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machzman
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 05:21pm
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do not know what I have done wrong but I installed this unit in the fall
Now this weekend was -35 very cold
This stove sucks will not heat 500 sq feet
What m I doing wrong help pls
Love the look of stove
Thanks
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Littlecooner
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:32pm
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What do you have for insulation in this 500 sq ft building? -35 is pretty dang cold, that's 63 degrees below the point that water freezes.
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:52pm
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Does the fire still draw well, like it did when it was new? If not check the chimney flue. Does opening a window a slight amount make a difference.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 08:48am
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Also, at -35, the heating load or interior mass must soak up the heat (heat up) before you will start feeling heat. My cabin is the same way. Once the interior mass is heated up, then it stays warm, even long after the fire has burned out. In fact, stays too warm. I have plenty of windows to open fortunately.
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bowtie1
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# Posted: 17 Feb 2015 07:49pm
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Did you have the oven door open? It needs to be open to act as a heat exchanger when not in use
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machzman
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# Posted: 18 Feb 2015 10:55am
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thanks i will try doing that
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groingo
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# Posted: 19 Feb 2015 12:16pm - Edited by: groingo
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Being that this I assume is a cook stove you have a tiny fire box maybe 8 inches wide by 16 inches deep with iron insulators on either side and a shaker grate below which shakes the klinkers out so you have only a flame and not a coal bed, that in turn channels exhaust air around the oven to heat the oven then goes out the chimney.
The stove was never designed to heat a space, only to heat items put inside and on top of the cook surface so heating a space is not something it will do well, you need more thermal mass to radiate heat out into your living space and the ability to build a bed of coals, something your stove lacks.
Then like Toyota mentioned, you need thermal mass, something for the heat inside the cabin to hang onto and absorb into like furniture, carpet walls and ceiling but you first need to get a wood stove...not a cook stove.
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creeky
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2015 10:10am
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i have a neighbor John who heats his house with a cook stove. it's one of the really big fancy models. and he pours the wood in.
quite hilarious actually. he can't be away from his home for more than 3 hrs. and he basically feeds it hourly. so if you get him talking when he's out walking with the dog ... after about 1/2 hr you'll see him start to get all twitchy. he's thinking of his heat.
makes me laugh every time.
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Just
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2015 02:49pm
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There is a small stove called a ANNEX made to sit beside a wood cook stove to supplement the heat a cook stove produces .
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rayyy
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# Posted: 20 Feb 2015 05:46pm
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I can't help but think we all live in a 6 sided insulated box with a roof over it to keep the snow and rain out and depending on how much insulation you have in those 6 sides will determine how much heat you can keep inside where you are trying to be comfortable.-35 is just absolutely a crazy temp to keep out of your comfort zone.My old cookstove is rated for making 50,000 btu's at it's best but against those sub-zero temps,it's hard to keep up with the comfortable temp zone we all like.
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