Yes, absolutely not good wood fire burners, but amazing coal stove, I fired it up 2 weeks ago , unfortunately it was warm the first week,but I got to learn how to idle it down, now that we have snow in ct , its really found it's sea legs, amazing best decision I ever made.
So I bought a hitzer model 55 ul stove used.
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I did have to remove it, now the stove is burning right, I'm not burning wood anymore, straight coal, the stove was sluggish the last few days, this morning it was 7 degrees outside, 55 in the house, I removed the plate and the stove instantly stepped up, thank you.warminmn wrote: ↑Sat. Sep. 29, 2018 8:57 pmThere "might" be a restrictor plate inside the air inlet on the back side. Restrictor might be the wrong name. Hitzer had to put them on for legal reasons. If your stove doesnt run right you might have to remove it, or not.
If your gonna burn wood in it too, you might want a manual pipe damper. You can always leave it wide open.
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Glad to have found this thread, as well as quite a few others, for the guidance. I'm picking up a used model 55 in a few days to replace a wood stove. The woodburner is past its best days heating a concrete block building, and the Hitzer will be an improvement.
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I agree not a very g/d wood burning stove.
But it burns coal great.
This is year 2 and I worked out the kinks last year with you and warmin.
You guys straightened me out well .
Thank you!
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Nice M, enjoy your 2nd season---:)
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Glad its working! out of curiousity, are you leaving the inside bypass door open or closed? It seems most leave it open but Dads stove works great closed, even with wood. It is different than the larger Hitzer inside for those that dont know.Matt in ct wrote: ↑Mon. Nov. 11, 2019 6:24 pmI agree not a very g/d wood burning stove.
But it burns coal great.
This is year 2 and I worked out the kinks last year with you and warmin.
You guys straightened me out well .
Thank you!
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I burn it with the inside door closed most of the time and the door valve 2 turn's open almost right away after getting it burning.
It's been warm here in ct so the last few days
I have been burning some free pea coal I was given and I literally only have only had to shake it down and refill once a day.
But the temperature is going to drop tonight.
My experience has been great with this stove.
I see one on Facebook market place for $700, so I did great getting mine for $300.
It's been warm here in ct so the last few days
I have been burning some free pea coal I was given and I literally only have only had to shake it down and refill once a day.
But the temperature is going to drop tonight.
My experience has been great with this stove.
I see one on Facebook market place for $700, so I did great getting mine for $300.
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The 55 does not have the side burn chamber. There are no holes drilled in the side like the 82 has. The baffle inside just forces the exhaust to the sides of the stove and to the bed to get more heat when its closed. Exhausts out the top, behind that baffle. Both are box stoves. They would operate roughly the same with the baffles open, their operation, but not with them closed. A little different way to extract heat when closed. Look inside one if you get the chance.
https://hitzer.com/our-products/stoves-furnaces/m ... 5-ul-stove
https://hitzer.com/our-products/stoves-furnaces/m ... 2-ul-stove
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I looked at both 2 weeks ago at Hitzer...in the building stages...didn't see any differences, but I didn't have much time and wasn't really looking that hard. Would have thought it was obvious though other than the size. Maybe I just missed it.
Going back up in two weeks...I'll go through the factory again...3rd time.
Going back up in two weeks...I'll go through the factory again...3rd time.