Cold here in Pa!
- Pap
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- Location: Middletown, Pa
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Mark III
- Other Heating: Oil
It has been cold here in Pa for the past week or so. This morning when I crawled out of bed it was -5 deg.F. My Harman mark III was humming along and had the temp at 78 deg.F. The coldest room was 74 the stove temp is about 400. I love this stove and the coal from Direnzo is awesome! Stay wary every one and have a Happy New Year.
- drums4money
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- Location: Stroudsburg, PA / 40.9584265,-75.29157129999999
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: VC Vig.II
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Lucky man- we had about -5 this morning here in the Poconos. The little Vigilant is idling nicely between 400 & 500. Unfortunately the house is just not keeping warm. I don't think the stove is the problem- it'll easily give 12 hours between topping off. . . just the house is passing off heat sooo fast.Pap wrote: ↑Mon. Jan. 01, 2018 9:46 amIt has been cold here in Pa for the past week or so. This morning when I crawled out of bed it was -5 deg.F. My Harman mark III was humming along and had the temp at 78 deg.F. The coldest room was 74 the stove temp is about 400. I love this stove and the coal from Direnzo is awesome! Stay wary every one and have a Happy New Year.
Our 1st winter here - I'm a bit disappointed.
- Rob R.
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It is pretty common that a single stove will not heat an entire home to a comfortable temperature in bitter cold temperatures. Fire up your main heating system to help out.
- joeq
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That's what I have to do Rob. A ducted furnace is the most efficient set-up for consistent heat. I've accepted the fact my free standing stove in the living area, is nothing more than a room heater. I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule, but that would mean building a house around the stove. I believe most peoples stoves are add ons after the fact. And natch, a small house with one floor will be easier to heat than a big 2 story. Nothing new, just talking out loud.
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- Location: Juneau county, Wisconsin
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harman Mark 1
- Coal Size/Type: Nut & stove
- Other Heating: Vermont Resolute wood stove for the shoulder months
Storm here, up here this am Jan. 1st. in Wisconsin its-16, wind chill -40 in a 1885 brick house. The regular heat gets the house only to 65 degrees at those outside conditions. Our living room is 15x30 feet 72 degrees insulated to r-30. The Harman 1 is humming along at 500 degrees measured 6 inches from the top on right side. Yes this heater is doing a good job in our living room only. On warmer temps this stove reaches other rooms.
- Formulabruce
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- Location: in the "Shire" ( New Hamp -shire)
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Harmon Mark 1 Goldenfire
- Coal Size/Type: BLASHAK Nut and Stove size
- Other Heating: Blower from a gas furnace if I need to move air, no heat
Been regularly -10 to -18 till around 8 am, then up to 6-8 here and Heating my 1862 Home with a CHUBBY ! . The house is not well insulated, but This long cold snap is a great time to learn just what your stove can do. I'm learning how much it can actually handle with the blower on. No fire bricks, so it really transfers heat out.
Had a piece of my Blashack Stove coal tested at 92.5% pure. The Heat is just amazing . I dont mind the extra work a hand fed stove is for the benefit of defeating the cold ! at just 1 bag a day now ....
Barro at 30 +- and inside humidity has been at 14 % with a humidifier ( we will not get a cold hehe )
Had a piece of my Blashack Stove coal tested at 92.5% pure. The Heat is just amazing . I dont mind the extra work a hand fed stove is for the benefit of defeating the cold ! at just 1 bag a day now ....
Barro at 30 +- and inside humidity has been at 14 % with a humidifier ( we will not get a cold hehe )
- coalmaster
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- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: hitzer 50-93 2800sqft
- Coal Size/Type: nut anthricite
Haven't seen anything less than 2* yet. Hitzer 50-93 is burning about 50lbs a day and keeping 2800sqft at 68. Any colder and I'd need to run the fan
- VigIIPeaBurner
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D4$ - open that stove up, no reason to be using half throttle in that kind of weather if you need the heat. VC manual states the Vigilant II's operating max temperature is 700F. Measure the temp in the middle of the top loading plate (griddle). I'm on my 17th or 18th season (? ) running for months on ed at 600-700+.drums4money wrote: ↑Mon. Jan. 01, 2018 12:31 pmLucky man- we had about -5 this morning here in the Poconos. The little Vigilant is idling nicely between 400 & 500. Unfortunately the house is just not keeping warm. I don't think the stove is the problem- it'll easily give 12 hours between topping off. . . just the house is passing off heat sooo fast.
Our 1st winter here - I'm a bit disappointed.