Coal Chubby's May Be Back ?
- jpete
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- Posts: 10829
- Joined: Thu. Nov. 22, 2007 9:52 am
- Location: Warwick, RI
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Mk II
- Coal Size/Type: Stove, Nut, Pea
- Other Heating: Dino juice
I'm still "working" on mine. Might have to get hopping after the holidays. My in laws are looking for alternative heat but have a fair amount of wood right now and it's not cold enough to push them over the edge to coal....yet.
Is that a HVAC air return next to the stove? Can you run the fan and circulate the hot air a little better without stealing too much draft from the stove?JBorden wrote:Well I have my hearth done and my chubby installed. So far with the help from one of my friends and Larry's video everything is working well . The heat that it throws off is great, it feels so much better than oil and much cheaper! I have been running the stove at 300°-325° and my house is between 72°and 75°. Its been in the mid 40s at night and the upper 50s during the day for the last two days since I have had the chubby lit. Here are a couple of pic's of my set up.
- tcalo
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- Posts: 2068
- Joined: Tue. Dec. 13, 2011 4:57 pm
- Location: Long Island, New York
- Baseburners & Antiques: Crawford 40
- Coal Size/Type: Nut/stove anthracite
My stove is tucked away in the far corner of my house. Not the best location, but it was already there when we bought the house. It actually works out good now since that room is dedicated to just the stove. Easy access to the garage, basement and backyard make loading wood, coal and dumping ash easy. The down side was that one side of my house would be extremely warm while the other side was cool. It would take hours to get an even temperature throughout. I installed a duct system to move the warm air around, best investment ever! Keeps the house at a steady, comfortable temperature without stealing draft or too much heat from the stove. Now I don't have to run the stove at such a high temperature to try to get the far end of the house warm, plus it saves precious fuel consumption. Wife was extremely happy too, since she doesn't like the cold at all!
Currently we have a Harman Wood/Coal furnace running in the cellar.Right now we choose to burn coal in that-but glad we have the option too. In the living room we have a Vermont Vigilant-woodstove. We also lov that,even though its a bit messier,I still lov it,and run it pretty much daily. The Chubby we bought off Craigs List is hooked up in the garage.It was an older model,no blower,but in good condition,just had to do a paint job-gaskets,and ordered the new improved door and ashpan.Larrys a good guy to do business with too.We also lov that.Its a handsome chubby little stove,we have the Sr.,and when its fired up does a decent job of throwing heat in the one insulated bay.We have a small corner fan to run behind it. Very happy with all our 2nd hand purchases.
- Ciscoborb
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- Posts: 35
- Joined: Sat. Nov. 06, 2010 8:31 am
- Location: Greenwich NY
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Keystoker 90K
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Alaska Kodiak
I purchased a Chubby today. I Got a Chubby!
- jjs777_fzr
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- Posts: 190
- Joined: Wed. Jan. 07, 2009 8:17 pm
- Location: Northshore Massachusetts
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Penn Coal Stove & Chubby
- Other Heating: CFM Wood Stove & Englander 25-PDVC Pellet Stove
I'm liking my temp monitor w/alarm I got from a fella over at hearth.com
The thermal couple wire is attached magnetically to the side of the stove and a few feet away sits the LED monitor w/temp alarm.
Since the Chubby is located in the basement - I used a old laptop (1999 era) and an even older webcam pointed at the LED.
Then I use yahoo im logged in and with web cam on.
Here's what I get from any pc.
The yim (yahoo im) userid for the pc - webcam combo is logged in as penncoal since at the time I was using the penn coal stove not the Chubby. I guess I have to create a new userid as Chubby Stove.
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The thermal couple wire is attached magnetically to the side of the stove and a few feet away sits the LED monitor w/temp alarm.
Since the Chubby is located in the basement - I used a old laptop (1999 era) and an even older webcam pointed at the LED.
Then I use yahoo im logged in and with web cam on.
Here's what I get from any pc.
The yim (yahoo im) userid for the pc - webcam combo is logged in as penncoal since at the time I was using the penn coal stove not the Chubby. I guess I have to create a new userid as Chubby Stove.
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