Pellet Stove Battery Backup ?

bigdog · 11-26-2022, 11:09 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, 11:33 AM

Harman has some suggestions:

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

Alan

John Mercier · 11-26-2022, 11:33 AM

Slickcraft beat me to it.

Blue Thunder · 11-26-2022, 12:01 PM

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, 12:17 PM

Thank you everyone for your feedback !

brk-lnt · 11-28-2022, 08:43 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, 11:09 AM	#1
bigdog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central MA-Gilford Posts: 1,451 Thanks: 346 Thanked 123 Times in 97 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, 12:01 PM	#4
Blue Thunder Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Eastern MA & Frye Island/Sebago Lake, Maine Posts: 952 Thanks: 253 Thanked 351 Times in 158 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, 08:43 AM	#6
brk-lnt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Down Shores Posts: 1,944 Thanks: 544 Thanked 570 Times in 335 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]

11-26-2022, 11:33 AM	#2
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,315 Thanks: 1,232 Thanked 2,103 Times in 960 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: 3,469 Thanks: 3 Thanked 609 Times in 503 Posts	Slickcraft beat me to it.

11-26-2022, 12:17 PM	#5
bigdog Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central MA-Gilford Posts: 1,451 Thanks: 346 Thanked 123 Times in 97 Posts	Thank you everyone for your feedback !