I have the same stove, with wood it heats the whole house with no problem at all, but the coal doesn't seem to burn hot at all, but when I open the ash door a crack (I know you're not suppose to do that) it does the trick. It seems to work for a couple days on Coal, then you have to empty chamber and start all over. I'm still learning how to bank and control the coal, but we haven't run the Oil Boiler hardly at all, which will make this Furnace pay for itself in a year
I have had pot bellied stoves in the past and like them, no, you do NOT need electricity to run this Hot Blast. The built in double blowers are only an added advantage. If the electric would go out, it would perform less efficient, as the pot belly stove does.
This stove is NOT meant to burn Anthracite. To burn Anthracite, you MUST, from my experience on another stove I had, have a blower inside that constantly shoots oxygene to the coals. If not, and I have tried it in this stove, you end up with a MASS of what looks like black moon rock or something! Like I said in last post, the bituminous coal is the way to go after you get the gist of it. I WILL post another video with the bitminous soon.
@bobcatwork the old pot belly stove didn't have blowers. It all depends on how the airflow is set up. The air has to come up from under the coals. Does this stove HAVE to have electricity to work? That's a minus, in itself.
From my experience, the bigger the coal the better, so I use Stove Coal. However, After this video, I began to use "house coal", basically the cheaper run of the mill coal. It took a lot of smoke, but I was determined to figure it out, which I did! The bituminouse coal I use now is 80 bux a ton. Keep in mind I am from Pittsburgh and it is plentiful in Pa. Start with a firestarted log and add a little at a time, my stove burnes for weeks before needing shut down and clearing out a few chunks.
I'd like to know how the next day turned out. I've tried this many times and at the point your at it seems fine and dandy, problem is the next few days keeping it going is a real problem. The issue is the the chucks of coal eventually get stuck in the grate, making it impossible to properly shake. Also, I would like to know if it was "chestnut" coal or "stove" coal that you are using, I've only tried nut coal which, from my experience, does not work worth a damn in this stove.
Thanks. I will be letting the blowers do the work. These are such nice looking "old style" units, that I did not want duct work taking away from that effect.
Nice vid. I just got a used unit very similar to the one you installed. you gonna run cold air returns in each room or just let the lving room draw yhe cold through the blowers?
I have the same stove, with wood it heats the whole house with no problem at all, but the coal doesn't seem to burn hot at all, but when I open the ash door a crack (I know you're not suppose to do that) it does the trick. It seems to work for a couple days on Coal, then you have to empty chamber and start all over. I'm still learning how to bank and control the coal, but we haven't run the Oil Boiler hardly at all, which will make this Furnace pay for itself in a year
MarcDiecast 2 months ago
I have a hot blast 1557m also, did you ever put a cold air return for your blowers? If you did, what size duct/duct pipe did you use?
pollarofamily2005 5 months ago
I have had pot bellied stoves in the past and like them, no, you do NOT need electricity to run this Hot Blast. The built in double blowers are only an added advantage. If the electric would go out, it would perform less efficient, as the pot belly stove does.
bobcatwork 5 months ago
This stove is NOT meant to burn Anthracite. To burn Anthracite, you MUST, from my experience on another stove I had, have a blower inside that constantly shoots oxygene to the coals. If not, and I have tried it in this stove, you end up with a MASS of what looks like black moon rock or something! Like I said in last post, the bituminous coal is the way to go after you get the gist of it. I WILL post another video with the bitminous soon.
bobcatwork 6 months ago
@bobcatwork the old pot belly stove didn't have blowers. It all depends on how the airflow is set up. The air has to come up from under the coals. Does this stove HAVE to have electricity to work? That's a minus, in itself.
kenfo0 5 months ago
From my experience, the bigger the coal the better, so I use Stove Coal. However, After this video, I began to use "house coal", basically the cheaper run of the mill coal. It took a lot of smoke, but I was determined to figure it out, which I did! The bituminouse coal I use now is 80 bux a ton. Keep in mind I am from Pittsburgh and it is plentiful in Pa. Start with a firestarted log and add a little at a time, my stove burnes for weeks before needing shut down and clearing out a few chunks.
bobcatwork 6 months ago
I'd like to know how the next day turned out. I've tried this many times and at the point your at it seems fine and dandy, problem is the next few days keeping it going is a real problem. The issue is the the chucks of coal eventually get stuck in the grate, making it impossible to properly shake. Also, I would like to know if it was "chestnut" coal or "stove" coal that you are using, I've only tried nut coal which, from my experience, does not work worth a damn in this stove.
torr58 6 months ago
Thanks. I will be letting the blowers do the work. These are such nice looking "old style" units, that I did not want duct work taking away from that effect.
bobcatwork 1 year ago
Nice vid. I just got a used unit very similar to the one you installed. you gonna run cold air returns in each room or just let the lving room draw yhe cold through the blowers?
electrespect 1 year ago