LP Stoves working fine.

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Rather that dig up the old thread about shopping shady sites ....

I picked up two off the 'Zon. One looks like traditional wood stove and the other more like a small fireplace. Both working fine. More eye pleasing than the ugly wall mount blue flame or infrared burners. Cost more, but I got a couple of deals stacked together to help

Heat has been more than adequate for the mild temps recently. Even on a couple of nights in the teens, they've done fine. I'm low on gas and can't get more until mid-January, so I haven't really cranked them up yet. I'd imagine I could easily get the house too warm with these. No moisture issues either so far.

Unpacked, assembled and installed both in about two hours or less.

 

[mindless1]

Why is there a skull in your stove?

 

[Greenman]

I'll go ahead and guess that you have a working carbon monoxide sensor in the house?

 

[Sukhoi]

I'll go ahead and guess that you have a working carbon monoxide sensor in the house?

Yeah uh the OP is using unvented propane heaters inside? For reals?

 

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Working fine. Good heat. Easy on gas.

Inflation? Not here. These buggers are almost $200 less for the pair than I paid for them.

 

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Burned off 5% of a 500 gallon tank last week. Below normal cold and I kept the house warmer than usual (68 instead of 62 or so) just to see what would happen.

 

[Greenman]

Yeah uh the OP is using unvented propane heaters inside? For reals?

Surprisingly, it's pretty common around here. My 2 year old home has an unvented gas fireplace. No make up air, no vent, just that sweet sweet carbon monoxide.
It might not be safe, but folks around here sure sleep well.

 

[Greenman]

Burned off 5% of a 500 gallon tank last week. Below normal cold and I kept the house warmer than usual (68 instead of 62 or so) just to see what would happen.

You should get a Canary.

 

[skyking]

Surprisingly, it's pretty common around here. My 2 year old home has an unvented gas fireplace. No make up air, no vent, just that sweet sweet carbon monoxide.
It might not be safe, but folks around here sure sleep well.

my issue is not the CO, that can be detected. It's the water vapor component of combustion. LP puts a lot of water into the house. In the winter that can be beneficial in dry air climates, but I am already running a dehumidifier to get to the sweet spot of 50%.

 

[Greenman]

Winter around here is very dry. My humidifier has been running none stop for the lase week or two. Just holding 45%.

 

[mindless1]

Winter around here is very dry. My humidifier has been running none stop for the lase week or two. Just holding 45%.

I'd consider that good, can't stand humid air. When I start getting static electricity shocks and the floor boards start creaking, that's when I look again at the thermostat humidity reading and consider increasing the furnace humidifier %.

 

[Greenman]

I'd consider that good, can't stand humid air. When I start getting static electricity shocks and the floor boards start creaking, that's when I look again at the thermostat humidity reading and consider increasing the furnace humidifier %.

That's exactly what happened. Couldn't touch anything without getting zapped, the dogs were afraid of us because they got a shock every time we touched them, a bit of trim split and a few seams opened.

I wanted to use a bypass humidifier on the main heating system, but because of how the system is placed and assembled, I'd have to build a new plenum, so I bought a portable. On the very driest day's it just hangs on to 40% and runs 24/7.

 

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Little guys are keeping up, but having a hard time doing it. Burning a lot of gas, but no electric to run the large furnace blower. Even with them running, humidity isn't really above 40%.

Uncharacteristically cold though. We don't usually have real cold spells of any length. We may get a few days at a time once or twice a winter, but this year we haven't have the warm periods in between. Barely over 50 much since late November. A few 60s, but we often have 70s in December and January.