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Tim Killian
 
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Default How long does a bag of wood stove pellet last?

Greg O wrote:
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Tthe 40 lb bag. How long does it last, if say I burned a fire 8 hours
a day or longer? Thanks.


A better question would be how many BTU's per bag.
Greg




Wood pellets average 8200 BTU/pound, so a 40 pound bag has about 330K
BTUs. The newer stoves are probably 85%+ efficient, so that yields about
279K BTUs of delivered heat per 40# bag.