Ready to Buy a Keystoker Koker Lite

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Wed. Jul. 09, 2014 3:05 pm

I t appears that we have a consensus. The lite is lite enough to lite the coal and make heating the house a lite weight job for a lite amount of money.

Sorry, I had a moment there and couldn't help myself.

Rev. Larry
New Beginning Church
Ashland Pa.

oilman · Post by **oilman** » Tue. Jul. 15, 2014 7:14 pm

Uh, I was talking blowers. Nothing to do with btu's.

2004blackwrx · Post by **2004blackwrx** » Tue. Jul. 15, 2014 7:24 pm

Oilman your saying the 1000 cfm of the koker lite does not seem to handle homes around my size as well as the 1500 cfm

captcaper · Post by **captcaper** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 8:37 am

2004blackwrx wrote:After last winter I decided I need another fuel option then oil. I have a 2000 sqft colonial with central heating and cooling. The house was built in 2000 so should be fairly well insulated. I have done my research and have come to like the keystoker koker lite. I just have a few questions before I make my purchase. First I want to make sure people agree this should heat my house when tied into the duct work. 2nd I have to get the direct vent option however from how it appears the direct vent comes with a 2 foot horizontal pipe. I think I may need an additional 3 or 4 feet for my setup. What type of chimney or stove pipe would I need to buy for this. Lastly, this is going in my basement. I know it weighs about 450 pounds. Just wondering how difficult this will be for me to get it up about 5 stairs to my main level then down a full flight of basement stairs.
Thanks for all the help.

If you can't tie into your existing chimney, can't or don't want to direct vent I would get a mason chimney with a round flue and insulate around the flue all the way up. This will give you the best draft threw out the years.
I put one up from my basement to a height of 38ft of SS SuperPro Vent from Lowes. I went to the Super Pro site and got the numbers of all the brackets I needed,etc. and Lowes ordered them. I returned any unused hardware,etc. They say SS doesn't last a few years but mine is going on 9 years and still is strong. If it goes I may just replace it again as to build a mason isn't cheap. Most of the work is done. Brackets,threw hole in wall,etc.

windyhill4.2 · Post by **windyhill4.2** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 8:44 am

captcaper,seeing is believing , where are the pics ? I would like to see a 38' SS chimney,how it is supported,etc.

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 9:04 am

Anyone considering a masonry chimney w/ a round clay liner do it in 8"...a 6" is too borderline.

EarthWindandFire · Post by **EarthWindandFire** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 10:17 am

The Koker Lite is a hybrid designed for supplemental heating (connected to a normal furnace) whereas the Koker 160 is a "true" furnace designed as a stand-alone unit.

oilman · Post by **oilman** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 7:51 pm

2004blackwrx wrote:Oilman your saying the 1000 cfm of the koker lite does not seem to handle homes around my size as well as the 1500 cfm

yes

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 9:17 pm

If a stand alone furnace with a high CFM blower is the key here, then it's beginning to sound like the ideal furnace match for his home might be the Leisure Line AK 110, with its 1,800 CFM blower and its 110,000 BTUH input.

2004blackwrx · Post by **2004blackwrx** » Wed. Jul. 16, 2014 9:56 pm

Leisure line ak 110 sounds great to me. I was very interested in one. However, from what I can tell one with a powervent it will cost me over $4000 which is more then I want to spend right now.

2004blackwrx · Post by **2004blackwrx** » Thu. Jul. 17, 2014 11:59 am

I talked to Keystoker today. They feel the koker lite would be borderline for my situation and the fullsize koker would be the best bet in the long run.

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Jul. 17, 2014 12:33 pm

2004blackwrx wrote:I talked to Keystoker today. They feel the koker lite would be borderline for my situation and the fullsize koker would be the best bet in the long run.

The best bet for them, as either way they get to keep the sale, but the larger Koker likely has a better margin for them. But for you, if the larger Koker is not running in its sweet zone of efficiency, it may cost you more in the long haul (in coal consumption) than the AK-110. ????

EarthWindandFire · Post by **EarthWindandFire** » Thu. Jul. 17, 2014 3:57 pm

The Koker 160 is built so ruggedly that 50 years from now someone else will be burning coal in it.

2004blackwrx · Post by **2004blackwrx** » Thu. Jul. 17, 2014 4:46 pm

Oilman if you don't mind me asking just wondering what you would charge for a typical basement Koker install tying into nearby existing duct work and putting a direct vent through a poured foundation wall.

2004blackwrx · Post by **2004blackwrx** » Wed. Aug. 13, 2014 8:50 am

I bought myself the keystoker koker. It came a couple of weeks ago and I finally just got it in the basement. Now I am starting the assembly process. My unit came with no instructions. I have been using the online ones. However I still don't see everything in the manual. My koker came with about 12 to 15 screws im assuming to to mount the fan, timer and the stove pipe. Also it came with 3 small brackets which I do not know what they are for. Can anyone please let me know. Also just want to make sure black 4 inch stove pipe is fine for the 5 foot horizontal run I need for my direct vent. Lastly my oil furnace is on its own circuit is it required that my koker have its own circuit too. Thanks