Advice on a stove

We have decided to purchase a Keystoker direct vent stove. We originally decided to get a 75k Bay window as we liked the looks of it and it is sufficient output for our needs. However, on thinking about it, if we move up to the 90k model, we can get it with a domestic water coil. I would not be able to have it plumbed for a while. Would running the stove without water in the coil damage the coil or pose other issues?

The metal would probably deterate pretty quickly without water to keep it at a cooler temperature . The coil sits right in the flame or very close to it at least . Just my opinion. Dave

I purchased a mag with watr coil last year and didnt have the coil setup for water so I left the ernd caps off and used the stove that way. I removed it this summer and wrapped it in newspaper and plugged the holes with washers\bolts. I did not notice any degredation of the coil but I only had it in the sove one season so I would like to know more about that myself. I think I will get around to setting this up for next season now that my stove is closer where I will install an elec water heater

Stainless steel should be pretty much indestructible in a small coal stove environment. In the boilers for BIG coal fired power plants they use SS shields, only 1/8 thick to protect the super heat tubes. The Super Heats see the highest temps and velocities in the boiler. They wear from the speeding fly ash hitting them.

BTW, if you want to sell the coil, contact me at xackley at hotmail.com
Let me know the dimensions and price. I want to add a coil to my LL Pocono.

Don

316L ss is raetd for 1700* continous heat rating so unless you have it buried in the coal bed it will be fine for quite some time.