BTU ratings on antique stoves.
- ASea
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- Location: Athol Massachusetts
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Alaska Kast Console II
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Coal Chubby
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood Modern Oak 114, Glenwood 30 "Estate" Warm Morning 120
- Coal Size/Type: Sherman Anthracite Nut/Stove from C&T Coal
- Other Heating: Peerless Boiler with Cast Iron Baseboards
Curious if any of our more analytical members ever came up with BTU ratings for antique stoves? Or maybe based on fire pot sizes? Currently I have a Coal Chubby, obviously not an antique but rated around 60-70btu I imagine a Glenwood Modern Oak 114 would be similar?
- Sunny Boy
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- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Anthracite Industrial, domestic hot water heater
- Baseburners & Antiques: Glenwood range 208, # 6 base heater, 2 Modern Oak 118.
- Coal Size/Type: Nuts !
- Other Heating: Oil &electric plenum furnace
There have been discussions about antique stove BTU.
Without expensive lab testing, the best way is to measure how many pounds of coal burned over a measured time period. Then a guessing game as to what the heat transfer efficiency of the stove is.
Without being able to measure efficiency everything else is useless. That pretty much ends the discussion.
Paul
Without expensive lab testing, the best way is to measure how many pounds of coal burned over a measured time period. Then a guessing game as to what the heat transfer efficiency of the stove is.
Without being able to measure efficiency everything else is useless. That pretty much ends the discussion.
Paul