New Alaska Kodiak

I have the Dwyers, and it works fine for me. But then again, I have nothing to compare it to.

I like the Dwyers Magnehelic 2000-00,no liquid to mess with,bought mine used from Moses B. Glick .... 2 used units for $51 with shipping.

windyhill4.2 wrote:I like the Dwyers Magnehelic 2000-00,no liquid to mess with,bought mine used from Moses B. Glick .... 2 used units for $51 with shipping.

Thanks for mentioning this one! I like the looks of it.

I've been holding off installing one because of the mess/perceived mess of dealing with the liquid and set up involved.

SD

Cool. The Dwyer magnehelic looks good, I'll get one coming.

By the way, let the record show that I am VERY impressed by this stove. I was worried that I might expecting too much, being that I'm right at the published square footage limit. But it got down to 15 degrees here last night and temp inside didn't go below 73 with the thermostat at 3/4. Nice. Not to mention it looks awesome, seems to be willing to go forever on a single burn, and the wife now thinks I'm a genius.

Life is good. I just feel bad for all the fools here in Maine that are still cutting, splitting, stacking and carrying wood.

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote:Life is good. I just feel bad for all the fools here in Maine that are still cutting, splitting, stacking and carrying wood.

I hear that! I cut , split, stacked wood for more than 35 years before I smartened up

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote:and the wife now thinks I'm a genius.

I hate to rain on your parade but while the coal stove will continue to keep you warm for less effort than wood for years and years and years, that statement above will not last very long.......speaking from experience....

Haha!!

Yeah, I know. I may be a novice when it comes to coal burning, but I think I finally have the female gender figured out (to the extent that that is possible.)

(SShhhh). Tread lightly men. (The women are listening.)

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote:Just ordered a laser thermometer... being able to torment the cat is what sold me on it.

What's a good Manometer? I see tons of them on Amazon.com but the Dwyer Mark II is the cheapest. Is it any good?

Couldn't tell ya, Been burning for 7yrs and never tried one..although folks love talking about them.

I was able to improve the performance of my stove, by actually "knowing" what my draft was. (Just saying).

So the IR thermometer came in, but still no manometer.

Hottest area seems to be right above the view door, where it's been registering about 470 with the 'stat at 3/4 throttle. The stack is consistently 170-180.

I did crank it wide open one especially cold night last week, but never saw temps above ~530. I believe I remember reading absolute max temp should be about 600?

I'm letting it burn out right now since it's about 60 degrees here today, and I want to give the insides a real good cleaning and take up the thermostat chain a couple notches. Now that the bed is down to only a couple chunks of coal thick, stove temp is 620 with the thermostat all the way closed! I guess that kind of makes sense because air can get through the coal much more easily, but I thought having it all the way shut up would slow it down a more than it has. Is this normal? And is having smaller bed of coals a good way to get more heat out of my stove (for when it gets really cold)?

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote: And is having smaller bed of coals a good way to get more heat out of my stove (for when it gets really cold)?

Can't say about the temp., but a smaller bed of coal won't burn as "long" as a bigger bed. I'm lucky to get 4 hrs of solid heat from my small stove before the bed begins clogging up and cooling down.

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote: And is having smaller bed of coals a good way to get more heat out of my stove (for when it gets really cold)?

...probably pointing the new toy at the coal bed

michaelanthony wrote:

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote: And is having smaller bed of coals a good way to get more heat out of my stove (for when it gets really cold)?

...probably pointing the new toy at the coal bed

wait, so... I'm supposed to be pointing it at the stove?

I think I also had it set on Celsius and was holding it upside down and backwards. Here I am wondering why every time I try to take a temperature I get lasered in the eye.

Nihon Lab Tiger wrote:

wait, so... I'm supposed to be pointing it at the stove?

I think I also had it set on Celsius and was holding it upside down and backwards. Here I am wondering why every time I try to take a temperature I get lasered in the eye. [/quote]
...you are suppose to have a grocery bag over your face and running with scissors ....oh good times.
I love the IR thermo 'cause I can't read the magnetic ones without my glasses.