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Post by Smokeyja » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 12:34 pm

Nice job bliz! Does anyone know why there's a sailing ship pictured on the chubby or is it just decorative?
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Post by ONEDOLLAR » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 12:43 pm

The "Ship" I suspect has to do with the fact of Chubby's being made in the Plymouth MA area. (ala the Plimoth Stove Co.) A hat tip perhaps to the Pilgrims?

 
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Post by Smokeyja » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 12:46 pm

ONEDOLLAR wrote:The "Ship" I suspect has to do with the fact of Chubby's being made in the Plymouth MA area. (ala the Plimoth Stove Co.) A hat tip perhaps to the Pilgrims?
Makes sense dude! My wife is from Plymouth England and I stood at the Mayflower steps the first time I visited. Cool little stove.

 
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Post by blizzard87 » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 2:18 pm

Thanks smokey, I guess depending on when stove was made or maybe a option they always had the ship decoration that is pretty cool but they also had scroll work on the top of stove also that mine does not have. I will definitely be getting full fire view door. It will be nice to see that nice red glow in the dark . Picture is when I first fired up stove Saturday . Just a few more hours to countdown, I mean first shakedown. Lol.

 
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Post by tcalo » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 2:38 pm

I am heating a 1200 sq.ft. ranch with a Chubby Sr...no problem! The stove is located in the far corner of my house, tucked away in a room by itself. Not the most ideal spot but it was already there when we purchased the house. It actually works out great, keeps the mess confined. Our bedrooms are on the opposite end of where the stove is located, so they were always chilly. I installed a vent system through my attic to move the warm air around. Best investment, keeps the whole house in the mid 70 range. I usually run my stove 450-550. As far as 24 hour burn times I can't be too acurate. I mostly burn wood in my stove, I supplement with coal overnight. I am getting close to 10 hours with a full load of coal.

I am thinking about burning strictly coal next season. I've got a taste for it and love it! I would need to get my firepot modified with the new shaker system. I have one of the original Chubby stoves from back in the day. I have to open my ash door to get to the shaker arm. Problem is that the flyash goes everywhere when it falls into the ash pan. Very frustrating! No way to keep the mess down. I've talked to Larry and he said it shouldn't be a problem to upgrade my stove to the new shaker system. Anyone else have an old style shaker system on their Chubby stove? Larry told me that this was the first style shaker system the Chubby stoves were modified with. He said there was never a shaker system on them, you would have to poke through the bottom of the grate to get the ash to fall...yikes!

After learning that my magnetic thermometer was out of wack I borrowed my fathers ir gun to monitor the stove temps. I was only running my stove in the 350-450 range but the old magnetic thermometer was reading 650-750. When the temp droppped into the low 20's it seemed the stove had a hard time knocking the chill out of the air. I was afraid of overfiring the stove. So glad to find out she has more to give. Now I find myself having to crack a window once in a while! Stick with it my friend, these stoves could throw out some heat.

 
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Post by Smokeyja » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 3:31 pm

blizzard87 wrote:Thanks smokey, I guess depending on when stove was made or maybe a option they always had the ship decoration that is pretty cool but they also had scroll work on the top of stove also that mine does not have. I will definitely be getting full fire view door. It will be nice to see that nice red glow in the dark . Picture is when I first fired up stove Saturday . Just a few more hours to countdown, I mean first shakedown. Lol.
That's awesome that the parts are interchangeable I guess this one one reason why they are so popular!

 
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Post by blizzard87 » Sun. Jan. 29, 2012 4:00 pm

tcalo wrote:I am heating a 1200 sq.ft. ranch with a Chubby Sr...no problem! The stove is located in the far corner of my house, tucked away in a room by itself. Not the most ideal spot but it was already there when we purchased the house. It actually works out great, keeps the mess confined. Our bedrooms are on the opposite end of where the stove is located, so they were always chilly. I installed a vent system through my attic to move the warm air around. Best investment, keeps the whole house in the mid 70 range. I usually run my stove 450-550. As far as 24 hour burn times I can't be too acurate. I mostly burn wood in my stove, I supplement with coal overnight. I am getting close to 10 hours with a full load of coal.

I am thinking about burning strictly coal next season. I've got a taste for it and love it! I would need to get my firepot modified with the new shaker system. I have one of the original Chubby stoves from back in the day. I have to open my ash door to get to the shaker arm. Problem is that the flyash goes everywhere when it falls into the ash pan. Very frustrating! No way to keep the mess down. I've talked to Larry and he said it shouldn't be a problem to upgrade my stove to the new shaker system. Anyone else have an old style shaker system on their Chubby stove? Larry told me that this was the first style shaker system the Chubby stoves were modified with. He said there was never a shaker system on them, you would have to poke through the bottom of the grate to get the ash to fall...yikes!

After learning that my magnetic thermometer was out of wack I borrowed my fathers ir gun to monitor the stove temps. I was only running my stove in the 350-450 range but the old magnetic thermometer was reading 650-750. When the temp droppped into the low 20's it seemed the stove had a hard time knocking the chill out of the air. I was afraid of overfiring the stove. So glad to find out she has more to give. Now I find myself having to crack a window once in a while! Stick with it my friend, these stoves could throw out some heat.
I will most definitely be sticking with the stove. I just checked it and basement on side of stove steady 72 and burn pot only down a little and the whole surface area is a glowing red, so I know airflow is still good and stack temps and side stove temp still holding. My buderus would have been out by now. So hopefully if it decides to get a little colder than it has been I will for sure give a little more air and see what she can do. You hit the nail on the head about the magnetic thermometers being off. I use a infrared also.


