Will a Blaze King Princess 32 work for my 1100 sq ft or too large?
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I don’t think a Princess 32 will be too large for your 1100 sq ft house, perhaps overkill but you can throttle it way back when necessary. I can get 18 hour burns in shoulder season, 8-12 hours burns during winter.
Except Vermont Castings which has had it for their stoves since 1977. Older Hearthstones had it too.
Not the point nor always so. They've been thermostatic since the beginning.
The older VC were pussycats, very easy to run. The neverburn models were/are a PITA, but modern cat VC owners are happy with their stove performance for the most part.
I thought (from remarks on this forum) that modern VCs are difficult to run. Yes there are those that are happy, but many are not.
Do all modern VCs have a thermostat?
Btw, that is precisely the point. The thermostat takes a lot of fussiness out of running a stove - at least for the brand I run.
Do all modern VCs have a thermostat?
Btw, that is precisely the point. The thermostat takes a lot of fussiness out of running a stove - at least for the brand I run.
Current models? Primary air or secondary? I thought it was just the secondary air feed on those which is not the same thing. Now that I think about those stoves that have tried, I thought there was a quadrafire thermostat attempt that used electricity too.
How about, no other stove maker has made a "good" stove with a well executed thermostat? That's probably too offensive. Others have tried but only BK has succeeded? Nah, people are too sensitive. How about, I sure like my BK thermostat!
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Older and current models. Primary air and in some cases secondary air too.
Good is very subjective and wide open to interpretation, especially when aesthetics gets involved. Features also play a role. Some people really prefer a top loading stove. My sister, with a new hip, sure could use this. She can't run her insert in spite of bitter cold weather.
