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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2016 08:40am
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No, I'm not buying it but I'm surprised no one has. It's been on Craigs List for a while. I Googled it and I *think* it's British. I can't seem to find a link to Efel OIL burning stoves in the US -- only in England and Ireland. The Efel stoves in the US are wood burners, from what I can find so far.
But she sure is a beauty! Wonder if she's legal in the US?
https://klamath.craigslist.org/mat/5406405429.html
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groingo
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2016 01:18pm
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Efel is is a good brand, used to have an Efel wood burning stove....well built and designed but then along came the Waterford which was better yet.
As oil burners go in the US, haven't got a clue, think the fact it is an oil burner is why it isn't selling though.
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Steve_S
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2016 03:37pm
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I've seen one of these stoves which was supposedly a dual fuel version which burned either short log hardwood or smokeless coal. What stood out to me was the quality of the iron castings and the brass fittings as that was quite an ornate model. I saw it working with log but the owner said it could also use that type of coal. NB He was English and imported it when he moved to Canada some years previous. I don't know much about coal, last time I had any use for it was on the farm in the 60's...
I can see the + side of using coal for overnight heat. Where would someone get "smokeless coal" ?
Just checking and I see there is no apparent distributor for Canada but there is for the USA and Lehman's also carries them... OUCH $$$$ Also noticed that the only models on offer are Wood Burner only, yet in the UK you can get Oil, Wood/Coal and Wood only models.
I found this euroheat.co.uk ... WOW some beauties there and informative FAQ... So Smokeless Coal is a manufactured product.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2016 04:27pm
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That is a beautiful example of casting craftsmanship. Aside from the issue of whether it's EPA legal, old stoves like this are frequently burnt out in the bottom. Cast iron only withstands so much heat. But I don't know if oil burners would get ruined like wood burners.
Unfortunately a lot of these nice old stoves are just pretty conversation pieces.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2016 08:50pm
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Too bad there aren't more pictures to see the condition of the "guts" and back. The listing says it's in "excellent" condition and the outward appearance certainly appears so but who knows what it was put through when it was in use -- and how long it was in use.
Beautiful thing aesthetically, though. Quite "old world." Curiosity led me to Google the brand and they're still crafted in Belgium where they began.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2016 11:34pm
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Maybe it's not as old as I assumed- but I wouldn't want a diesel burner, they stink.
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Julie2Oregon
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# Posted: 19 Mar 2016 08:54pm
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Yeah, I'd imagine that kerosene stinks, too. Unless these things are vented in some special way?
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 19 Mar 2016 11:56pm
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Regardless of how they are vented, you still get some of it. Kids that take diesel school busses to school have much higher levels of diesel in their blood than the rest of us- ouch-
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