Good bye to EPA stove!!
- Thread starter corey21
- Start date
-
Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.
We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.
We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
- Status
Those barrel stoves put out a lot of heat for the amount of wood thats consumed ,especially if you have the double decker. Got to load em often though. I use that style heater in a garage or workshop or basement if its a concrete or other non combustable floor.Edit: Sure smells better than a kerosene heater and so much cheaper than propane
Last edited:
BradleyW
Burning Hunk
Get the F55. Nice big firebox, easy 10-12 hour burns. I don't know why they even make the Oslo anymore. I'm afraid if you get the Oslo you might be dissatisfied and come on the forum wishing for a pre-EPA stove.
Loaded a 40 pound bag of anthracite coal 11 hours ago wow I'm really wondering how many days it will go the way its burng wow.
They actually are pretty good coal stoves that is what i would be burning it i had that beast. From what i have seen they work way better for coal than wood. Do you have a barometric damper on it now for coal? if not get one it is dangerous without one. And what liner do you have it hooked to?
Yeah what kind of stainless? Coal will eat allot of ss and if you are burning coal you need a baro but you need to pull it when you burn wood of you will have a gooey mess in your chimney. More than normal with one of those
Its a UL listed stainless steel factory built chimney burnt a lot of soft coal in 09 with the first coal burner.
But about the baro nothing like feeding room air in to a roaring chimney fire no thanks. ill stay with my manual pipe damper.
You need a baro to keep that coal fire from over drawing and seriously over heating the stove they are recommended for all coal stoves but i agree with you about baro dampers on wood they should never be there. We always have our customers pull the damper and put a cap on when they burn wood. I have seen lots of coal stoves destroyed when they over drew because of no baro. And as long as your chimney is 316 ti it should be good but if it is a wood chimney with 304 liner you could be in trouble pretty quick.
Last edited:
NOTE: A draft reading of ..025 W.C. is suggested for proper burning of this unit when
using bituminous coal as fuel. When using anthracite coal, this draft reading is a
minimum reading.
This is out of bucks manual the only way i know of to maintain a specific draft which is what they want is to use a baro damper. Any other Method will allow the draft to fluctuate allot. If you are burning soft coal it wont over fire as easily as it does here with hard coal but it can still easily happen. I am only trying to make your install as safe as possible for you not trying to give you a hard time about it.
using bituminous coal as fuel. When using anthracite coal, this draft reading is a
minimum reading.
This is out of bucks manual the only way i know of to maintain a specific draft which is what they want is to use a baro damper. Any other Method will allow the draft to fluctuate allot. If you are burning soft coal it wont over fire as easily as it does here with hard coal but it can still easily happen. I am only trying to make your install as safe as possible for you not trying to give you a hard time about it.
I understand what your saying when my chimney was install it was with my first stove the wondercoal back in 2009. Now the baro I have read a lot of bad things about it.
On wood absolutely i would never put one on a wood stove and try to get customers to take them off when ever i see them on one but you really should have one on for coal that is one of the problems with combo units
Also I burn more wood then coal. The baro would be a pain. Plus all the bad things I have heard of with those. my MPD does the job.
How does a mpd stabilize the draft and hold it constant through out the burn cycle and through outside temp fluctuations. That is why on combo units we install a baro and give them a cap to put in place of the flapper when they burn wood. If you dont want to listen that is fine but it is dangerous to burn coal without a baro i am sorry but you are right it is also dangerous to burn wood with one in.
Please enlighten us on the bad things you've heard about them when installed on a coal stove.
- Status
Similar threads
