Sizing question Hitzer brand

Looking at getting a hitzer stove. After talking with a few of you her looking at a gravity fed stoves. 30-95 50-93. My current wood stove is about same physical size as the 50-93. The 50-93 is rated to heat more sqf then my wood stove. The 30-95 is rated to heat my space but it's around the top end of what it is rated for. My concern? is when it's very cold out I don't want to be running the stove at Max or close to it just for longevity of the stove.

So my question is could the 50-93 be run low enough to not over heat my house when it's in the 50's or 40's. If it could I know I would be good for heat when it's in the -20's.

I understand everyones heating conditions are different so to make it a little easier maybe... I run my wood stove around 300-350 degrees ( top of stove surface temp) when it's in the 40's and 50's and it's not to hot in the house. So iam thinking if I could run the coal stove around that stove temp I would be fine.

Can a Hitzer 50-93 coal stove be run at a stove top temp of around 300 effectively?

As I said before S--best to have more that ya can idle down then to be needing when ya need it.

Thanks Fred
I definitely agree and understand I just want to know if the 50-93 can be ideled down that far.
I just don't want to have a stove that burns me out in warmer weather. Again being new to coal just trying to get all my ducks in a row.

I can idle mine down so I can put my hand on the stove top & still recover the fire

freetown fred wrote: ↑

Tue. Nov. 06, 2018 12:25 pm

I can idle mine down so I can put my hand on the stove top & still recover the fire

Well then I think that answers my question nicely.
Thanks Fred. You sir have been very helpful to me lately

Stove is currently sitting at 200* with outside temps of 60*. I could go lower with it but I'm gone fore 12 hours today and I get nervous cutting it back any more then that. I know it can be done but the house will be in the low 70's when I get home.

You say your wood stove is the same physical size as the 50-93. If it's not too much, there's your answer. Here's something else to think about. The 30-95, and 50-93 (Running at the same settings), will use the same amount of coal at tending time. However, the 50-93 holds more coal, which gives you a longer burn than the 30-95. The 50-93 will burn roughly 6 hours after the 30-95 goes out.

When it comes to these two stoves, the 30-95 shines for low, low heat output. The 50-93 shines for high heat output. At there rated outputs, both stoves shine.

My house is 1200sq feet. I bought the used 50-93 first. I haven't installed it. It's size didn't fit well on my platform and o though it might be a little to big for my house. So o spent another chink of change bought a used 30-95. I installed the 30-95. When it's been 65 outside I dialed the stove back and got 200d off the stove and about 75 degrees off the chimney. I see no issue with it heating my house on the coldest of days to 80 degrees. ( that's where I like it)

I've read on here that you can put a cover over the back grate and dial the stove temp back under 100

Personally my favorite looking stove is the keystoker HFH90 hand feed hopper. I like the looks of it best and it seems to have a large easier to use ashbucket. Overall it's about the same size as the 30-95 but has 2 grates like the 50-95. It's rated for 90k BTU. The 30-95 is rated 6k. The little guy ain't so little anymore