my new little stove works awsome!!

[aldochina]

i put this in this year! took the old behemoth fisher out, and put in this little all nighter!! alot harder to load because the pipes for the blower, but burns much cleaner, and puts out alot of heat for a little guy!


how you like my heat sinks lol!! my wife doesnt like the way they "look", but believe it or not they function really well!!

[Jason125m]

Can't beat the heat of a woodstove. Its the only source of heat we have in 3 different places. Looks good Aldo, we have a little guy like that in our house.

[fabiodriven]

We have much to discuss this weekend Rory.

What did you do with the Fisher?

[roostin atc]

I have a old fisher in my basement heats my whole house. She's kind of a pig though. I can get about eight hours of burn time out of it.

[fabiodriven]

Eight hours ain't bad at all Craig. I can get about 9 out of my Russo but when I get to it after it's been going for 9 hours it's literally just ash and a handful of hot coals. It's enough coals to toss more wood in and get it going again though (usually).

[roostin atc]

My basement rarely ever drops below 85 all winter the thing is a monster. Looks good Rory I like how it has a blower.

[bkm]

I have a small Dutchwest in my house and it will run you out if your not careful. I love wood heat. I take it your is a 4 cylinder with the DG cool heads

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Love wood heat!

My inlaws generously gave us a nice Pacific Energy stove last year when they switched to an outdoor wood boiler system. It's rated for something like 72000 BTU and heats our little house effortlessly. It has some sort of baffle in the ceiling of the firebox that causes it to actually burn some of the smoke when the firebox gets hot enough. REALLY nice stove and I'm grateful to have it.

Nice stove Aldo..

[bkm]

Love wood heat!

My inlaws generously gave us a nice Pacific Energy stove last year when they switched to an outdoor wood boiler system. It's rated for something like 72000 BTU and heats our little house effortlessly. It has some sort of baffle in the ceiling of the firebox that causes it to actually burn some of the smoke when the firebox gets hot enough. REALLY nice stove and I'm grateful to have it.

Nice stove Aldo..

Its a catalytic combustor. Like a catalytic converter for a stove. Mine has it also, but it puts out too much heat for my little house, so I just keep the bypass open and use the flue.

[aldochina]

i still have the fisher, hope to hook it up in the basement some day. I'll have to find an old pic of that install! loved the stove, just not the proper setup for where i had it! Needed 270 deg of bends to go out the back, through the shelf and up!! no way to clean it with out moving the whole stove!! Rpita!! Served me well for 4 yrs though! could shove a damn 30 inch log in that one! With this one i installed a stainless liner i got on craigs for 50 bucks, straight into the top of the stove, no bends!! Drafts excellant, only take 16-18" log though!
The newer stoves are nice with the cats in them, but big bucks! I like finding these old bad boys from the 70's, nothin fancy, just some heavy boiler plate!!
right now i dont have the actual blower hooked up, gotta do some custom fab, as there is no room behind the stove for the old blower setup. the old fireplace has a built in blower mounted in the basement that used to circulate air from the basement through some 1 1/2 pipe that served as the fire grate, and out the bottom of the hearth. right now i just have some flex conduit going around the back of the stove blowing air over the top of the stove! Works well actually. i have a custom duct fabbed up to adapt this to the actual pipes in the stove, just gotta find some time to weld it up! I think its gonna work sweet when done!! Plus since the fan motor is mounted in the basement you dont hear it at all!!

[roostin atc]

There is nothing like wood heat. I wouldn't have it any other way. Wene I come home cold after working on boilers in the winter. The first thing I do is take a seat in my lazyboy that is within ten feet of the stove and thaw out. You can't drill for oil or make pellets but anyone can cut there own wood.

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Yeah, those Fishers are beasts! My brother in law has a Mama Bear and that thing puts out ungodly heat. Was in a house once visiting some other friends a few years ago and they had the Papa Bear and holy smokes! I was relieved to go back outside to 10 deg (farenheit) air!

[RIDE-RED 250r]

There is nothing like wood heat. I wouldn't have it any other way. Wene I come home cold after working on boilers in the winter. The first thing I do is take a seat in my lazyboy that is within ten feet of the stove and thaw out. You can't drill for oil or make pellets but anyone can cut there own wood.

You got that right!

My furnace didn't run at all last year, not one bit. I heat my house solely with wood and it is essentially free for me. The only expence in getting it is gas for my saws, the splitter and tractor and my time in the woods. But I don't mind spending the time in the woods playing weekend logger as opposed to driving the big rig all week....Would much rather be in the woods.

I dont know about you guys, but if I couldnt rely on my firewood for heat and had to buy fuel oil at almost $4 a gallon I would be in a heap of trouble

Aldo: what were those heat sinks originally used for??

[roostin atc]

Papa bear is all I got to say

[RIDE-RED 250r]

Papa bear is all I got to say

I think it would have been more aptly named "Lucifer".... LOL!