Pro's & Con's 710 Hitzer
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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.
thank you
thank you
- windyhill4.2
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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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Yes, it's a furnace.
- windyhill4.2
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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.
Last edited by windyhill4.2 on Mon. Feb. 23, 2015 7:38 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- McGiever
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 414A
- Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
- Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar
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.
They introduced the stove model 608 and then at some point they added a furnace model 710 it seems.
- windyhill4.2
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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 ?
- windyhill4.2
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Well that ad answers the price question,it's a new unit at $3100.
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Includes a Power Ventwindyhill4.2 wrote:Well that ad answers the price question,it's a new unit at $3100.
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I missed the power vent included in the price,the pv runs $1000 ? or more ?
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That ad in the Lancaster area is for a new unit ,so it appears it's cheaper to buy it with the PV ??
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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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.