Earth Stove

There was a lady that had one of these for sale in a garage sale. I did not know anything about them. She was asking $200 I think. I did not know of that was a fair price or not.

 

Hi Everyone,

I recently bought a house that came with an Earth Stove Colony Hearth C200 R, and was wondering if anybody had information it's performance, or what type of maintenance should be given particular attention. The manual doesn't actually give much info on this, other than to clean it. I'm in Hillsboro, so just a bit west of Tualatin where this thing was made, but was also hoping to find out more about the codes related to these super old models.

 

Welcome Keenon Ono! I dont really know anything about Earth Stove but here is where you can introduce yourself (link below). Welcome to the best forum on the net. I'm sure someone will be along to give you some info before too long.

Introduce yourself here !

 

Hi Keenon welcome i have the same stove and love it, don't know anything about codes but if you bought the home
with the stove in it seams there isn't a problem , photo's of the stove will help you get the information you are looking for

 

Welcome to the club, Keenon Ono !
I think your gonna like it here! Thanks for joining up and posting.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome

As I mentioned we haven't had it inspected or serviced yet, even though we've been in our house for a little over a year. We had a foster child staying with us and the people who do the placement inspections said we couldn't use it unless we had a way to screen her off so she didn't touch it accidentally, so it's mainly been used as a fishtank holder. Now that the baby is out I'm looking forward to using it with some wood that's been curing since before we moved.

 

Looks alot like the one i just removed and sold. Was a good old stove, came with the house also. I just went to an epa with secondary burn

 

Well, winter is coming, I'll finally get to use my Earthstove, although in the shop I now have.

I have some firewood but did manage to pick up three 40lb bags of Anthracite Coal and have ordered one ton to have for this and probably a couple more winters .

I have a grate to go in the stove to put the coal on, guess I'll see how it goes.

 

Richcode

We don't have a windowed view of the firebox like you do, and so far I've only been home late enough to light fires after it's already dark out, so I'm having a little trouble determining how clean a burn I'm getting. I've tried playing around with settings, but it seems like the fire is mainly smoldering. When I go to check it, there seems to be a good bit of smoke in the box that I let out using the damper and letting air flow in through the door I crack about an inch. Once the smoke clears out the fire picks up. I was wondering what you have the damper set to, as well as the air intake? I've been leaving the air intake about 2/3rds to 1/2 open and the damper 1/2 open once a fire has been going, but have tried several settings to try and reduce the amount of smoke being generated with not much luck. So far I've burnt some maple, cherry, and pine. No moisture meter yet, but as soon as I put them on some coals they go up very quickly with little smoke when the door is open. All the wood has seasoned for almost 2 years at this point, so I don't believe it's too wet.

It also doesn't take much time to burn through the wood I put in. I would say putting about 15-20 pounds of wood in takes only 1.5-2 hours to burn down to a bed of coals.

Let me know, thanks!

 

I got it working. I guess I wasn't letting it draft long enough before dampering down. Still getting used to not being able to see the fire

 

Just found this forum myself, and i have the same insert as Keenon....Keenon, would you mind if i message you regarding how you are operating your insert? Im still trying to get mine dialed in but having a hard time deciding how much to close the damper, how much to shut down the air lever, etc... Has anyone had success replacing a blower on one of these inserts?

Thanks!

 

Dont know anything about your stove, just wanted to say welcome NVEarthStove

This is an awesome forum! I'm sure you'll like it here!

 

Welcome to the club, NVEarthStove !
I think gonna like it here!

 

Question for all you Earth Stove people....i am looking for a little insight on how to properly utilize my earth stove insert. I have the same insert as Keenon (picture from their message). My issue is keeping the fire continually going using the dampener notches on the side and air intake level under the bottom skirting. Im getting a cord of Almond tomorrow, which i know will be quality wood vs what ive had in previously. Normally, i start the fire with some kindling and add a few pine logs to really get it going. At that point i add some hardwood and have been closing down the air intake to about halfway and the dampener about 3 notches. After a few mins the temps start dropping down and when i open the door i have alot of smoke in the stove. Am i not getting the stove hot enough before closing down the dampener and air intake? I also think the hardwood i have now could be part of the problem, so ill be able to test a little more tomorrow once the almond arrives

Also, as you can see in the picture theres 2 knobs on the top that lift up the lid and expose a shelf (for dutch ovens, etc). I recently purchased a fan for atop the insert and i was curious if i should lift the lid and place it on that other shelf or just place it on the piece with the knobs. Thanks in advance!

 

I would lift it up. The temp difference for me between the scalloped top part and the actual flat top is between 150-200 degrees F. I usually idle mine at 375F on the flat top. I try not to go above 400 as that usually means I'm sweating.

 

I noticed the same with my temp gun....when i pulled the scalloped top part off the lower plate was around around 525, whereas the top scallop was 370ish

 

I've just been using an old spring style thermometer so I'm sure it's not as accurate as a temp gun. It sounds like you're getting the unit plenty hot enough to keep things from smoking and smoldering if you've got dry wood. I'm usually able to damper down and close the intake a bit after the unit reaches 300F on the top. The unit temps then keep climbing until I choke it down more once the house gets warmed up.

If the wood you're using is not fully dry, you'll definitely get smoke and smoldering. Every now and then I'll have a piece I know is too wet to be put directly on the fire, so I'll put dry splits in the middle, then stick the wetter ones on the sides touching the fire brick once it's been heated up pretty well and just leave them there. It's a bit like doing a kiln dry, and you will get moisture in the burn, but at a slower rate than if you just put the wet pieces directly onto a fire.

 

I need a door just like this. Where can I get one?

 

I’d start here maybe;
STEP 1: Identify your stove, insert or fireplace!

welcome to the Club. I’ve got a 1003c so different stove but an earth stove. Really enjoy it and hope for many more years of use. Why do you need a new door?