[AT] Shop heating

[James Yost]

Spence,

So where are the pictures? I can not find them.

Jim


--- Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

> I cranked up the shop's Seigler oil stove tonight
> for the first time this
> season.  36 degrees and falling outside but it is a
> comfy 62 inside.  Since
> shop heating always comes up as a topic every year
> and I only mentioned it
> in passing last year, I thought I would post a few
> pictures:
> 
>
http://www.antique-tractor.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=SpencerY
> ost
> 
> The stove blows air out the bottom which is great
> for concrete floors.   I
> installed the stove last January.   I didn't get it
> done until late in the
> month so I only ran the stove for two months last
> winter.  I have it
> plumbed to my diesel tank so that I don't have to
> have separate tanks for
> diesel and heating oil.   I have really enjoyed it
> and has been dependable
> so far.   After a few air bubbles worked themselves
> out of the line
> tonight, the stove lit right up with no repairs or
> involved maintenance
> (drained the carburetor last spring and that was
> it.)
> 
> This stove puts out enough heat for me.  I heat 1200
> sqft of shop in North
> Carolina temperatures.  While we aren't Fargo ND,
> don't think we are
> Alabama or Florida though.   Our weather here in
> northwest NC is more like
> the lower Midwest than the deep south.  A bigger
> shop or colder climate
> would need two unless all you require of your heater
> is to take the edge
> off of the cold.
> 
> Anyone as old as me or older will remember these
> things.   You can get them
> used for less than 100 bucks.  Mine cost $50 with
> the above ground tank but
> I didn't take the tank.  You can usually get units
> that need minor repair
> for free.  To find a stove at any price, at least
> around here, you have to
> look for a while so you may want to start scouring
> the ad rags now.  If you
> don't have a chimney you will have to add one.  
> Great double wall chimney
> systems are not too horrifically expensive though.
> 
> Anyways, this is cheap, easy heat that would
> especially be great for the
> smaller shops less than a 1000 sqft - give or take
> depending on climate.
> 
> Spencer Yost
> Owner, ATIS
> Plow the Net!
> http://www.atis.net
> 
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=====
Jim and Janna Yost
Utica, Ohio
USA
jnyost at yahoo.com


		
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