Chubby coal stove doing me well.

chubbycoalboy wrote:Lobsterman, the only problem with closing it down all the way. There won't be enough heat from the stove to keep the house warm and the furnace would go on.
I keep the thermostat at 60.

I was going to ask - if we did close the air intake all the way - how does the it maintain the fire ? Where is it getting its air from ? Is it just relying on the air coming in from around the shaker handle orifice ?

Yep it gets "suplimental air' since it's not technically air tight, and once going can maintain with very small openings on the primary damper. Pretty much designed this way. You can close it down all the way and it will idle along. You'll find that nice for sping and fall "shoulder" seasons.

SteveZee wrote:Yep it gets "suplimental air' since it's not technically air tight, and once going can maintain with very small openings on the primary damper. Pretty much designed this way. You can close it down all the way and it will idle along. You'll find that nice for sping and fall "shoulder" seasons.

Steve, are you getting a new season down there?

Figured I'd post in this thread rather than start a new one - I got a 18-19 hour solid burn out of the Chubby last night/today.
I last tended the stove around 4ish yesterday - and didn't touch it till I got home around 11am today. I figured I'd come home to a cold stove but the stove was still hovering very near 300F.
I opened MPD and air intake - poked from below and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Temps came up quickly and then I shook. The pic below shows what the bed looked like just after shaking.
I added several scoops of nut and closed the mpd down 80% and air down to less than 1/8th inch open.
Normally my routine has me shaking twice to three times a day. Last night I didn't touch it at all...and go figure - not touching it allowed it to burn for the longest burn time I've experienced.
Not to steal a phrase but 'chubby coal stove doing me well too'.

I received a letter from the gas company saying I saved over a thousand dollars last year on my gas bill! I wonder why? HAHAHAHA
All due to my chubby stove! And I received another letter, they want to change my gas meter. LOL
I started burning in oct. and still burning in april. I burned almost 2 ton for the whole season. I still have 6 bags of 40lb coal left.
I wrote to Larry and told him. Not bad for burning coal 6 months a year and it's nice and warm at my house.