Hitzer 30-95 Questions

rberq · Post by **rberq** » Fri. Jan. 21, 2011 10:33 am

I looked at a Hitzer 30-95 last week, and I have a couple questions.

1. I would be installing it in my living room. How do you fill the hopper without getting coal dust in the air? My coal “hods” are 2-foot lengths of stovepipe with a handle bolted to the side. When I pour coal from a bag into the pipe (in the garage) quite a lot of dust billows up, much more than I would want inside the house.

2. The ash drawer seemed very shallow and a bit flimsy. At a high burn rate, will it hold 12 hours of ash? Is it a problem carrying it through the house without fly ash going everywhere? Is it rigid enough to carry one-handed? Does it come with a cover, or have people made covers for them?

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Fri. Jan. 21, 2011 11:15 am

The 'rents have a 503 insert...
Same hopper design and same loading situation...
2 gal pump sprayer with misting water on the coal in the hod in the basement...
No black dust at the stove...
When I do my hopper fed DSM I do it dry...
The coal dust falls into the hopper...
There is a draft that pulls the floating dust into the stove thru the hopper...
I open the MPD for max draft when loading and shaking...
Hitzer makes a nice ash tote for their ash pans...
The 3 sided pan on the 503 is very sturdy...
Holds a full days worth of ashes...
Get a second or third ash pan...
and use it with the tote system...

oliver power · Post by **oliver power** » Fri. Jan. 21, 2011 1:02 pm

CapeCoaler wrote:The 'rents have a 503 insert...
Same hopper design and same loading situation...
2 gal pump sprayer with misting water on the coal in the hod in the basement...
No black dust at the stove...
When I do my hopper fed DSM I do it dry...
The coal dust falls into the hopper...
There is a draft that pulls the floating dust into the stove thru the hopper...
I open the MPD for max draft when loading and shaking...
Hitzer makes a nice ash tote for their ash pans...
The 3 sided pan on the 503 is very sturdy...
Holds a full days worth of ashes...
Get a second or third ash pan...
and use it with the tote system...

I have nothing to add to Capecoalers reply. "Draft pulls coal dust into hopper".

grizzly2 · Post by **grizzly2** » Sat. Jan. 22, 2011 2:14 pm

I use the traditional coal scuttle, and just poor slowly into the hopper. The coal is oiled (the way I buy it). When dusting the mantle behind the stove I will see a little black on the dust cloth. It does not seem to fly all over the room. I cary the ash pan out with one hand so I can get the doors as I go. I can usually get 24 hours out of an ash pan, but when burning hard I will empty morning and evening when I refill the hopper. I move slowly with the pan through the house so I don't create a ash storm. If it is breezy out, don't open the door and just stand there because the breeze does stir up the ash.

All this said, I get about the same amount of ash dust in the house as I did with the wood stove. If you"re fussy, you will need to dust the stove room every 2 or 3 days. If you are me you will dust once a week max.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Sat. Jan. 22, 2011 5:26 pm

Once a week??? Holy Crap

rberq · Post by **rberq** » Sat. Jan. 22, 2011 9:11 pm

Over-achiever.

EasyRay · Post by **EasyRay** » Sun. Jan. 23, 2011 12:15 pm

I never dust. Thats not my part of my job classification.