Chubby at 15 Hrs Into a Burn

OK been getting this lil guy dialed in lately. My longest burn so far ended this afternoon. The pic is untouched after 15 hours and all clamped down. What looks like coal around the outter part is mostly just ash that has coal shape still. I was able to save it with some "fines" and then required a double shakedown of sorts ( 2 ash pan trips of white ash with no pieces to speak of) This is Blashack Nut. Avg temp was 380-425 (oF) during the burn.
So I used 15 lbs , there is about 5 lbs left to burn in the fire pot. If this keeps up I can heat for < 30lbs a day...
I had been using a box fan behind it and could not keep an even fire. The Chubby has no fire bricks, this means it can easily and quickly transfer heat to outside of the stove, cooling it. The Chubbys with the air tubes looks like the best way to grab heat, mostly from above the fire.
I have used the Rheem gas furnace "Blower only" a few times to even out the heat. so far the coal is doing its job )

FB,
Can't beat that! Looking good. My chubby has a blower, with a rheostat, that I run on a very slow speed to circulate the air. It goes 12-14 hours at 300-400 degrees on the top of the doggie ear.
My daughter got an Ecofan for her wood stove, for power outages. Works pretty good, it's slow speed. They are made in Canada. ($149.95 at Woodman's parts, $169.95 at Ace hardware) I'm ordering one Monday to have for 'no power' conditions. That option might work for you. Chubby is a heat making work of art. Gotta love a Chubby!
Cheers

The Ecofan may not work nearly as well with coal as for wood if the surface temperature of the stove is lower with coal.

lsayre wrote:The Ecofan may not work nearly as well with coal as for wood if the surface temperature of the stove is lower with coal.

You have a good point about the temp differences on the coal stoves so I went to do some investigating before I ordered one of these. They actually have different models that start working at different temps. The belair model starts working at 167°f. The top of my stove is usually warmer than that.

http://www.woodmanspartsplus.com/16644/products/U ... ?d_id=4854

Photog200 wrote:

lsayre wrote:The Ecofan may not work nearly as well with coal as for wood if the surface temperature of the stove is lower with coal.

You have a good point about the temp differences on the coal stoves so I went to do some investigating before I ordered one of these. They actually have different models that start working at different temps. The belair model starts working at 167°f. The top of my stove is usually warmer than that.

http://www.woodmanspartsplus.com/16644/products/U ... ?d_id=4854

Nice! It pays to do the research.

'Das Right ! And this is the Place that it all comes together! First it was "The Chubbyhood"...Now,due to ongoing R&D,it's become "The Chubby Matrix" ! Larry Trainer never knew just what he hath spawned all those years ago,and now with the new,revised Nuclear Chubby available,The Legend Grows and Continues !

Larry, Randy,

Ask Kevin (Merc300d) how well his Ecofan does on his Glenwood #6 base heater.

Here's a pic he sent me recently with it looking like it's spinning pretty well.
Paul

I was actually thinking of it on the cook stove so I don't have to run the ceiling fan when I am not out in the garage. On my BB stove the top is recessed so not sure how it would do in that situation. The motors are susceptible to over heating and I think this would not be a good application for it besides I keep a pot of water on it for humidity.

Randy

Hello Merc300d,
I was going to order the Ecofan rated 185*-650*, #812 maxair, I believe. Which model do you have, and your opinion on how well it performs on the #6 ?
Cheers

Hello D Frost. I don't remember the exact specs as they have quite a few of them. I believe it was a mid grade model made by Alcona It reads model T805. I believe it starts to turn on around 200 degrees or so. Between the " ecofan" , a ceiling fan and a vertical fan to push the heat from behind the stove , it all does a grate job of heating my home. The stove is in the farthest room Of the house. Considering its location , I believe it does make a difference in pushing the heat around.
If the stove was centrally located , I probably wouldn't of felt the need to buy one. It depends on ones particular setup.

Kevin

It's rated at 125 cfm.

I actually bought it at a wood stove shop in Windham NH. They carry them it stock and it was priced at around 80 bucks. It was the only model they had. I didn't first realize your from NH. Not sure how close it is to you. I guess for a few more bucks to get the max air.

Thanks Merc,
I'm next town over(10 miles away). I'll visit them tomorrow.
Cheers

Nice. It was right off 93. About a mile on the right in a plaza. I can remember the name. Nice place and nice people.

MB300d,
Went to 'The Stove Shoppe' in Windham this morning, and purchased the Ecofan Airmax(175cfm). The way the wind is blowing here today, if we lose electric, now I have a fan. Thank you, Merc300d, for reminding me that they was close.
Cheers