cfat,

The feed setting controls how fast the auger is feeding fuel to the fire pot. If it is set too high you can actually end up wasting pellets because they will be pushed unburned into the ash pan. Where I live in the North East I keep my temperature set at around 73 degrees, the feed setting is set at 3, and the blower is mid range. This keeps my whole house warm. Occasionally I do use the fan to get some of the further away rooms a little warmer but this year I have not had to use it too often.

Hi cfrat,

As far as I know there is no way to reduce the sound. The blower will run at a very low speed until the stove reaches a specified temperature.

Hi iluvheat,

You are going to love your Harman, I do mine. I have mine set for room temp, at about 72 degrees, I have the feed set a little over 3, and the blower is set about in the middle. That seems to work best for me, but you may set yours a little different depending on your home. I am glad I could help. Wishing you and yours a very Happy and Healthy New Year. Stay warm.

DeeCee

Hi,

I was wondering what stove you purchased? We have had our first real cold spell and the stove is pumping some nice heat into the house. I work the early shift to cover any needed road salting and yesterday was the first day that I actually had to take out the salt truck.

Deecee

Hi iluvheat,

The Harman service where I live is very good, I can't speak for other areas. The Harman XXV and the Quadrafire Mt. Vernon are both very good stoves and both put out exceptional heat. The reason I chose the Harman XXV over the Mt. Vernon basically came down to ease of cleaning. The Harman is a bit easier to clean than the Mt. Vernon. There are no baffles to remove to clean get at the heat exchanger. The Harman monitors the room temperature by the use of temperature sensing probe, it is essentially a thermostat. Wherever you place is the spot that the temperature is monitored. The Harman can be set up for room temperature or stove temperature.The Harman feeds pellets from the bottom so it actually pushes out any ash that is in the burn pot. You still have to scrape the the burn pot occasionally to loosen any clinkers, but that is really easy to do. I actually owned a previous model of the Mt. Vernon and it was a work horse, just a lot of work to clean. I hope that I helped you. Please let me know what stove you decide to go with.

Western NY here. We got about 9 inches of snow last night, with more to come. Just had everything all clear of snow too. C'mon Spring hurry up and get here.

Hey Franny,

Wow...I was just a little off base there huh? Sorry about that. The Suncourt fan that I installed is corded. It has a 10 foot grounded cord. There are two speed settings on it. I think it is quiet. They do make a model TW208 that is hard wired.

It is a direct wire. The fan is super quiet. Even when you turn the fan to high it is very quiet compared to other stoves. They are a very, very nice stove. I have noticed that I actually use less pellets with the Harman compared to the Mt. Vernon. I think this is because it monitors the temperature so well and maintains whatever temp you have it set at versus the room reaching a specified temp on a thermostat and then shutting off and then restarting when it lowers. You will not be disappointed if you decide to install one.

I am burning pellets in this stove. What I like about this particular stove is that it uses a temperature sensing probe rather than a thermostat. It monitors and maintains whatever temp you set it at. If the room does start to overheat the stove will shut down. I installed a Suncourt TW108 through the wall fan in the upper part of my open stairway and it goes into our kitchen which is pretty big. Keeps the whole house nice and toasty. 7 degrees outside right now and it's a nice 75 in the house.

I purchased a new stove this year. After many, many hours of reading it was a very tough decision. I ended up getting the Harman XXV and I absolutely love it. Just wondering if anyone else on this site has one? So much easier clean than my old Quad Mt. Vernon non AE, loved the quad but it was time.