I have had the Solar (72 sq ft of flat-plate air collectors on the roof, actively pumped into a rock-bed) on for a few weeks to get an early start on warming for the winter... the tree still has all of it's leaves, so it only runs a few hours a day.
We have burned a couple of fireboxes full of junk mail in the last few weeks, a little extra warmth for a few minutes, but nothing meaningful.
Today I fired up the junk mail, added a few small pieces of kindling, then two full-sized logs (merely 4" x 16") to the wood cook stove we live around... a Green/Creme Meteor from the early 20th century... it raised the house temp from 63 to 67 in about an hour... just enough to back the chill down.
The Solar ran from 1:30 to 3:00 and again from about 4:30 and is still going (thermal inertia incollectors) as the sun is going down (6 PM DST). It ran this morning too, but I don't know the times.
I need to prune the tree more... Leaves are yellow in all the mountains but not the Bosque yet. Another month before they begin to fall. I'll try to track the Solar...
I need to close in the Sunroom before another month passes. Everything but the Roof and Windows are done... a little framing for the clerestories still... so once that is done, I will plastic in the windows and begin putting in the real ones... that should work for this winter. Should.
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