Is This a Good Bit Stove?
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It does appear to have the over fire air ring which should make it less bad than most.
It's a small stove and the nickle looks to have been painted. Price seems high.
It's a small stove and the nickle looks to have been painted. Price seems high.
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Thanks for the response. I was hoping to get a response from you. I was just checking to see if that was a good deal. I have two chimneys and just was looking for something that didn't use electric I could burn incase the power went out so I wouldn't have to run a generator at night and one that would burn bit coal pretty good
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Why not a Warm Morning? Plenty around in 3 sizes at low prices. I have never burned bit in one, but William says they do a decent job with bit.Jared43758 wrote:Thanks for the response. I was hoping to get a response from you. I was just checking to see if that was a good deal. I have two chimneys and just was looking for something that didn't use electric I could burn incase the power went out so I wouldn't have to run a generator at night and one that would burn bit coal pretty good
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Only one I have found was new in a box for $2500. Do they have heated secondary air?
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No, just a shutter in the feed door. The claim is that the coal in the center of the fire pot is slowly turned to coke while the four chimneys in the corners of the fire brick provide an easy path for gas to escape and burn rather than have to go through the thick load of coal. That's the claim but how well it works I would think depends on the coal too. The large size (100 pounds capacity) with external jacket seems to go for about $400 in good shape. Lesser models for a lot less. Replacement bricks are expensive so make sure they are good. If you put Warm morning in the search you should find a lot to read.Jared43758 wrote:Only one I have found was new in a box for $2500. Do they have heated secondary air?
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YES that model of stove is good for bit. I have looked at other Florance hot blast stoves, you need to be sure its all there if you buy it there's a lot of parts to them.
The warm morning stoves mostly let air in the stove from the ash pit and it all goes through the grate, directly above the grate there are air passage ways that let a little of the air bypass the fuel bed it is heated and then its let out over the fire.
The warm morning stoves mostly let air in the stove from the ash pit and it all goes through the grate, directly above the grate there are air passage ways that let a little of the air bypass the fuel bed it is heated and then its let out over the fire.
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Yes this is a good stove for bituminous coal.
If you look at the second picture you see the ring with holes in it for the heated over fire air.
It looks like the seller made it looks nice for the sale, so you might restorate it.
Or as it is complete, you use it as is, and stay warm.
Peter.
If you look at the second picture you see the ring with holes in it for the heated over fire air.
It looks like the seller made it looks nice for the sale, so you might restorate it.
Or as it is complete, you use it as is, and stay warm.
Peter.