Windowstats to the Rescue!!

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Post by titleist1 » Thu. Feb. 17, 2011 1:50 pm

Where is the off switch on this stove?!?!?!

I didn't pay attention to the weather forecast yesterday and loaded up the Mark III last night per usual. Weellllll it's 65* outside and its near 78* inside! :lol: Windowstats ARE open!

I think I'll let it burn out through the night tonight and give the stove and flue pipe a good cleaning on Sat when I get some time since it is supposed to get just as warm tomorrow.

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Thu. Feb. 17, 2011 7:50 pm

Coal-trol on the Keystoker90 no problem, everything just goes into hibernation. Don't get me wrong 28 years with Buderus hand fed, windowstats where used from time to time if I was not payning attention to the forecast.

 
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Post by cowentz » Fri. Feb. 18, 2011 2:40 pm

It was about 87 in the stove room / living room yesterday when I got home from work. Opened windows and got the stove temp down to about 225. I left the blower off today and cut the air knob back stove should be burning around 200 - 225 when I get home. I was going to let it go out but 70 deg today then back to the 40's this weekend


 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Fri. Feb. 18, 2011 2:48 pm

My wife has had the windowstats open today too. Its around 63* in Vernon. Stove is idling at 300* (probably could have knocked it back further this morning but meh...) stack is 140* draft is at 3. House is 77*.

Its nice to see my chimney can hold a draft in this warmer weather.

 
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Post by lowfog01 » Fri. Feb. 18, 2011 5:37 pm

I'm at 85* in the stove room with every window in the house open. My future son in law suggested we just let the stove go out. And I thought this guy had a lot on the ball. :( I tried to explain to him the results of taking such action, aside from losing membership in the one match club. First I'd have to shovel out all the unburned coal and ash. Then I'd have to rebuild my coalbed with around 50 lbs of new coal. That would entail getting another bag of match lite charcoal, too. But the worst part is I'd have to turn on the Natural Gas furnace to take the chill off the house at night. Obviously, he doesn't have a clue but a quick look into my crystal ball tells me he will when he is paying the bills. :lol: Take care, Lisa

 
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Post by paulfun » Fri. Feb. 18, 2011 5:57 pm

Yes Lisa when they start having to pay the bills they learn things they just cant comprehend now.

After years of trying to save some of my nieces and nefews from learning the hard way! About 1 year on thier own was all it took for my phone to ring and start asking questions about all those things I tried telling them about that they just didnt want to hear or understand.


 
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Post by titleist1 » Fri. Feb. 18, 2011 10:09 pm

lowfog01 wrote:I'm at 85* in the stove room with every window in the house open. My future son in law suggested we just let the stove go out. And I thought this guy had a lot on the ball. :( I tried to explain to him the results of taking such action, aside from losing membership in the one match club. First I'd have to shovel out all the unburned coal and ash. Then I'd have to rebuild my coalbed with around 50 lbs of new coal. That would entail getting another bag of match lite charcoal, too. But the worst part is I'd have to turn on the Natural Gas furnace to take the chill off the house at night. Obviously, he doesn't have a clue but a quick look into my crystal ball tells me he will when he is paying the bills. :lol: Take care, Lisa
I let mine go out today so that I could clean out the fly ash from the baffle, back of stove and flue pipe. But I won't get rid of all the ash from the grates. I'll shake it down real good, but there will still be enough of the larger chunks in there to cover the grates when I start the wood fire which will progress to the coal fire in about an hour's time just like ashcat's cool video.

 
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Post by grizzly2 » Sat. Feb. 19, 2011 5:46 am

Those ouside temperatures sound good to me. I noticed you folks who have had the windows open already this year live well south of me. We had 47* yesterday. That is the high temp for this year so far. I had the Hitzer on idle all day and it was just comfortable in the house. Unfortunately we always pay for an unseasonably warm spell with high winds when a cold front moves in again. Blew hard enough to blow an anvil off a stump yesterday. :eek2:

 
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Post by I'm On Fire » Sat. Feb. 19, 2011 7:47 am

Its pretty cold this morning, 39* and the wind is howling. Stove has been bumped up to 400*.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Feb. 19, 2011 9:19 am

He at least sounds teachable Lisa--I wish I could say the same for my 3 plus one potential--thank God the girls were farm raised :lol:
lowfog01 wrote:I'm at 85* in the stove room with every window in the house open. My future son in law suggested we just let the stove go out. And I thought this guy had a lot on the ball. :( I tried to explain to him the results of taking such action, aside from losing membership in the one match club. First I'd have to shovel out all the unburned coal and ash. Then I'd have to rebuild my coalbed with around 50 lbs of new coal. That would entail getting another bag of match lite charcoal, too. But the worst part is I'd have to turn on the Natural Gas furnace to take the chill off the house at night. Obviously, he doesn't have a clue but a quick look into my crystal ball tells me he will when he is paying the bills. :lol: Take care, Lisa

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