Hello All:
Have an off grid camp that I am planning on expanding and have some heat questions. No experience with stoker stoves, I'm a boiler user.
The existing stove is wood, and burn times aren't long enough for overnight without tending. Add in a need for additional heat when we make the cabin bigger, I was looking at Hitzers 30-95 and 50-95, and the Alaska Kodiak.
Any of these should supply enough btu's once rolling to keep us toasty.
I question how long is it going to take to get rolling? Not uncommon to walk into a zero degree cabin, and don't want it to take hours. I thought a bought basically using a whole bag of matchlight to get things moving quicker, rather than incrementally getting a bed of coals to get going.
One of the few advantages of wood is the ability to have a roaring blaze going pretty quick. Love coal, just a slower route to a bunch of heat.
What can you folks advise?
non electric stoker question
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Is that possible in the Hitzer or Alaskan? Somehow I was under the impression those were pretty much stove coal only?
The three models you mentioned are all hand fed stoves which can burn wood, although not as efficiently as a wood stove, giving you a quick fire that you can keep adding coal and wood to until the temps stabilize.
Each can burn pea, nut or stove sized coal depending on the draft your chimney/stove set up can pull through the firebed.
It threw me off a little when you used the term stoker which is usually used for hopper or auger fed stoves that use a combustion blower and some controls for feeding, ashing, etc. but had hand fed stoves listed.
Each can burn pea, nut or stove sized coal depending on the draft your chimney/stove set up can pull through the firebed.
It threw me off a little when you used the term stoker which is usually used for hopper or auger fed stoves that use a combustion blower and some controls for feeding, ashing, etc. but had hand fed stoves listed.
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now I'm confused ? the stoves (Hitzers 30-95 and 50-95, and the Alaska Kodiak) are hopper fed - maybe not what everyone ( or anyone) would call a stoker, but really aren't hand fed either, other than filling the hopper. Simply did not realize you can build a large wood fire in them. I see where folks talk about removing the "bin" that holds cola to use wood? Simply trying to see if these stoves would fit the non-electric need and not need fed every 4-6 hours - but would throw pretty quick heat
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DSM has a very nice sized non electric hopper fed stove also...
Not as pretty but sure puts the heat out...
Model #2100 WH
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Not as pretty but sure puts the heat out...
Model #2100 WH
https://dsofpa.com/retail/furnaces/
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&s ... ad27mqNVtt
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Sometimes one has to just learn to wait a tiny bit more in order to enjoy some of the better comforts in life.leward wrote: ↑Fri. Jan. 18, 2019 1:13 pmHello All:
Have an off grid camp that I am planning on expanding and have some heat questions. No experience with stoker stoves, I'm a boiler user.
The existing stove is wood, and burn times aren't long enough for overnight without tending. Add in a need for additional heat when we make the cabin bigger, I was looking at Hitzers 30-95 and 50-95, and the Alaska Kodiak.
Any of these should supply enough btu's once rolling to keep us toasty.
I question how long is it going to take to get rolling? Not uncommon to walk into a zero degree cabin, and don't want it to take hours. I thought a bought basically using a whole bag of matchlight to get things moving quicker, rather than incrementally getting a bed of coals to get going.
One of the few advantages of wood is the ability to have a roaring blaze going pretty quick. Love coal, just a slower route to a bunch of heat.
What can you folks advise?
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D+S has a nice selection to fit any need. never heard of them but not too far away in my home state. might have opted for one of their fine looking coal-wood stoves had i known. optional hot water in some is a plus for sure