ᐅ Heating System Reliability During Power Outages – What Are the Options?

Created on: 27 Feb 2018 12:01

Dear members,

This is my first post in the forum, and I am looking forward to becoming part of the community.

I work as an IT technician, and if I can offer any advice regarding home networking, home automation, etc., I am happy to share my knowledge and provide help at any time.

Regarding my concern:

I have a ground-source heat pump in my house that heats a cistern. For the particularly cold months, the system is supported by a water-based pellet stove, which is centrally located in the basement and also serves as a heating source. Unfortunately, there is only one chimney in the house connected to the pellet stove, and I would prefer not to have an external chimney added to the outside.

This means I am completely dependent on electricity and cannot heat during a power outage. Therefore, my question:

Does anyone in the forum know of a water-based hybrid stove that can be operated with either firewood or pellets, which I could install in place of the pellet stove in the basement?

So far, my search has been unsuccessful.

Thank you for your responses and efforts.

Best regards from Munich

Markus

Joedreck27 Feb 2018 22:02

#25

Oh, and technically probably impossible in this building.

Knallkörper27 Feb 2018 23:55

#26

Hello Freddy,

I have asked myself similar questions and actually see the power generator as the only reasonable solution.

You can either use a small device under 1000 watts with a standard outlet. That is enough for the heating. Or you use a three-phase diesel generator with more than 6 kW, which also powers the stove. I chose the latter and had a transfer switch (mains - generator) installed behind the meter during the new build.

world-e28 Feb 2018 06:15

#27

Knallkörper schrieb:
Hello Freddy,

I had similar questions and actually see only the generator as a practical solution.

You can either use a small device under 1000 watts with a standard outlet. That’s enough for heating. Or you use a three-phase diesel generator with over 6 kW, which also powers the stove. I chose the latter and had a transfer switch (grid – generator) installed behind the meter during the new build.

How often and for how long do you experience power outages that you consider the effort worthwhile? How often do you run the generator to ensure it works when needed?

blackm8828 Feb 2018 06:22

#28

Haha, IT people and their ideas.
I’m not taking care of the heating. With a maximum of 10 kW and a potentially high starting current, good luck with that.
But, I actually have an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for the turtle refrigerator.

wrobel28 Feb 2018 07:53

#29

Specki schrieb:
But then he would need a completely new piping system. That probably won’t work with the currently installed one, right, or am I mistaken?

Hello,

Yes, that is correct. I just wanted to point out the theoretical possibility.

Otherwise, only the emergency power generator is a viable solution.

Olli

Knallkörper28 Feb 2018 09:00

#30

World-e schrieb:
How often and for how long have you experienced power outages that make it worthwhile for you to go through the effort?

This is not about assessing the network stability in the past, but about the ability to be self-sufficient for several days during a major blackout.

ᐅ Heating System Reliability During Power Outages – What Are the Options?

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