[AT] Shop heating

[Al Jones]

I came up on the tail end of this thread:  Are you all talking about the
big kerosene/heating oil heaters that commonly reside in a hallway of a
house?  If so my grandparents heated with one for years.  They replaced
it in the early '90s, (had no idea they were still made but they were)
not long after their health got bad and went to central heat/air.  The
old heater is still there, soon to be removed in preparations for some
remodeling so come June, my soon to be wife and I can reside there!

Al

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Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:16 PM
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Subject: Re[2]: [AT] Shop heating

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On 11/11/2004 at 1:18 PM Robinson wrote:

>  They should always be used with an "atmospheric draft control" (a
little

>swinging door controlled by adjusting a weight that lets air into the
>stove 
>pipe) mounted where the stove pipe comes out the back or in the first
foot

>of stove pipe.
>

Mine does have atmospheric draft control.   Part of the pipe extension
coming out of the back of the stove.   BTW, you are right Farmer, it is
a
4-man stove (-;  It does have a fan tied to the "Seigler synchronizing
control" that is part of the "Seiglermatic" control.  I just love them
old
marketing names for simple switches (-;  The unit has an interface for
an
external thermostat but appears to be a simple "on-off" type deal where
the
unit turns on using whatever manual setting you have it set to and then
turns off(or turns to pilot light).  Even then, I guess it would have
use
whatever fan setting you put it on.  I don't use a thermostat and
haven't
tried it.

Like any oil furnace/stove it does seem to build up soot but I run the
stove hot and never use the pilot light setting so soot buildup is not
what
it might be.   I can tell you that cleaning the unit after I bought it
was
a challenge.   I don't think soot had been cleaned out since new.  There
were shapes and sizes of soot stalagmites and stalactites that were
fantastical.  Truly amazing.

Spencer Yost
Owner, ATIS
Plow the Net!
http://www.atis.net

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