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Post by plumberman » Sun. Feb. 21, 2016 12:25 pm

totaly impressed! picked up a vermont castings stove off of craigs list for 500 bucks. 15-25k BTU output no vent required. Last weekend 24 below outside, 65 in liveroom, 63 in kitchen at 7 am [t-stats just coming up from set back], fired up stove on low, at 2pm turned off because house was at 75. the other nice part no electric required [power failure] :D

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sun. Feb. 21, 2016 2:18 pm

Did you notice any odor?

I have a ventless Vermont Castings propane stove in my living room. Heat output is amazing, but I don't like the smell in creates. I have cleaned it, checked burner adjustment, blown it out with compressed air, etc. I suspect the smell is from the fake logs, but I am done messing with it.

 
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Post by plumberman » Sun. Feb. 21, 2016 5:36 pm

have a price?

 
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Post by plumberman » Sun. Feb. 21, 2016 5:41 pm

at first I thought there was a little odor[stove was never fired]. after that never noticed any thing! supposedly there is a difference between ng and lp?


 
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Post by franco b » Sun. Feb. 21, 2016 8:46 pm

Any fuel needs the products of combustion vented. You are jeopardising your health.

 
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Post by coalkirk » Sun. Feb. 21, 2016 9:02 pm

franco b wrote:Any fuel needs the products of combustion vented. You are jeopardising your health.
Got to agree with franco. These "ventless" stoves and fireplace log sets are legal because they have an oxygen depletion sensor. If they detect low levels of oxygen, they are supposed to shut themselves down. I don't like trusting my life to such a sensor. Also they are not ventless. They are room vented. And yes they stink. If you read the owners manual that comes with them they say to use in an area with adequate ventilation. In other words have a window open.

 
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Post by plumberman » Mon. Feb. 22, 2016 2:30 am

haven't died from cooking a thanksgiving dinner yet! :eek2:

 
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Post by coalkirk » Mon. Feb. 22, 2016 7:55 pm

plumberman wrote:haven't died from cooking a thanksgiving dinner yet! :eek2:
That's good! Maybe it's not the turkey that makes you sleepy!


 
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Post by Rob R. » Mon. Feb. 22, 2016 8:16 pm

To his point, I have cooked a lot of food in/on a gas fired range and never noticed any odors or reading on the CO monitor. Same thing with a blue-flame heater that I used out in the shop. Not sure why the VC unit I have isn't that way...perhaps it has never been used enough to fully cure the paint/logs. I would never want to use one for a primary heat source, but in a drafty room for a quick boost or emergency heat it would have some usefulness.

 
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Post by coalkirk » Tue. Feb. 23, 2016 9:15 am

Rob R. wrote:To his point, I have cooked a lot of food in/on a gas fired range and never noticed any odors or reading on the CO monitor. Same thing with a blue-flame heater that I used out in the shop. Not sure why the VC unit I have isn't that way...perhaps it has never been used enough to fully cure the paint/logs. I would never want to use one for a primary heat source, but in a drafty room for a quick boost or emergency heat it would have some usefulness.
The key words there are drafty room. Every non-vented device I have ever seen states in bold type in the manual, Danger of CO. Always provide a source of fresh air.

http://www.homeenergy.org/show/article/nav/kitchen/id/1152

 
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Post by plumberman » Tue. Feb. 23, 2016 5:20 pm

one of the main reasons for putting in the stove is for early fall heat, chill chaser on cold winter nights/ weekends. emergency heat doesn't overly apply to me, whole house generac will keep coal fire going, if not oil boiler will chime in. just say en if you don't have back up boiler or generator you mite want to look into one of these, hook into 2 100 lb tanks and you should have a couple days worth of heat! just saying because last week when we hit 24 below a couple of entire towns by us lost electric. alot of hand start generators would not start! I ques a good laugh at work was when some one asked how my several :D ways of heating worked, I smiled and said 75 was cozy!

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