NH Ch9 forecast of -12 Deg F - Can your stove handle it? or what supplemental heat will you use?

Hello

It has not been -12 around here for many, many years! Also a huge snowstorm! Many schools already closed down for tomorrow! 6-12 inches forecasted!

If Harmy1 (P61a) cannot hack it, I will kick in Harmy2 (P61a) for double the wood pellet heat!

Click on pic to enlarge and see full forecast! Yikes
Storm has a name now "Hercules"

 

Hope you have better luck with those pellet stoves than I did. Tried two of them for one season several years ago. That winter was above normal for us and I used 8 ton andcouldn't get the house any warmer than 68. Right now it is -26 here going down to -32 with a -41 windchill factored in. It is 78 in here right now and I have used about 2 and 1/2 cords so far this winter running 24/7. They just don't cut it up here. Good luck, stay warm.

 

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One was a Englander and the other was a canadian mfg.. I am sure the technology has advanced since then. Due to the set up of my house I had to try to move the heat around from the area of the stoves. I found that they would adequately heat the area they were in, but the heat was uneven in other areas. As well, I thought they were more labor intensive overall and needed a fair amount of electricity to operate. I am able to heat my whole house evenly on less than 4 cords a winter burning 24/7 with about 1/3 the work maintaining the stove(s). They may work down south where the winters are alot less severe, but up here they just don't produce what we need. A number of folks in this area tried them and found similar results. Right now you would have a hard time selling a used pellet stove in this area. They do make good room heaters though.

 

One stove should be able to heat a space that only requires 4 cords. Although the heat is often hard distribute evenly without a furnace or a bunch of fans everywhere

 

My point exactly, taking into consideration added on going stove maint., increased electricity cost to produce and move the heat, and the concept of convection heating vs. radiant heating,the pellet concept may work for some, especially those in more southern climes vs. the colder north country. I tried it up here as did a number of people and found that wood is the better alternative for here. If it works for some, great. I tried it and it was a bust for me. Keep warm.

 

Gotta do what works best for your situation...I think we all just want to save as much dough as we can!!

 

What makes me wonder is the 4 tons of cord wood usage. That is not a crazy amount of btus. A single pellet stove could easily produce the same. Roughly 4-5 tons equivalent if I am correct. Its just my curiosity really. The face of it seems like one stove would be adequate.

 

Yes this would make sense......I am not a fan of those box exchangers either.

 

I'd be interested in Mike H.'s efficiency numbers for the various Englander stoves.

 

Its not 4 ton of cordwood usage. It is 4 bush cord which runs me thru the entire heating season.

 

Oh sorry lol, I meant 4 cords not 4 tons of cordwood.......had pellets on the brain

 

MA, -10, 15 year old P61, 2000 square feet, NO problem.....AND even burning NEWPs!

 

I was closer to Dex....I filled it at 11PM, refilled it at 7AM....used about a bag, but, over a 24 hour period, I'll be around 2 bags, maybe a bit more with this cold....

 

as an aside, I am LOVING this cold! Makes me look forward to my trip to St Martin in March....anyone else been there? (hijack- opps)