jdege said:Thanks for all the info, ran in stove temp last night on #1 and the down stairs was 72 (outside was only down to 38). I can see the benefit of stove temp when it gets colder outside.
Thanks again for all the advice.
lbcynya said:Oops, overheated the room = wasted pellets.
76brian said:lbcynya said:Oops, overheated the room = wasted pellets.
Just curious here, would the wasted pellets cost the same as replacing the ignitor as needed? Or in an extreme scenario, the same as fixing a burst pipe and water damage if the ignitor fails to light the stove when I'm not home?
I'm with you on the room temp thing, I would rather use that definitely. I left my P43 on stove temp for one day last week, on it's LOWEST setting, and in 18 hours I used up a bag of pellets. The house was toasty warm, very nice... but it was only just near the freezing point outside. It gets MUCH colder than that here later in the winter. This worries me. I was really hoping a bag would last me at the very least a day in my small house.
76brian said:lbcynya said:Oops, overheated the room = wasted pellets.
Just curious here, would the wasted pellets cost the same as replacing the ignitor as needed? Or in an extreme scenario, the same as fixing a burst pipe and water damage if the ignitor fails to light the stove when I'm not home?
I'm with you on the room temp thing, I would rather use that definitely. I left my P43 on stove temp for one day last week, on it's LOWEST setting, and in 18 hours I used up a bag of pellets. The house was toasty warm, very nice... but it was only just near the freezing point outside. It gets MUCH colder than that here later in the winter. This worries me. I was really hoping a bag would last me at the very least a day in my small house.
lbcynya said:jdege said:Thanks for all the info, ran in stove temp last night on #1 and the down stairs was 72 (outside was only down to 38). I can see the benefit of stove temp when it gets colder outside.
Thanks again for all the advice.
So, let's elaborate on your evaluation. Let's say last night was 38, but tonight will be 28, then your down stairs might be 68 instead of 72. So you raise your stove temp value to 2 and the next 28 degree night the down stairs is 72... Perfect. Now what if it warms up again and you forget to move the stove temp from 2 to 1 and you go down stairs on the 3rd day and the room is 76. Oops, overheated the room = wasted pellets.
Room temp = constant temp (for the most part) whether it's 38 or 28 outside. Food for though.
Some homes will react differently, so actual stove temp results may vary, but heat loss is heat loss, so you could overheat or underheat the room depending on the heat load required while on stove temp. Stove temp provides constant heat, but your heat requirement is far from constant in the winter. Temp, humididity, wind, sun, all are factors. Room temp DOES react to these external forces that impact comfort.
Either way, do what works for you. Just sharing the nitty gritty.
lbcynya said:Well, have you read the manual or any of the posts above?
76brian said:lbcynya said:Well, have you read the manual or any of the posts above?
Well thats pretty snarky... Maybe the wording of my post triggered that kind of attitude but it was not meant to. I genuinely think it would be cheaper to replace an ignitor every couple of years than it would be to use room temp or stove temp in manual mode, based on my experience setting my stove that way. The only thing I would worry about is the stove not lighting if I'm not there, causing a frozen pipe.
lbcynya said:During shoulder seasons, I run stove temp, switch on auto and I run the stove for 5-6 hours to take the chill out. Stove temp + auto will not let the stove shut down, it just turns on the distribution blower. I go through about a bag and a half a week (7 days) at this rate. Igniter is used 7 times, once per day.
lbcynya said:76brian said:lbcynya said:Well, have you read the manual or any of the posts above?
lbcynya said:During burning season, I run on room temp, switch on manual to prevent the stove from shutting down. During burning season the house always needs some heat to offset the losses, even if you set the stove back while you're not home. Setting the stove back will put it into maintenance burn which is roughly .75 lbs per hour. As noted above, room temp will likely fall quickly enough of cold, windy days for the stove to never reach maintenance burn levels. ?
Im not sure how the XXV operates in manual mode but the ACCENTRA distribution blower doesn't run continuously in manual mode unless you have the setting over 5 which is i believe 75 in room temp mode. the blower only comes on when stove temps go above 350 degrees i believe. this i didn't like. I don't understand why they would have it set like that.
noelp68 said:I just checked my stove out on room temp in manual and it seems to only go down to what I would call the lowest settings on stove mode, I can't see how that would save pellets, it seems to be the same as running the stove on stove temp low fan on 1 setting?
jedidiah578 said:lbcynya said:76brian said:lbcynya said:Well, have you read the manual or any of the posts above?
lbcynya said:During burning season, I run on room temp, switch on manual to prevent the stove from shutting down. During burning season the house always needs some heat to offset the losses, even if you set the stove back while you're not home. Setting the stove back will put it into maintenance burn which is roughly .75 lbs per hour. As noted above, room temp will likely fall quickly enough of cold, windy days for the stove to never reach maintenance burn levels. ?
Im not sure how the XXV operates in manual mode but the ACCENTRA distribution blower doesn't run continuously in manual mode unless you have the setting over 5 which is i believe 75 in room temp mode. the blower only comes on when stove temps go above 350 degrees i believe. this i didn't like. I don't understand why they would have it set like that.
Set the switch to auto and the blower "should" come on...
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