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That long ago?Jotul stopped making Cat stoves about 20 years ago.
That long ago?Jotul stopped making Cat stoves about 20 years ago.
Bryan, that is the craziest thing I think I've ever read! Wow!
3 hr burn time. ? Dang no wonder your looking at other options . I could toss some logs and cardboard boxes in my firepit in the backyard and get that . Concerning the heat swings : this is why when its mild you learn to use wood to your advantage . I like to use hemlock slabs ( we have slot of Amish sawmills around here ) so I don't get the house overheated . They take the chill off but don't build up a coal bed . Operator error can usually account for too heavy a coal bed . Its avoidable ..They usually come by reloading to frequently then guys don't realize how to burn them off . You just rake them all toward the very front of the stove and toss a small thin slab on top then open your air intake to wide open and leave it for next few hours and enjoy the heat from those coals.proper technique on running these new stoves it goes a long way and avoids the concerns you have
Good to know, thanks.I bought a Jotul F3CB in 1994 and they had made the switch to high tech secondary combustion at that time. I heard the high temps in the cats had caused some warping problems.
I have been afraid of cast Iron stoves for warping problems. I Guess you have to be careful not to over fire them, but the Jotuls must be one of the better stoves on the market.I bought a Jotul F3CB in 1994 and they had made the switch to high tech secondary combustion at that time. I heard the high temps in the cats had caused some warping problems.
The grate is there for more than ash removal.
I have the little one in the old dairy barn, It is burnt out. We used it or years with a internal hot water tank. The new to us is the larger larger model, the only number I can see is B6. The new one must have 7 or 8 cu ft fire box,Both my Jotuls have grates and ash pans.
I've got a Riteway Model 37 with wood and coal grates sitting in the shop.
What Riteway do you have?
I agree with everything except "go big". 1200 sq feet of well insulated house here. No way in hell I could run a F600CB!I like to go big on free standing wood stove suggestions. For one, they take longer, larger wood. Second, you can let the house get cooler while you are gone and when you get home fire up that big stove and let 'er rip! I'm into super seasoning wood and always have been. Two years or longer and even large pieces light up and burn well. We've been burning nothing but pine this year in our F600cb and the splits are 23inches X about six inches, seasoned two years. All of our firewood is from trees I charge people to remove in out tree business.
If our house were larger, I'd not even consider replacing the 118CB. Fantastic stove!Well I didn't mean that big!
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I can see a difference… Even though air in not fed from under the grate the grate still affects combustion. ... The grate is there for more than ash removal. … main air enters the firebox right near grate level, it looks like some of the heavy cool input air drops through the grate and comes up under the burning logs.
OK… I wasn't on the design team, and I retract the “BLANKET STATEMENT”.Now, Del, you know Spidey was on Jotul's design team, otherwise he wouldn't go around making BLANKET STATEMENTS like that. He HAS to have firsthand knowledge.
My … furnace has grates, but make more coals then any other stove I have ever burned. …not a problem because the ash door can be opened and they produce crazy high temperatures.
So even though there is a grate (without air fed under it), the box builds too many coals…My other option as opposed to hauling the coals out once there isn't an active, visible-flame fire is to open the ash door a bit and burn the coals down that way…
No doubt Jotul has no idea this is happening and just got lucky.
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