southbalto said:The consensus was that the volume of the box is 1.75cuft. What you can actually use is debatable. Some thought usable space is closer to 1.5cuft.
mikepinto65 said:southbalto said:The consensus was that the volume of the box is 1.75cuft. What you can actually use is debatable. Some thought usable space is closer to 1.5cuft.
One persons view does not translate to a consensus.....but yes there was a lengthy thread on it.
BrowningBAR said:mikepinto65 said:southbalto said:The consensus was that the volume of the box is 1.75cuft. What you can actually use is debatable. Some thought usable space is closer to 1.5cuft.
One persons view does not translate to a consensus.....but yes there was a lengthy thread on it.
You are waaaayyyyyy too touchy about this.
BrowningBAR said:mikepinto65 said:southbalto said:The consensus was that the volume of the box is 1.75cuft. What you can actually use is debatable. Some thought usable space is closer to 1.5cuft.
One persons view does not translate to a consensus.....but yes there was a lengthy thread on it.
You are waaaayyyyyy too touchy about this.
cycloxer said:The conclusion we came to was that you can cram more than 1.5 cu. ft. of wood into the stove if you stack carefully, but you will have violated Jotul's recommendations of keeping a 1" gap to the glass and and an unspecified gap to the baffles. People do this on occasion, myself included. The problems you can run into are that you may not get a proper air wash for the front glass and if you are not careful with the air control you can overfire the stove due to the large charge of fuel.
jeffee said:I have a related question, and hope that folks don't find it to side track the original intent of the thread.
I really don't think that my 118 cb black bear has this much room (1.5 or whatever) in the box. It is also, according to Jotul, lighter than the Castine I believe. Why would Jotul rate it at 1800 square feet heating capacity, and the Castine at 1600? Anybody have any ideas? Thanks
BrowningBAR said:jeffee said:I have a related question, and hope that folks don't find it to side track the original intent of the thread.
I really don't think that my 118 cb black bear has this much room (1.5 or whatever) in the box. It is also, according to Jotul, lighter than the Castine I believe. Why would Jotul rate it at 1800 square feet heating capacity, and the Castine at 1600? Anybody have any ideas? Thanks
I do not own a Jotul, and have very little experience with them, but the things that catch my eye on the marketing verbiage are as follows:
Claimed BTU output is higher on the Black bear; 60k vs. 55k. It might be lighter because it is a simpler design. I do not think it has secondary tubes and it doesn't have an ash pan.
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