 
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Post by blizzard87 » Tue. Jan. 31, 2012 5:25 pm

Update, stove has been going since saturday and temps have really been above normal here in ct. I do see a big difference between a convection stove that was installed and a radiant stove thats in now. When the wife comes home and says its not the same its not a good thing for me. I guess for what I would like out of a stove is convection and not radiant. The buderus at half the output did a better job at warming the upper levels naturally without the use of fans. I just hooked up a 4" computer fan to get some air movement and will see what happens. Its not the chubbies fault because it most definitely will pump some heat but I also do not want the 500 or more degree stove temps and use more fuel to get the same effect that the buderus can do. So I think I am opting to remove the chub and get the bigger buderus if I have no luck with the air movement. So if anyone is looking for a large chubby that has been overhauled I might have one up for sale. Again not the stoves fault but I think just not for my application.

 
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Post by nortcan » Tue. Jan. 31, 2012 5:34 pm

blizzard87 wrote:Update, stove has been going since saturday and temps have really been above normal here in ct. I do see a big difference between a convection stove that was installed and a radiant stove thats in now. When the wife comes home and says its not the same its not a good thing for me. I guess for what I would like out of a stove is convection and not radiant. The buderus at half the output did a better job at warming the upper levels naturally without the use of fans. I just hooked up a 4" computer fan to get some air movement and will see what happens. Its not the chubbies fault because it most definitely will pump some heat but I also do not want the 500 or more degree stove temps and use more fuel to get the same effect that the buderus can do. So I think I am opting to remove the chub and get the bigger buderus if I have no luck with the air movement. So if anyone is looking for a large chubby that has been overhauled I might have one up for sale. Again not the stoves fault but I think just not for my application.
Just a personnal question but I would like to know if Buderus still makes new stoves and do you have some photos if they do so? Where are made? Thanks.

 
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Post by blizzard87 » Tue. Jan. 31, 2012 5:47 pm

no, they do not them make anymore. they were imported to here back in the early 80's. I have a thread buderus juno install on here and I have the brochure posted. my stove is the 1012. its a shame that they are not made anymore they are pretty cool. BTU outputs are not that high but as I found out convection is a lot different than radiant. so for me, stove being in basement thats what I need. if it was on main floor it would be chubby all the way. I know someone that has a new one that they never used so I am going to grab it.

 
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Post by jjs777_fzr » Thu. Feb. 02, 2012 3:50 am

I'm going take a swing at this and from what I can see from your picture of the install location - I'd suspect its not so much the convective vs radiant but more like the Chubby is throwing heat 360 degrees. I'm guessing your buderus does not throw heat off in the back of the stove. The Chubby is what it is..and as much as I tend to like the stove someone had said 'It's just a cheap Parlor stove...' which ....it is what it is. I really wouldn't expect it to handle heating an upstairs living area when it is located in the basement (I know some do and it works for them).
For giggles I'm running my Chubby in the far corner of my basement. My basement is uninsulated concrete and field stone - about 75' long and between 22 and 25 feet wide. I'm able to heat the basement to about 68F on the coldest days we've had this year - down to about 9F in Mass but the temp swings around here have been dramatic so its not a real test.
So in your scenario the buderus is likley the better stove for your application and installed location.

Honestly I like the Chubby because there is no fan and it is a radiant stove.
I hate my pellet stove because it has fans - and as others have said...my wife and I are also sensitive to noise (I've worked in IT for over 22 years...I HATE white noise or any other color noise;)
I hate my wood stove when I am forced to turn on the blower.

Can someone make a noiseless fan ?

I digress.

Sorry to hear the Chubby is not working out for you - you should be able to sell it fairly easily - if the weather cooperates.

-john

 
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Post by blizzard87 » Thu. Feb. 02, 2012 5:23 am

The weather yesterday was a crazy 60, so of course house was a lot warmer. Some things I have noticed are, the chubby uses a lot less fuel I will be just going into my fourth bag since saturday, and I also have been running a small computer fan and see a big change in overall complete basement temp and the first floor came up a cple degrees because of airflow going up the stairway. No warm floors but ambient air warmer which I can live with. Fan is only 20 watts so the draw is not that bad but have to rely on the fan for the movement. I was looking for the sterling non powered fans but they are not available I guess. what I am so amazed at is the chub can throw 400-degrees out the side and my stack temp is 110 or less which is probably helping with the fuel consumption. I adjusted as low as I could yesterday and had no problem because of the warm weather. When I did that once with the buderus it went out. I am still going to get the other stove just in case but will experiment with fans and adjustments to see if I can keep the chub installed. I would really hate to remove it. Bliz

 
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Post by jjs777_fzr » Thu. Feb. 02, 2012 7:33 am

blizzard87 wrote: what I am so amazed at is the chub can throw 400-degrees out the side and my stack temp is 110 or less which is probably helping with the fuel consumption. Bliz
I've shot the IR gun at the sides and the top (where the top is cast iron and the sides are just steel) and there is a big difference - often more than 100 degrees difference between top and side temps - the top hitting the higher mark.
Shooting the bottom also shows upwards of 200F so if yours sitting on just a plain slab I'm betting more heat could be realized by putting something between the Chubby and the basement slab - rather than have the earth absorb the heat.

 
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Post by LsFarm » Thu. Feb. 02, 2012 8:35 am

There is a descent looking chubby with the convection ports and fan on ebay,, maybe since you like the chubby, but need more heat in the form of hot air, this might be the way to go? Sell your current Chubby, and put the one with convection and a fan to work. ???
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Post by blizzard87 » Thu. Feb. 02, 2012 8:41 am

I will check out the chub EBay tx. There is a heat shield avail. For the stove I opted not to buy, I'm sure if I install it , it will help radiate upward. It's not expensive


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