In YOUR Opinion, Will a DS Circulator Heat My HOME?

 
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Post by LoschStoker » Sun. Oct. 12, 2014 9:27 pm

Sounds Like you need a D S Kozy King.
The 100 has an 6" flue collar, the 300 and 400 have an 8" flue collar I think.
Tractor Supply furnaces aren't in the same league.
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Post by Vinmaker » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 1:39 pm

Wow. Those Kozy Kings really do pump out the heat!

 
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Post by chimley » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 4:18 pm

DS kozy king or Ecomieser? What really is the difference?


 
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Post by LDPosse » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 5:07 pm

The ecomiser uses a bimetal thermostat just like the DS circulators do. It has a fan to circulate the air, but it is manually controlled by means of an on/off switch on the stove.

The kozy king has controls that tie into the wall thermostat in your home. When there is no call for heat, the stove just idles. When the thermostat calls for heat, there is a draft inducer motor that stokes the fire, and a 3 speed blower motor to circulate the hot air throughout the house.

 
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Post by chimley » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 5:39 pm

Does the kozy king require electricity? Or could it be manually drafted during a power outage?

 
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Post by chimley » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 5:54 pm

lsayre wrote:Others on the forum who own Split Level homes have had difficulty in heating them from end to end with only a single stove. For a recent example, see the comments by Lowfog01 on the page I've linked below.

Post by lowfog01 - Cold Cold Climate and New to Coal Stoves
Larry.....after reading this post, I see it deals most with a fellow living in a double wide, who wants to burn bituminous coal.

Any help or advice for the split level home with a basement chimney on the far right side of the home?


 
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Post by lowfog01 » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 6:56 pm

Check that post out again. On page 5 I posted a comment that deals with using a hand fed stove to heat a split level or a far flung ranch floor plan and the benefit of a second chimney.

The bottom line for me is that no matter the BTU rating, you won’t be able heat the second story or basement level of a split level due to lack of air movement and heat distribution. It just won’t work. On paper our Mark II is more than capable of heating our square footage but we couldn’t get the heat upstairs. We were burning up in the family room with the stove and freezing in the bedrooms. I tried for 6 years to no avail. We tried fans of all kinds and we just couldn’t get the heat upstairs.

Last year we put a second stove in the basement under the bedrooms and that did the trick. Those rooms benefit from the rising residual heat. That smaller stove really evens out the temperature throughout the house.

If starting over I’d never expect a hand fed radiant stove to adequately heat an entire split level or ranch floor plan and would have chosen a different appliance all together. Take care and good luck with whatever you decide to do.

 
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Post by sharkman8810 » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 9:15 pm

Its not the BTU's produced, it is getting distribution of them, you will get a better result using duct work of the existing system, and adding duct's would probably be even better. Getting a hand fired furnace(heat jacket, fan, and plenum) as opposed to a stove will get you better results. Hitzer 82's are also a good unit also to look at.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Tue. Oct. 14, 2014 9:19 pm

Hitzer ! sharkman must have seen the ad at the bottom of the page,Hitzer ad on here, maybe since they advertize on here it would be worth a look at their product . :idea: :idea: :)

 
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Post by chimley » Thu. Oct. 16, 2014 11:00 pm

Thanks for the ideas!

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