First Burn!! DVC-500

ablumny · Post by **ablumny** » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 9:50 am

It's been a fun summer preparing for this day

Thank to all who helped along the way. Great forums!!

Pictures and video's along the way:

I used a coal mouse, fired right up and within 20 minutes or so, heat was pouring out of this thing!! Very pleased.

Andrew

Devil505 · Post by **Devil505** » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 9:59 am

Nice photo/video display! Looks like you've already found a new hobby.........& the cold weather hasn't even hit yet!!!

Oh yeah......You're hooked!

k9 Bara · Post by **k9 Bara** » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 10:37 am

Congrats on you successful burn! Your gonna love this stove, I have burned twice now for cold nights. It has only idled so far but it has been fine.

Adamiscold · Post by **Adamiscold** » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 1:29 pm

Great job with the pics and video's Andrew.

ablumny · Post by **ablumny** » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 10:02 pm

Thanks all. Next Ill be looking to expand into ways to maximize my investment. Coil for DHW, "jack" into my baseboards.......

coalmeister · Post by **coalmeister** » Mon. Sep. 22, 2008 11:39 pm

Great pics and vids. Got me stoked up!

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Tue. Sep. 23, 2008 1:44 am

This stove is a stoker stove,, moving it to the stoker forum.

Greg L

ablumny · Post by **ablumny** » Tue. Sep. 23, 2008 7:28 am

This stove is a stoker stove,, moving it to the stoker forum.
Greg L

....aren't we in the stoker forum now?

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Tue. Sep. 23, 2008 10:38 am

The topic was in the hand fired forum originally,, I moved it to the Stoker forum for better exposure to the 'stoker crowd'..

Greg L.

ablumny · Post by **ablumny** » Sat. Oct. 18, 2008 8:19 am

I'm on my 5th test burn.
Looks like Ive got things well dialed in and under control as far as feed rate, temps, etc.
Coal bin and delivery system fine tuned and usable
Tools in place
Wife trained to manage the process
Kids stopped whining about the idea of coal

The heat output is amazing and the natural distribution throughout my two story center hall colonial is way better than I expected. I can see a need for a ceiling fan in the area where the stove is as that room gets to be a cooker but other than that I am ready for winter on Long Island.

Want to say thanks again to all forum members for the advice I've received.

Devil505 · Post by **Devil505** » Sat. Oct. 18, 2008 8:29 am

ablumny wrote:I can see a need for a ceiling fan in the area where the stove is as that room gets to be a cooker but other than that I am ready for winter on Long Island.

You'll be constantly finding new ways to "Fine Tune" your home to distribute the heat evenly.......That's part of the fun!

My latest project: New Distribution Vent

ablumny · Post by **ablumny** » Sat. Oct. 18, 2008 8:52 am

You'll be constantly finding new ways to "Fine Tune" your home to distribute the heat evenly.......That's part of the fun!

I went though your post. Very "cool". Over the summer I was thinking about floor registers and how to distribute the heat to the upstairs. Decided to wait, see how the first year goes, ping the crowd here then make decisions for next year. I am hot on the idea of a water coil though for hot water.!

thx

LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Sat. Oct. 18, 2008 8:57 am

Yes, hot water coils are a great way to offset even more of our heating needs.. over the whole year, most households use 30% of their heating budget to heat hot water.. that's for the whole year.. so during the winter, it probably is roughly 15-20% of the heating costs.. depending on the household's number hot hot water users..

Stay warm..

Greg L

beatle78 · Post by **beatle78** » Sat. Oct. 18, 2008 8:16 pm

FYI,

Last I knew Harman does not have a hot water coil option for the DVC-500. That's not to say you can't come up with something, but the fire box is pretty small.

My parents are going on ~9 years with their DVC-500 and they get 100% of their heat from it. Their house is ~200 year old center hall colonial. The heat distributes very nicely throughout the house.

traderfjp · Post by **traderfjp** » Sat. Oct. 18, 2008 9:36 pm

Hi,

I'm a little curious. I have an Alaska stove with a Coaltrol which does an amazing job of keeping the room at a constant temp. How well does the built in thermostat of the DVC-500 work? Can it keep the temp in the room with in 1-2 degrees?