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Or you can just hit shift & tap 8--oh hell, I know it's cheatin---

Outstanding my friend--damn good investment weren't it. Yep, they're touchy lil lady's

saragnac wrote:It's 19 out right now and the stove is still not working too hard. I did a little math and since I started the stove (Oct 15) I'm on 50lb bag #9 which is under $70. If I was using the oil burner I would have gone through $300 in fuel and temps below 70. Another friend stopped by who was days away from buying a pellet stove and has now ordered the DVC-500. He stopped by about three times to check out my set up. He loves the fact that there is absolutely no odor in the house and can't get enough of the radiant heat.

Last year I couldn't get 10 days out of 100 gallons of oil, this year is going to be different.

Rob R. wrote:

saragnac wrote:It's 19 out right now and the stove is still not working too hard. I did a little math and since I started the stove (Oct 15) I'm on 50lb bag #9 which is under $70. If I was using the oil burner I would have gone through $300 in fuel and temps below 70. Another friend stopped by who was days away from buying a pellet stove and has now ordered the DVC-500. He stopped by about three times to check out my set up. He loves the fact that there is absolutely no odor in the house and can't get enough of the radiant heat.

Last year I couldn't get 10 days out of 100 gallons of oil, this year is going to be different.

I bet that Harman is working this morning. About 10 degrees in my neighborhood, -7 in Saranac Lake.

Cold here too Rob! Got up this morning at 7am (slept in) and it was 9 degrees and blustery (-5 wind chill). Only a high of 22 today so good test. The house was about 68 when I got up which is glorious for me! I could really tell the difference though as both stove were quite a bit "lower" than normal. After I opened up the Herald and threw a couple scoops on, I went to shake it down and the whole pot just about collapsed into the pan! Good thing I'd let those 2 scoops catch or I might have lost it. Took me 20 min with the ash pan door open to get it rippin again as I was afraid to shake it any more till I knew it was gonna catch. Cruising along at 500 at the moment though! The Kitchen stove was also low so I tossed in a couple maple splits and opened er up. Soon as they caught I scooped on the coal and it was ripping again. Just that little bit of wood flame gets the superheated air flowing through the coals and lights off a good bit faster. Got to say I'm quite pleased with these two. Tonight's another single digit and teens day so maybe I'll shake and fill a little later then the 7pm I used last night!

I lit the little Glenwood yesterday morning. It's 15 outside right now. I have both stoves running easy at 350-400. The house is around 75 or so. I can walk around in my red flannel union suit in perfect comfort.
Since yesterday when I started the Glenwood No 9, it has consumed around 17 pounds of coal.

-8 this morning and the Harman is just purring along. I stoked it up about 10 last night and didn't expect the below zero temps so I didn't do anything special or heap it in to the max. I slept in a bit this morning and when I saw the temps I decided to get to the stove right away. To my surprise it was still doing great but it was a bit low, not low enough to worry about adding coal before shaking but I just smiled and gladly took good care of it. When I decided to get this stove as supplemental heat, I was hoping that I wouldn't need my oil burner until it got below zero......boy was I wrong! The main floor is plenty warm (mid 70's) and the second and third floors are just fine. I may not even need the oil furnace this winter since the Harman is keeping my house comfortable at -8 and I'm running her at about 500*. When it's -30 I'll push it up to 600 and see what happens.

At this point, even with the milder weather this season, I would have gone through about 400 gallons of fuel. I haven't checked lately but I don't even think I've gone through 2400 lbs of coal yet. By my math that's about 1/3 the heating costs. LOVING IT!

saragnac wrote:-8 this morning and the Harman is just purring along. I stoked it up about 10 last night and didn't expect the below zero temps so I didn't do anything special or heap it in to the max. I slept in a bit this morning and when I saw the temps I decided to get to the stove right away. To my surprise it was still doing great but it was a bit low, not low enough to worry about adding coal before shaking but I just smiled and gladly took good care of it. When I decided to get this stove as supplemental heat, I was hoping that I wouldn't need my oil burner until it got below zero......boy was I wrong! The main floor is plenty warm (mid 70's) and the second and third floors are just fine. I may not even need the oil furnace this winter since the Harman is keeping my house comfortable at -8 and I'm running her at about 500*. When it's -30 I'll push it up to 600 and see what happens.

At this point, even with the milder weather this season, I would have gone through about 400 gallons of fuel. I haven't checked lately but I don't even think I've gone through 2400 lbs of coal yet. By my math that's about 1/3 the heating costs. LOVING IT!

That's outstanding! At this rate you'll pay for that stove in the very first year! Nice going and as far as I'm concerned, the "heat" from coal is unbeatable. It's just so steady that you don't notice any real changes. Every other heat source I've used was always cycling up and down and the house always had drafts or cold spots. This year it a different place!

temperature here this morning was 18 . still running just the glenwood 111 . the room where the stove sits was 71 this morning the upstairs was 63 . stove temp. was 375 . I lit a wood fire in the hitzer in the basement to take off the chill . not to bad for this old house and the old stove .