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  1. Nyquil Junkie
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    What's Your Stove's Practical Firebox Dimensions?

    The hitzer 254 I just got has a box 19" wide, 13" deep and 18" tall. The door opening is 17" x 11". Very practical for a small stove.
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  2. Nyquil Junkie
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    fire starters

    BBQ lighter fluid used to be my starter of choice, but it go more exoensive than using supercedars or enviro log chips. You cant beat BBQ fluid for...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  3. Nyquil Junkie
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    Less wood with smaller stove? Homestead Vs. Tribute

    Skill has something to do with it also. lol
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  4. Nyquil Junkie
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    Less wood with smaller stove? Homestead Vs. Tribute

    I have an intrepid, and I just replaced it with a larger stove. I can tell you for me at least, a smaller stove did not burn less, it burned far more...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  5. Nyquil Junkie
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    Smallest cat stove?

    The VC intrepid2 is a tiny stove, with a cat. They burn pretty well too.
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  6. Nyquil Junkie
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    fire starters

    supercedars rock, a quarter of a puck is enough to start most fires. I love em. I ran out a while ago and bought a case of "envoro-logs" I thought I...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  7. Nyquil Junkie
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    Improved draft!!

    I added 3 feet of just single wall to the top of my stack, the difference it made was very noticeable. Sometimes it doesn't take much to get a better...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  8. Nyquil Junkie
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    hitzer 254 baffle relpacement question

    the 254is a coal stove, but the design burns wood very well, and gets a lot of heat out of a little wood it seems. I burned a test bed of hard coal...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  9. Nyquil Junkie
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    hitzer 254 baffle relpacement question

    Arrgh I found a nasty crack in this used one, but its such a cool stove I bought a brand new one. I cost an arm and a leg but it makes a lot of heat...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 20, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  10. Nyquil Junkie
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    hitzer 254 baffle relpacement question

    ah I got it, you have to remove all the bricks, and then it drops right out pretty easy. The darn thing is a 1/4+ inch plate steel. This stove is...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 17, 2013 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  11. Nyquil Junkie
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    hitzer 254 baffle relpacement question

    I was looking at a used hitzer 254 and the only thing wrong with it is the baffle plate is burnt and has a crack in it. Online you can buy the baffle...
    Thread by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 9, 2013, 6 replies, in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  12. Nyquil Junkie
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    Does a cat "have to be" engaged?

    I run mine on bypass all the time. you just use more wood but if wood is abundant, its no problem. Actually running a good hot fire with the bypass...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  13. Nyquil Junkie
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    Hats off to SuperCedars

    I love those things. I cut them on 1/4 and its more than enough to get my little stove going with almost no kindling. I'm out... I have to buy some...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  14. Nyquil Junkie
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    Blue flames, I mean REALLY blue flames in stove

    You get blue flame when the impurities and gas has burned off the wood, and you have only carbon left to burn.
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 15, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  15. Nyquil Junkie
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    Newspaper logs in wood stoves?

    you have to mix saltpeter (potassium nitrate) into the soaking water. Then the paper is impregnated with an oxidizer. They burn pretty well once...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 13, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Vermont Casting Intrepid II model 1308 catalytic wood stove OPINIONS??

    When I fabricate a new cat housing I'll post the pics in a new thread..... summer sometime. I'll have to take the whole inside apart so I'll have...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 12, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  17. Nyquil Junkie
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    Intrepid model 1302 from 1982 noncat

    the 1308 and the 1302 have slightly different air channels inside. The 1302 (non cat) air enters from the bottom of the door (inside) The 1308's air...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Vermont Casting Intrepid II model 1308 catalytic wood stove OPINIONS??

    The smoke takes the same path it would take with the cat in place. The soft white box the cat was in (which forms the core of the secondary...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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    Vermont Casting Intrepid II model 1308 catalytic wood stove OPINIONS??

    The stove burns clean they way I have it, and it'll slow burn a load for a long time on the "cat" setting, sans cat. Not at all smokey. The old non...
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
  20. Nyquil Junkie
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    Vermont Casting Intrepid II model 1308 catalytic wood stove OPINIONS??

    Meh, I took my cat out and replaced it with a steel plate to duplicate the way the old non cats bypass worked. Cats are highly over rated.
    Post by: Nyquil Junkie, Feb 9, 2011 in forum: The Hearth Room - Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
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