Pro's & Con's 710 Hitzer

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Post by newbe2coal » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 6:27 pm

Hi , I would like to heat my house with coal next winter and i'am thinking about buying the hitzer 710 stoker furnace , I would like to know the pro's & con's of this unit. Any help would great.

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Post by windyhill4.2 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:23 pm

newbe2coal,Welcome to the forum.In the almost 2 yrs I've been reading the forum, I can't remember ever seeing anything of this unit.I am over 50 so I may just not remember it even if I had seen it b4,hopefully someone in the know will chime in.

 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:24 pm

Yes, it's a furnace.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:30 pm

Hitzer calls it a stoker furnace,the brochure shows a 14" duct outlet on the top of the unit.They actually recommend a supply & a return be ducted directly to this unit. It has a 150k BTU rating with a 1008 cfm blower,seems to be a good set up,i didn't find any info or pics on the grate system.
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:34 pm

Windy, I edited above prior to your post.

They introduced the stove model 608 and then at some point they added a furnace model 710 it seems.


 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:44 pm

I never clicked on this unit b4 on their site, from the info they give it looks to be a well designed/planned unit. Where can one find more pics/info & also the approx. price ?

 
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Post by titleist1 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:47 pm

if you are anywhere near North East, MD there is one listed on CL.... listing is two weeks old so not sure if it still available.

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I am local so I could look at it for you if you want.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 8:09 pm

Well that ad answers the price question,it's a new unit at $3100.

 
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Post by McGiever » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 8:26 pm

windyhill4.2 wrote:Well that ad answers the price question,it's a new unit at $3100.
Includes a Power Vent ;)

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 8:47 pm

I missed the power vent included in the price,the pv runs $1000 ? or more ?


 
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Post by titleist1 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 8:50 pm

i found a retail price for a new unit at $4399. I don't believe that included a power vent.

 
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Post by windyhill4.2 » Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 9:04 pm

That ad in the Lancaster area is for a new unit ,so it appears it's cheaper to buy it with the PV ??

 
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Post by titleist1 » Tue. Feb. 24, 2015 6:54 am

Found out the unit in the CL ad is not for sale any longer, they just didn't delete the listing. It was bought and installed and used for a short time so it wasn't brand new, but in 'new' condition. Looks like the power vent is a $900 adder to the $4399 list price for the one I saw on the web.

 
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Post by newbe2coal » Tue. Feb. 24, 2015 5:05 pm

thank you guy's for the help , i'am hoping it will be cheaper to heat my home , to I used 700 gal. of heating oil.

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