Hitzer 82
- casino_boy
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- Joined: Sun. Aug. 23, 2009 11:20 pm
- Location: South Dakota
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Htzer 82 FA
- Coal Size/Type: Nut from TSC
havnt been on here for a while still using my hitzer 82 furnace still love it.
I got tired of buying shaker grates so welded up a pice of square tubeing to a L shape and ground out a little on one end of it so it would slip on over the square piece so i could still shake the grate so no need to ever buy a new shaker handle.
Allso found out once the blue ladys were dancing on top using the bypass would make my coal last a lot longer.
The temp above the door would cool off some but heater performed better.
Early winter snow allready ugggggggg.
I got tired of buying shaker grates so welded up a pice of square tubeing to a L shape and ground out a little on one end of it so it would slip on over the square piece so i could still shake the grate so no need to ever buy a new shaker handle.
Allso found out once the blue ladys were dancing on top using the bypass would make my coal last a lot longer.
The temp above the door would cool off some but heater performed better.
Early winter snow allready ugggggggg.
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- Location: Berks County
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: DS Machine 1400 WH ciculator; 1880's small cannon in reserve
- Coal Size/Type: Nut
- Other Heating: small New Yorker oil fired boiler; mostly used for domestic HW
Good darts on the homemade shaker handle! Just out of general curiosity, are you still able to get Anthracite at Tractor supply in South Dakota? I'm sure you're burning some bit/sub bit too.
- casino_boy
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- Location: South Dakota
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Htzer 82 FA
- Coal Size/Type: Nut from TSC
Yep just burning some wood fall and spring but use TSC coal the rest of winter.
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- Location: SE Ohio - Carrolton/Kilgore/Perrysville -- inbetween
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Hitzer 82 FA
- Coal Size/Type: Reading NUT 40lb plastic bags
- Other Heating: Heat Pump
"using the bypass"
Does that mean lever down?
I have the 82FA and it produces more heat for longer burning hard coal with the lever in the down position.
Does that mean lever down?
I have the 82FA and it produces more heat for longer burning hard coal with the lever in the down position.
- warminmn
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- Location: Land of 11,842 lakes
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Junior, Efel Nestor Martin, Riteway 37
- Coal Size/Type: nut and stove anthracite, lignite
- Other Heating: Wood and wear a wool shirt
I have a small window in my Riteway which is basically the same stove, and when the lever is down the blue ladies still go to top of stove then heat comes back down to exit, so the heat is staying inside the stove longer than with the lever up. Wood fires do the same thing and are easier to see thru my window.
If you read on some of the wood burning forums they will claim the fire is not in stove as long with lever down because its a shorter fire path but they dont understand the stove well at all.
Welcome back CB. TSC is asking $8.99 a bag in my state and west of the Mississippi that Ive seen. Wisconsin is $6.99. I hope you can get a better deal. I still get most of mine from an Amish dealer for $6.
If you read on some of the wood burning forums they will claim the fire is not in stove as long with lever down because its a shorter fire path but they dont understand the stove well at all.
Welcome back CB. TSC is asking $8.99 a bag in my state and west of the Mississippi that Ive seen. Wisconsin is $6.99. I hope you can get a better deal. I still get most of mine from an Amish dealer for $6.
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- Location: SE Ohio - Carrolton/Kilgore/Perrysville -- inbetween
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Hitzer 82 FA
- Coal Size/Type: Reading NUT 40lb plastic bags
- Other Heating: Heat Pump
Hmmm, that doesn't make sense to me. Not saying that is wrong.
Anyone have an engineering explanation?
Anyone have an engineering explanation?
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- Location: NE Ohio
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Hitzer 30 95
- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Hitzer Model 82
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh nut
- Other Heating: Natural gas
Keep the bypass in mine closed all the time whether burning wood or coal once the fire is going good, unless attending the stove.
- warminmn
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- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Junior, Efel Nestor Martin, Riteway 37
- Coal Size/Type: nut and stove anthracite, lignite
- Other Heating: Wood and wear a wool shirt
i just tried to take a pic thru my 2" mica window as I just loaded and have blues but my window is way to dirty from burning wood. It makes little difference except the area close to the outlet when the lever is down. I'll leave the engineering question part to someone that wants to tackle it as I dont know why, except maybe the builders knew what they were doing.CorrosionMan wrote: ↑Mon. Oct. 26, 2020 6:58 pmHmmm, that doesn't make sense to me. Not saying that is wrong.
Anyone have an engineering explanation?
- warminmn
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- Joined: Tue. Feb. 08, 2011 5:59 pm
- Location: Land of 11,842 lakes
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Chubby Junior, Efel Nestor Martin, Riteway 37
- Coal Size/Type: nut and stove anthracite, lignite
- Other Heating: Wood and wear a wool shirt
I finally got around to cleaning my window and taking a video. My coal is burning yellow quite a bit after loading this year and its easy to watch the flames that way. As i open and close the lever you wont notice much difference if any in the fire. I'm only using the left grate (looking at the door) right now as its milder weather but it does the same thing using the whole grate. i'll let the engineers here explain the fires path but it isnt straight to the vent. It stays in the stove longer going up and then has to go down to the bottom as it was designed to do. it doesnt matter how strong the draft is either.CorrosionMan wrote: ↑Mon. Oct. 26, 2020 6:58 pmHmmm, that doesn't make sense to me. Not saying that is wrong.
Anyone have an engineering explanation?
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- Hand Fed Coal Furnace: Hitzer 82 FA
- Coal Size/Type: Reading NUT 40lb plastic bags
- Other Heating: Heat Pump
Thanks for video, flames don't seem to change.
You realize you have this YUGE hole in your stove?
You realize you have this YUGE hole in your stove?