Pellet Stove Battery Backup ?

bigdog · 11-26-2022, 10:09 AM

Looking to purchase a battery backup to run my pellet stove (Harmon P61).
Second question, are battery backup devices specific to stove manufacturer ?

Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated !

Slickcraft · 11-26-2022, 10:33 AM

Harman has some suggestions:

https://www.harmanstoves.com/shoppin...age-no-problem

Alan

John Mercier · 11-26-2022, 10:33 AM

Slickcraft beat me to it.

Blue Thunder · 11-26-2022, 11:01 AM

I’ve had two different Harman stoves since 1997. They are the best, most reliable stoves money can buy. Having said that, their electronics are very sensitive. If you plan to do this make sure that you use the Tripp Lite back up that delivers pure sine wave power to the stove. Also know that you’ll need the space for a deep cycle battery next to the stove. Not very aesthetically pleasing to the eye especially if your stove is in your living space….

bigdog · 11-26-2022, 11:17 AM

Thank you everyone for your feedback !

brk-lnt · 11-28-2022, 07:43 AM

FWIW, we ran our Harman stove off of a couple of different "cheap" inverters, I doubt they had a clean sine wave, and had no problems.

As I recall, the power draw was fairly high when the stove with lighting, but not in operation. Depending on what you are trying to do, you might be able to get by with a smaller UPS, assuming that you don't need to have the stove light the pellets (you can always do the manual ignition in a pinch).

Keep in mind that most UPS batteries won't last more than a few years. If you are going to rely on the UPS, I would suggest doing a manual test of it every few months to give the batteries some discharge cycles, and also to ensure that they are still good enough to handle a large discharge current without running down unexpectedly. I've seen too many cases where someone puts a UPS in, and it gets little use for a couple of years and then in the first major outage it runs down in 15 minutes.

11-26-2022, 10:09 AM	#1
bigdog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central MA-Gilford Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 268 Thanked 108 Times in 89 Posts	Pellet Stove Battery Backup ? Looking to purchase a battery backup to run my pellet stove (Harmon P61). Second question, are battery backup devices specific to stove manufacturer ? Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated !

11-26-2022, 11:01 AM	#4
Blue Thunder Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Eastern MA & Frye Island/Sebago Lake, Maine Posts: 928 Thanks: 236 Thanked 310 Times in 145 Posts	I’ve had two different Harman stoves since 1997. They are the best, most reliable stoves money can buy. Having said that, their electronics are very sensitive. If you plan to do this make sure that you use the Tripp Lite back up that delivers pure sine wave power to the stove. Also know that you’ll need the space for a deep cycle battery next to the stove. Not very aesthetically pleasing to the eye especially if your stove is in your living space…. __________________ " Live for today because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come"

11-28-2022, 07:43 AM	#6
brk-lnt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Down Shores Posts: 1,916 Thanks: 518 Thanked 561 Times in 329 Posts	FWIW, we ran our Harman stove off of a couple of different "cheap" inverters, I doubt they had a clean sine wave, and had no problems. As I recall, the power draw was fairly high when the stove with lighting, but not in operation. Depending on what you are trying to do, you might be able to get by with a smaller UPS, assuming that you don't need to have the stove light the pellets (you can always do the manual ignition in a pinch). Keep in mind that most UPS batteries won't last more than a few years. If you are going to rely on the UPS, I would suggest doing a manual test of it every few months to give the batteries some discharge cycles, and also to ensure that they are still good enough to handle a large discharge current without running down unexpectedly. I've seen too many cases where someone puts a UPS in, and it gets little use for a couple of years and then in the first major outage it runs down in 15 minutes. __________________ [insert witty phrase here]

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11-26-2022, 10:33 AM	#2
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and West Alton Posts: 3,083 Thanks: 1,088 Thanked 1,869 Times in 858 Posts	Harman has some suggestions: https://www.harmanstoves.com/shoppin...age-no-problem Alan

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John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 1,951 Thanks: 1 Thanked 367 Times in 307 Posts	Slickcraft beat me to it.

11-26-2022, 11:17 AM	#5
bigdog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central MA-Gilford Posts: 1,336 Thanks: 268 Thanked 108 Times in 89 Posts	Thank you everyone for your feedback !