Help Identify Johnson Energy Furnace

[acicomp]

Good evening all! I've been lurking here for a while as I have been waiting for a deal to come along on a wood furnace. I am new to the wood furnace scene and I was able to pick up an older Johnson Energy Furnace for little of nothing today and the guy included a plenum box for the ducts and quite of bit of ducting, etc... I would like to see if someone can help identify which Johnson model this unit is.

I have attached a few images of the unit. The main box dimensions are 32" deep x 30" tall x 24" wide. It has two fans on the bottom of the unit, a 6" vent pipe and 2 - 8" duct attachments on the top of the unit. I need to pick up a couple of parts for it like a new grate and replacement for one of the fans. The label just says Model: "J" with no numbers after it.

It still appears to be in "decent" shape, but like I said, I new to all this. I am hoping to start working on installing the chimney tomorrow afternoon so we can possibly get this unit going soon.

Thanks in advance for nay help or suggestions.
Chris .

 

[Smoke Signals]

I can't really help ya on the ID but I can tell ya that is newer than this old bird of mine. Burn it hot and it should serve you well but expect to feed it well.

 

[acicomp]

Thanks for the reply. Yours does look a lot like mine even though the doors are a little different. I like the filter box on yours. Mine had 4 wobbly legs, so we grabbed a couple sticks of flat bar and welded them on so it would add some more stability to the legs. I also fixed that beat up fan that was in one of the pics above. The last owner had done a number on it when he pulled it from his basement. I may go ahead and reinforce the bottom of the ash pan with some new plating because the last owner had been burning with a busted grate so the fire was right on the ash pan for a while which caused some warping. I may also go ahead and use some 3/4" rebar to fab a new set of grates before I really put it to use on a full time basis. Not ideal, but much cheaper than a set of 21" wide cast iron grates.

 

[Smoke Signals]

Mine has no grate. I just keep a few inches of ash in the bottom of the fire box all the time and it seems to do ok.