What Temperature Are You Maintaining?

HarMark3500 · Post by **HarMark3500** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:43 pm

Hey All!!

Over the last few days it has dropped into the single digits and has maintained temperatures below 15 for about a week. I typically keep the house fairly warm at 74 downstairs and 71 upstairs when outside temps are in the upper 20's and low 30's. Over the last few days i'm struggling to keep it at 72 downstairs and 66 upstairs by using only the coal furnace (harman sf-3500).

So, how are you all doing in the low temperatures?

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:48 pm

HarMark3500 wrote:Hey All!!

Over the last few days it has dropped into the single digits and has maintained temperatures below 15 for about a week. I typically keep the house fairly warm at 74 downstairs and 71 upstairs when outside temps are in the upper 20's and low 30's. Over the last few days i'm struggling to keep it at 72 downstairs and 66 upstairs by using only the coal furnace (harman sf-3500).

So, how are you all doing in the low temperatures?

4 degrees here presently, and I'm sitting in a room that is 71 degrees. Swings here go from 68 to 72. Boiler just an for 26 straight minutes. Now it is idling. Plenty in reserve.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:50 pm

-4* and the old hand-fired 50-93 keepin the old farm house at a comfy 73*

Smokeyja · Post by **Smokeyja** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:52 pm

75 inside 21 here . Going down to 10° tonight . In a very old farm house with original windows and glass and un-insulated floors Downstairs

Pancho · Post by **Pancho** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:53 pm

4 degrees outside, 72 degrees downstairs roughly 40ft from the heater. Upstairs.....prolly much warmer.

rberq · Post by **rberq** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:56 pm

HarMark3500 wrote:So, how are you all doing in the low temperatures?

We like indoor temps similar to yours. Tonight is predicted 13 below zero and lots of wind. When it gets that cold, I know the stove won't keep up, so I set it to about 400 degrees, set the wall thermostat to 72, and let oil take up the slack.

So far this will be only the second night this winter to do that.

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 6:57 pm

0 degrees outside here, with a forecast low of 2 degrees(above zero), windchill of -18. House is at 74 degrees right now.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:01 pm

After 21 minutes of idle time our boiler just fired again. That's 26 on and 21 off. Still 4 degrees outside here. Heading for -2 tonight.

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:14 pm

4* now, the temp dropped 7 degrees in 45 minutes

and 75* inside...got approx. 47 million BTU's in little white bags waiting to be unleashed!

say hello to my little friends! (machine guns firing, view more smiles not working)

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:19 pm

Currently 0 degrees Fahrenheit in the outskirts of Olean, NY.

73 downstairs
69 upstairs
350 over the load door
122 pumping thru the warm air supply

WNY · Post by **WNY** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:38 pm

I know most of you are running hand fired, my stoker is running close to the 500 degree mark and running almost max feed rate.
But keeping warm, we keep this big old house about 65.

I think it's Zero right now outside.

scalabro · Post by **scalabro** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:44 pm

You guys are all pyromaniacs!

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:47 pm

scalabro wrote:You guys are all pyromaniacs!

Hey...............I resemble that remark............

John27elec · Post by **John27elec** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:51 pm

I just bought a brand new Hitzer 50-93 last weekend, traded in the 30-95. Running 410F on stove, flue temp 148F I am super impressed with this, love this new stove so far. House is average temp in house is 75 degrees 2,000 sq ranch home. Outside temp -3 degrees

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Jan. 07, 2015 7:56 pm

Nice John. Good swap on the 50-93

-6 as we speak

What Temperature Are You Maintaining?

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