When I talked to the Jotul rep I was told the Rangeley and a few others where cast and manufactured in the USA ( Pennsylvania I think ).
Also http://www.americansworking.com/woodstoves.html
Pete
How do you like your F55 ? We love the f50 ! There isn't to many people with the F55 yet to talk to and I am curious.The bigger steel/cast iron Jotuls are made in Gorham, ME. I believe the pure cast stoves are made in Norway.
Well...umm...I have no idea yet. I am building a house right now that will have the f55 in it. I bought one while it was on sale, but it's still at the dealer waiting until I have a basement to put it in!How do you like your F55 ? We love the f50 ! There isn't to many people with the F55 yet to talk to and I am curious.
Pete
Is that you pook?
I swear to you folks . . . not all of us dyed in the wool Maniacs are like this. . . . although I must confess . . . I too love my Oslo.
The question is not btu output, the question is length of burn time. In mild weather 5,000 btu/hr could be totally adequate. Can and does the Encore reliably do a 24 hr burn at low heat the way a BK does?
Nothing like messing with Mike on a dreary rainy day.
Said it before, if Englander would get back into Cat stoves I might have one.
The difference between what you described above and a Blaze King is that the BK would still be making usable heat after 24 hrs. It would have been running low and slow for the past 24 hrs with ease, not a freak occurrence. Isn't 24 hrs about 2x what VC rated it at? Wow, that's impressive! Do you think we actually think that BK has some kinda of magic? We know how it works, no lesson in BK technology needed.Though there is plenty to dislike, even hate, about my VC Encore cat ( 2001 vintage), it will "hold" a fire in this northern Maine winter for well over 24 hours. This "long burn" is just a low red coaling of the wood. Little real heat comes from this. Not enough to heat anything in a average winter day here well below 20 . What allows a low, cool fire is the combination of the cat lighting off, the thermostatic primary air control, and an auto thermostatic ( coil) secondary air. This is what ANY well engineered cat wood stove with thermostatic coil controls would do. No magic. BK stoves are much better designed than the complex highly developed VC cat stoves that pioneered efficient, clean burning products. No magic, just good design.
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