Replacing an older "larger" Jotul from the late 90's with a BK?

[slowandlowburn]

Couldn’t wait for the new stove. Had to have us a fire. Being near the ocean and the marine layer, it got super cold tonight (around 46f). Couldn’t not have a fire….right? . Barely gave it any fuel, since the stove has no more “control” due to a fault (crack, something that’s beyond fixable, NOT jotuls fault, love this company…just age is all). A log or two at a time keeps it right at safe temps. Flu and all is safe, just always runs wide open due to the “age”. Hope I run wide open when I’m old! Anywho:
That’s where the new princess is going to go….can’t wait!

 

[stoveliker]

Lol. At 46 F for the low temp I let the stove go cold....

Seriously, if 46 F for the low temp is cold, I'm glad you didn't get the King.

I had a fire too today. Outside. After mowing the lawn and with a good book

 

[gruesome]

46°F is way below freezing for California. I didn't know it could get that cold here! Where I am it is 66°F and falling, and of course I have a fire going.

 

[slowandlowburn]

Lol. At 46 F for the low temp I let the stove go cold....

Seriously, if 46 F for the low temp is cold, I'm glad you didn't get the King.

I had a fire too today. Outside. After mowing the lawn and with a good book

Haha. Yup, I was kidding about calling it cold, but wasn’t about the temp.
We hit the 30’s maybe 10 days a year
I’m not sure if we do a day or so in the 20’s (night time)
I don’t think we do
We are about a mid 40’s night and mid 70’s
Day as averages
We do get colder and hotter
Yea, the king was way toooo much.

 

[slowandlowburn]

46°F is way below freezing for California. I didn't know it could get that cold here! Where I am it is 66°F and falling, and of course I have a fire going.

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We are lucky to be alive during this cold snap!

 

[slowandlowburn]

46°F is way below freezing for California. I didn't know it could get that cold here! Where I am it is 66°F and falling, and of course I have a fire going.

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What’s your stove? Where in CA that’s 60+ at night? Inland empire? Palm desert?
I’m no stove expert, I’m quite the opposite actually, but why so many “knuckles” coming off the stove vs a straight vs a straight shoot?

 

[gruesome]

This is outdoors in Orange County, about 7 miles from the Pacific. I could probably try to straighten out the two elbows, but one of them already came uncrimped once, so I leave good enough alone. It's two adjustable elbows plus four feet of single wall stove pipe into 6 feet of Duravent Duraplus triple wall class A chimney pipe. The stove is an Enerco H100 aka Cleveland Iron Works Ontario. Very happy with it.

 

[begreen]

We are lucky to be alive during this cold snap!

No problem, we had a small fire yesterday while it was 49ª and rainy.

 

[Highbeam]

Burning here in WA today. Rain and 52. Small loads burned relatively hot. Dogs love it.

The princess was a great choice though I’ve seen kings in single wide trailer houses in my area.

 

[bigealta]

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Couldn’t wait for the new stove. Had to have us a fire. Being near the ocean and the marine layer, it got super cold tonight (around 46f). Couldn’t not have a fire….right? . Barely gave it any fuel, since the stove has no more “control” due to a fault (crack, something that’s beyond fixable, NOT jotuls fault, love this company…just age is all). A log or two at a time keeps it right at safe temps. Flu and all is safe, just always runs wide open due to the “age”. Hope I run wide open when I’m old! Anywho:
That’s where the new princess is going to go….can’t wait!

That jotul actually looks really good.

 

[bholler]

46°F is way below freezing for California. I didn't know it could get that cold here! Where I am it is 66°F and falling, and of course I have a fire going.

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66 and you have a fire? Wow

 

[bholler]

Haha. Yup, I was kidding about calling it cold, but wasn’t about the temp.
We hit the 30’s maybe 10 days a year
I’m not sure if we do a day or so in the 20’s (night time)
I don’t think we do
We are about a mid 40’s night and mid 70’s
Day as averages
We do get colder and hotter
Yea, the king was way toooo much.

How do you plan on dealing with the long burn times with temps in the 70s during the days?

 

[stoveliker]

66 and you have a fire? Wow

good chimney for sure; enough draft apparently

 

[gruesome]

66 and you have a fire? Wow

If this was indoors I assume most people would turn the heat on a little at 66 °F, no?
Anyways, I'm outdoors, and what can I say, I like fire.

 

[gruesome]

good chimney for sure; enough draft apparently

Interesting you'd say that. Earlier I had closed the air all the way, and the stove pipe gas temperature (measured ~2 inches inside the 6" pipe) fell to 109°C/228°F at the bottom and 90°C/194°F in the middle, and the stove started smoking, with no flames visible. So that was too low; right now it's running half open, bottom stove pipe temp 198°C/390°F and middle 158°C/316°F, which probably keeps it just above condensing in the chimney pipe. A few flames, no smoke.
Sorry, we are really drifting off topic...

 

[kborndale]

If this was indoors I assume most people would turn the heat on a little at 66 °F, no?
Anyways, I'm outdoors, and what can I say, I like fire.

Why would I turn the heat on at 66? I would open the windows.

 

[bholler]

If this was indoors I assume most people would turn the heat on a little at 66 °F, no?
Anyways, I'm outdoors, and what can I say, I like fire.

I won't this time of year no

 

[bigealta]

It was 61F this morning and we had the window fan blowing it inside all night.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Nice! When you close the windows and pull the shades, it stays cool all day!

 

[gruesome]

You're all very hardy people! Are you sure you need stoves at all?

 

[stoveliker]

Yes; a 5 F Nor'Easter makes one really happy with a stove...

 

[bholler]

You're all very hardy people! Are you sure you need stoves at all?

It's 66 man I actually prefer cooler than that to sleep. Which is why my bedroom door stays closed in the winter to keep the temps down

 

[gruesome]

Bedroom, ok. But 66F in the living room? That sounds downright medieval! You might as well live in a Scottish castle ;-)

 

[bholler]

Bedroom, ok. But 66F in the living room? That sounds downright medieval! You might as well live in a Scottish castle ;-)

Lol no not really

 

[Highbeam]

Bedroom, ok. But 66F in the living room? That sounds downright medieval! You might as well live in a Scottish castle ;-)

I get complaints if inside temps fall below 70. We burn well into June, some days it's warm enough to not need a fire but we need some heat about half of the time. Burned some yesterday even.