Can't Believe I Had to Relite My Stove!!!
Oh well I have the Vigi that will burn coal or wood. Nice wood fire going and at least the cat is happy.
- windyhill4.2
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Nice, Rev. We kinda wish for the radiant stove heat,but no time with our shop work load to mess around with a hand fed stove right now. The EFM handles the job fine via the heat exchanger. Another low 40's* tonite again,summer will revisit next week.
Wood fire lasted all night. Got up this morning May 23 and it is 37 OAT and 67 inside. I'll take it!!! Put a couple of logs on the glowing coals, gave it some air and it fired right off. Momma is happy....our 18 year old cat is happy. With those two happy I am estatic
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Sounds good Rev.,it is good to keep those around us happy so that we can be happier too . We left our t-stat off overnite,went from 74* inside last nite to 68* at 6 a/m,outside low of 40* ,turned the t-stat on & the EFM warmed the house up to 74* again. Looks like we might need a bit of heat tomorrow a/m again & then we go to summer time temps.
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Then off to Chile, down south .. should be warm, right?windyhill4.2 wrote:Sounds good Rev.,it is good to keep those around us happy so that we can be happier too . We left our t-stat off overnite,went from 74* inside last nite to 68* at 6 a/m,outside low of 40* ,turned the t-stat on & the EFM warmed the house up to 74* again. Looks like we might need a bit of heat tomorrow a/m again & then we go to summer time temps.
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We had 38* this a/m , 81* forecast high today.
- SWPaDon
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Welcome to Pennsyltucky........heat in the morining, air conditioning in the afternoonwindyhill4.2 wrote:We had 38* this a/m , 81* forecast high today.
Night before I had a wood fire going and it got to 36. Last night it was 70 and we had the AC going in the bedroom. Gotta love Pennsylvania. The only state I have lived in where you get Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall all in the same day.
I cut more wood yesterday just in case. I don't trust the calendar telling me its supposed to be warm now. I am stocked up on four sources of fuel for heating. We have wood, coal, oil, and pro pain. We have two window air conditioners in the windows and a portable one ton AC unit ready to bring up from the basement. We have lamp oil in case of a power outage and charcoal to cook with in the grill.
I'm ready for virtually anything except the proverbial plague of locust. It that happens all bets are off.
I cut more wood yesterday just in case. I don't trust the calendar telling me its supposed to be warm now. I am stocked up on four sources of fuel for heating. We have wood, coal, oil, and pro pain. We have two window air conditioners in the windows and a portable one ton AC unit ready to bring up from the basement. We have lamp oil in case of a power outage and charcoal to cook with in the grill.
I'm ready for virtually anything except the proverbial plague of locust. It that happens all bets are off.
- just peter
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And now it is 31 may and I am allso still with the stove burning.
The last three weeks its only in the evening but, it should be spring, and I ain't see or feel it.
Peter
The last three weeks its only in the evening but, it should be spring, and I ain't see or feel it.
Peter
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Sounds like you guys really got a spring this year. It's been in the 80's/90's the entire month of May. If anyone would like some heat you guys can take 20 degrees from me . I don't like summer .
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It was 88℉ here on Saturday and then a storm front came through and yesterday's high was in the 50's. Rained all day yesterday and is still raining this morning. Started the stove up again with a wood fire last night.
Randy
Randy
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With the same cold, rain, and damp chill here, ...plus looking like it'd be a couple of days just to get back up to the 70's, I finally gave in yesterday afternoon and relit the range.
And since Melissa loves to cook on it, it put a smile on her face, too.
Paul
And since Melissa loves to cook on it, it put a smile on her face, too.
Paul
- hotblast1357
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Only got too 53 here yesterday, touched off the oil furnace last night too get the chill out, can't wait to get the boiler up and running! It also looks like another day or two before it gets up to the 70's again.
50 here this morning with rain, drizzle, grey, yucky, bone penetrating damp. Lit the VC 2310 last night on some wood and damped it down about as far as it would go without choking it out. Got up this morning to a nice bed of coals and some gentle heat coming off the stove.
I have very nice wood smoke coating inside the stove now. Best part is the inside climate is very nice. The old joints still ache but all I have to do is look at the little wood fire and I feel mentally better if not physically.
I have very nice wood smoke coating inside the stove now. Best part is the inside climate is very nice. The old joints still ache but all I have to do is look at the little wood fire and I feel mentally better if not physically.
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Larry your weather description is identical to what I have out the back door. I thought the faithful Cawley wood stove in the living room would be at ambient until at least mid September. My view has changed as of this morning so.......... that click and snap that will happen here shortly will be that highly recognizable sound of a famous Pennsylvania manufactured lighter doing its job flawlessly as usual. What could be better to compliment a stove collection than a lighter collection? Actually a lighter is a miniature stove if you think hard enough!! Mike