Thank you. I looked at the Jotul stove, I love how it looks and has an acceptable wood length for the stockpile of firewood I have. I'm trying to decide whether it makes sense to spend the money on it because I'm hoping to build and move in to a cabin in a year or two's time. The Logwood 2469e would actually be a perfect stove to heat that cabin with no issues. However, if I run into any more issues with this stove this season I may buy the Jotul. It could be a good second stove for the barn in the winter anyway once I move in to the cabin.Almost anything would be an improvement for clearances and control and if the stove is mobile approved, it will have bolt-down legs. The new Jotul F602v3 might work. Also, look at the Drolet Spark and Nano stoves.
Do I need to worry about fresh air supply when campers are famous for having a ton of seams and small gaps in the slides and general construction? I have a working CO but a while ago I turned the smoke detector off because it goes off every time I cook stuff like bacon or reload the stove. I know that's bad and there's a way to deal with that I'm sure.And for your safety, get a stove that allows to connect an outside air kit (oak), aka fresh air supply.
And have working CO and smoke detectors.
Neat stove, looks sort of peculiar though.Take a look at the Woodstock Survival stove
Absolutely correct, I did not see a mention of off grid in all that text.Pellet stoves require power which can deplete the house power quickly if one is camping off grid.
It really is never a perfect stove for any situation I'm sorryThe Logwood 2469e would actually be a perfect stove to heat that cabin with no issues.
I've come to learn this after having more experience with other stoves in the past year. The single burn rate is a bother. Last year it seemed perfect for me because I only started burning it once it was regularly below 15-20 degrees F outside. This year using it heading into the cold season has shown me how it is lacking and not a great fit or my living situation. I currently use an electric space heater when it is 30-50 degrees out, along with the propane air heater built in to the camper to keep it from dipping below a certain temperature, usually 63. I try to avoid the propane as much as possible obviously because it is expensive. When it is 15 or below this stove makes this place comfortable, but it is stressful to try to get it to perform what I need when it is 20-30 degrees out, it will run me out of the camper if I'm not careful.It really is never a perfect stove for any situation I'm sorry
I meant 12 feet of rise but the stove is 16 feet travel total, there may still be an issue with it though because it comes out of the stove at a 90 going out the camper window for 6 feet and then 90s up to another 9 feet. I understand you are supposed to have it come out vertically first and then travel horizontal?The smoke rollout is due to the short chimney. Modern stoves need are tested with 15-16' flue systems and that is often the minimum. It's kind of pointless to put in a good new stove with secondary combustion if draft is inadequate. A simpler, tiny home stove, like a Dwarf or Cubic Grizzly will work better. Consider burning highly compressed sawdust logs or bricks instead of wood for a cleaner burn. Northern Idaho Energy Logs, Homefire Press-Logs, Bio-Bricks, Redstones, etc. are examples. Do not burn Duraflame logs.
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I'm installing a different stove tomorrow that will have a foot of rise and then travel out the window horizontally. It is a Vermont Castings Intrepid Flexburn, catalytic stove with lots of control over burn rate. I don't have much of a choice because this is the only window which is removable in this way. This stove is approved for mobile homes and RVs anyway. Family member letting me try it out.If the 6' section is horizontal, that is killing draft.
How is this camper used? Is it often mobile or fixed semi-permanently in one location? Does it have grid power? If so, mellow's suggestion of a small pellet stove is worth considering. The Castle Serenity would provide thermostatic heating for a greater comfort range.
The Intrepid is not going to like the 6' horizontal run. It needs good draft. Can the horizontal pipe run be reduced to 2'?I'm installing a different stove tomorrow that will have a foot of rise and then travel out the window horizontally. It is a Vermont Castings Intrepid Flexburn, catalytic stove with lots of control over burn rate. I don't have much of a choice because this is the only window which is removable in this way. This stove is approved for mobile homes and RVs anyway. Family member letting me try it out.
I live in this camper full time until I finish building my house. Have lived in it for 3 years now. It does have grid power. I will look into pellet stoves too.
The catalytic version is better behaved than the NC versions, but yes, it's really not going to like the long horizontal run of chimney.The VC neverburns are a good size stove, it would be worth your time to do a search on here about them and get acquainted with that stoves nuances. Not sure how well that top load will work with such low draft.
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The situation I'm in is the only place for the stove is in the open living room of the camper. It needs to be at least 2-3 feet away from the walls for safety and needs to not hug the exterior of the camper going vertical obviously. The window it is piping out of is the only one that is removable to replace with a sheet of tin. I think I may be able to make an 18 inch vertical pipe at the most coming out of the stove and then 90 out, and I may be able to reduce that horizontal to 4 feet maybe? Unless there's another way to install this stove very close to the wall in this camper. Maybe I could do a 45 degree until exit then vertical instead? By the way, the clutter around the stove will not remain when I prepare to burn it. As you can see, my last stove wasn't exiting as a flat horizontal, it climbs at a slight angle but it's probably not much of a difference.The Intrepid is not going to like the 6' horizontal run. It needs good draft. Can the horizontal pipe run be reduced to 2'?
I'm not exactly sure about the clearances, I need to read the manual online. Was just a guess and my paranoia.Does this stove also have such large clearances? (I think not?)
Also, class A pipe outside generally needs 2" from combustibles. Not that far. Seems you can decrease the horizontal run by quite a bit
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