Chubby Coal Consumption

Thanks to OneDollar - who I split a pallet of nut coal - I was able to go back and see that we purchased the ton Jan 14th making it 30 days ago today.
Normally I'd be too busy to check stuff like this so I'm pretty happy to be able to say I have used 24 bags over 30 days or 1200lbs.
That winds up being about 40lbs per day coal usage.
Right now the Chubby is located in an uninsulated basement - and even with the current temps hovering around 30F on down to 12F I'm able to maintain 64+ degrees.
I could run the Chubby a little harder but fairly happy with the 40lb per day rate vs temps maintained.
I do wish I had the blower version - but then I hate fan noise - so probably for the best.
Someday I'm hoping to convert the basement into a nice family room - and I can't wait to build a nice hearth with the Chubby taking center stage.
Some of you have some really nice looking installs. I'm hoping someday to have the same.

Every day I keep thinking I have it right with air settings,coal usage and shakedown but because of these temps we are having I cant get into a groove. I pretty much have same install and am averaging a bag a day and temps 73-75. But have almost lost fire twice this past week. Larry's video is a great starting point but if you want hotter burns you have to time your tending right. If I set stove like in vid max temp is 68-70 when cold out and really cant feel much of anything except by the stove if I am lucky. Yesterday's basement temps could not get above 72- 73 day before 79. Only reason why I want more heat in basement is to try to get upstairs. I can see that the chubby can get a lot of ash in the pot and if not timed right it can take a couple hours to get fire back at least in my situation. Try a small computer fan, not to loud and moves heat pretty good. Bliz

That is exactly what I use per month in my Chubby. Around one half ton, plus or minus a few hundred pounds depending on the heating demand and I don't have the blower model either. Chubbys rock!

A friend of mine heats most of his house with a Chubby Sr - he never used more than a 5 gallon pail worth of coal in 24 hours.

jjs

So far I have used 9 bags of the half ton. Each bag is lasting a little over 3 days on average. Sometime we only get 2 days out of a bag sometimes we get 4 days. It all depends on the weather.

I am of course very happy with these results. The house is always above 70. Most of the time the temps range from 73-75 f. Since installing the Chubby Jr we are hardly using our Soapstone Tribute. No complaints there either. The Jr does a great job for our house.

Last week I got lucky and picked up 10, 50lb bags of coal for $40.00 off of Craigslist.

What kind of burn times do you get with the JR? A friend of mine has one that he hasn't installed yet, and is curious what he could expect. I imagine he will just run the stove at 350 degrees or so.

Rob

I am getting anywhere from 8 to 12 hours at 500 f with the JR. It is a GREAT little unit that seems to be perfect for our house. As you know every situation is differant so everyone's mileage will vary. I am using Nut coal right now. At night I pack the top of the coal with smaller pieces. Seems to help extend the burn. Last night I loaded the Jr up at 6:00 pm and went to bed. When I awoke at 3 am the Jr was still pushing 450 f. Gave her a shake and tossed a scoop and half in the pot. The outside temp was 15 and the house was at 70. Very happy with those results.

That is great. My friend intends to install the stove in his hobby shop. His Chubby JR has never been fired...it sat in dry storage for almost 30 years, even the original install manual was still with it.