Cold Outside but Warm Inside!

 
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Post by wsherrick » Mon. Jan. 24, 2011 8:49 pm

Last night when I left for work around 3:00AM it was 8 below at my house. It is the coldest temperature I have seen on this mountain so far. I went out to start the car and walked back into my warm house. It was such a stark contrast! I have been keeping the Glenwood to around 450-500 degrees and have had the Stanley lit also but it has had its dampers fully shut and the MPD shut as well, so it is just idling. If I let the Stanley go at a cruising temperature as well I would be sweating in the house, even at these bitter temps.

 
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Post by grizzly2 » Wed. Jan. 26, 2011 8:00 am

I had -24* F. this past monday morning. When I got up the temp in the house was 66* and Hitzer running about 350*. I turned on the fan and opened up the draft to bring the stove up to 450* in about 3 hours the temp inside was up to 74*. I am very satisfied with this performance. I could have run the stove hotter of course, but prefer not to if I don't have to.

 
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Post by Tim » Sun. Jan. 30, 2011 4:39 am

Ol Man Winter is nickle and diming us to death here in central PA, no major storms just constant snow every other day it seems...Today I had to snowblow the yard!...made paths from the house to the shop and shop to the coal pile and ash dump!,,,we have 12" in the yard at the present time....and now they are saying there could be a GOOD STORM brewin that may hit come Wed.
Im ready for spring and Trout fishin!
Tim

 
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Post by Adamiscold » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 3:53 am

1* outside 75* inside, downstairs maybe a little cooler furnace is set to come Omar 71* and it hasn't turned on for away now. I tell you all that time and money spent on insulation has really paid off with this winters cold tempatures lowest we've seen is -17* and house never got below 73. I shake my stove down once a day and may or may not poke it. I rigged up a cheap version of snowman's long shaker handle and I must say it's a night and day difference when shaking the stove. My mpd is always open and I never touch it. My baro seems to aways be open and with my stive cranking at 600* (with the fan blowing on the tempature gauge side of the stove my stack temp never gets above 200* Fan sitting high up (top half of the stove) really gets the air moving through out the top floor of the house while the duct fan keeps the downstairs nice and warm.

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Post by JB Sparks » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 4:04 am

Hey Adam, Olivia must have you up this early. :) Glad to hear the Chubby is keeping you guys nice and warm.

If your cranking that stove at 600* all the time and only shaking once a day, you must be feeding it regularly throughout the day. That is great performance out of that little stove.

Rodger is still learning with his stove, He calls me with questions regularly, I think he is getting the hang of it but it will be tuff for him cuz his work day is so long.

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Post by Adamiscold » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 4:41 am

Daddy's little girl sleeps through the night, it's me with the problem! I sit here in the living room playing games on this phone and just listen to her move around in her bed and think how lucky I am to be a part of something so wonderful :)

I really feel after I changed the shaker handle I really got a nice groove with the stove. I'll throw coal on through out the day and sometimes at night even if I don't want too ;) the hardest part I have with the stove is during the day when the suns shining on the house and it gets 82-84* in here and the air vent is only open a sliver. By the time the suns gone my fire will be half gone and I need to get her fired back up again PITA!

But life is good and no complaints :) I told roger if he ever needed any help to just ask and that you knew how to get ahold of me. My doors always open :)

 
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Post by JB Sparks » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 4:49 am

What if you were to close down the MPD duing the day, you should be able to get it down to 350* doing that.

Thanks, I'll remind Roger that you are just around the corner. His biggest problem is that he is gone during the day for at least 12 to 14 hours a day. He has to learn to keep it going that long and still have enough fire lift to reload.

 
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Post by Adamiscold » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 8:50 am

JB Sparks wrote:What if you were to close down the MPD duing the day, you should be able to get it down to 350* doing that.
Jeff that would just make too much sense :?

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Post by JB Sparks » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 8:59 am

Adamiscold wrote:that would just make too much sense
:rofl:

I see you got the new door on, it looks terrific.

 
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Post by Adamiscold » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 9:10 am

Thanks! I love the door makes all the difference in the world! I forgot how bad it was before until I saw that Penn stove refurbished. It's so much better being able to just see inside the stove rather then having to open the door to see what's going on in side.


 
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Post by JB Sparks » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 9:26 am

Adamiscold wrote:It's so much better being able to just see inside the stove rather then having to open the door to see what's going on in side.
Man!! do I agree with that, I don't mind the small window in the Chubby but, my Harman has no window at all. I'm starting to figure a way to cut one into the load door. I'm looking into using Robax stove glass and rig some kind of mounting frame for it. The only place to put one in the door is the embossed lettering area of the door so it could bit a bit tricky.

 
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Post by Jack Magnum » Tue. Feb. 01, 2011 9:32 pm

I was minus 32 a few days ago & had the TL2000 draft set on 4 & stack was 300 degress while the inside wall temp was 80degrees yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!! Love coal heat...... I shake mine down every 14-16 hrs and at times when we have been on the road come back 20 hrs later without a problem....A friend of ours has to refuel her wood stove every 6 hrs. I'll never go back to wood. :D

 
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Post by grizzly2 » Wed. Feb. 02, 2011 3:34 am

I realy like those Chubby stoves. What is the deal with the "new door"? Don't Chubbys come with a window? I like that window with all the fancy work in front. The light inside realy shows off the design. Does it use isinglass, or curved ceramic or what?

 
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Post by Adamiscold » Wed. Feb. 02, 2011 7:27 am

grizzly2 wrote:I really like those Chubby stoves. What is the deal with the "new door"? Don't Chubbys come with a window? I like that window with all the fancy work in front. The light inside really shows off the design. Does it use isinglass, or curved ceramic or what?
The original door on the Chubby has a small window on it. The new door has the new design where you can see the fire lighting up the name on it. Both use mica for the window I believe it's 1 piece for the old door and 3 pieces for the new door.

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