go below the default of medium?
For Avalon owners, why is it that medium feels like my mother-in-law's place in south Florida, but a notch below medium = a meat locker?
See below on the fan comment. Is ductwork a better choice for circulating heat than using fans?
Thanks all
* How big fans should be, and how fast they should circulate, I have no idea, so I haven't bought them yet. We have ceiling fans on reverse in other rooms, but without doorway fans in this main room, the heat doesn't seem to ever arrive in the other rooms. The wife was hoping the heat would travel up to the second story (each floor = 1,000 sq ft). The stove has the capacity to handle it but I am beginning to think that cutting ceiling holes and adding ducts would be the way to go.
I just had an (broken link removed) installed on Thursday. The tech started me with a bag and was very patient and walked me through thing. Then I read the instructions and the instructions that came with the remote controlstat.
But it's Saturday night, and I just dumped bag five. This is a bag every 12 hours. The pellets are (broken link removed).
Well, you might say, that makes sense if you're heating a big room. Here's the thing, though: the room is 13 x 20 x 9. All of this BTU power to heat one room. I do not, BTW, have anything crazy going on like an open window or something.
(broken link removed). Pardon the kids' toys!
I have three half doorways in the room to keep the child in and to let the heat out. Without any fans set up to distribute the heat*, this is the only room that stays warm. The other rooms are 5 - 10 degrees cooler. (See asterisk note at bottom)
Now, the stove installation tech said that the default "medium" fire setting was optimal and not to put it on "low" (in the green area, for those of you with Avalons). I also made sure that the flame is proper (not lazy) and I have experimented with air settings and blower settings. That means heat = default middle "yellow" setting, blower = default yellow setting, side air intake slide = 1 or closed.
I had the thermostat at 68, but the room stayed 78. Well that was foolish so I turned the blower down; the temp went to 75. The room stayed at 78. So I did just now what the guy said not to do -- I turned the heat setting down to low (into the green). Now the stove seems to be putting out little heat to speak of and the chief problem is that when the remote controlstat tells the stove it's cold, the stove, having been switched to low heat, is going to take forever to get the room back to temp. Again, leaving it at medium means the temp never falls and stays at 75 and I burn 2 bags day and night.
Some questions...
What's your quick take on this whole arrangement?
The dealer doesn't sell pellets, he sells stoves. He has no interest in telling me to burn them up to make $$. Why would he give me a setting and tell me never to go below the default of medium?
For Avalon owners, why is it that medium feels like my mother-in-law's place in south Florida, but a notch below medium = a meat locker?
See below on the fan comment. Is ductwork a better choice for circulating heat than using fans?
Thanks all
* How big fans should be, and how fast they should circulate, I have no idea, so I haven't bought them yet. We have ceiling fans on reverse in other rooms, but without doorway fans in this main room, the heat doesn't seem to ever arrive in the other rooms. The wife was hoping the heat would travel up to the second story (each floor = 1,000 sq ft). The stove has the capacity to handle it but I am beginning to think that cutting ceiling holes and adding ducts would be the way to go.
