Davey Hot Pot Solid Fuel Stove

[Dollystockingtops]

No doubt I'm opening an old thread, but I cant find it...

Will the 'Davey Hot Pot' solid fuel burn a good lumpwood charcoal ?
I know Davey says not, but I can't see why not ...

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Well, I don't know, but Davey definitely and prominently say not to use charcoal. I'd guess it is because there's a high probability of generating carbon monoxide when using a pure carbon fue with the draught control in some positions, so it's not a risk I'd take.

 

[KevinV]

Perhaps it burns too hot?

 

[sarabande]

Charcoal enabled the iron smelting industry in the Sussex Weald . If you burn it in a cast iron stove, and there's a problem with the air intake (i.e. you leave it open) you will have a red hot stove, and probably melt or distort the grate and other parts.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Charcoal enabled the iron smelting industry in the Sussex Weald . If you burn it in a cast iron stove, and there's a problem with the air intake (i.e. you leave it open) you will have a red hot stove, and probably melt or distort the grate and other parts.

I wondered about that, too. I've seen a wood burning stove glowing red (in a hut in Svalbard, not a boat), but that was welded up out of (probably) mild steel sheets. A cast iron stove might not hack it - it could, perhaps, crack, as cast iron notoriously has poor tensile strength (the That Bridge disaster is a case in point)

 

[Wansworth]

Wood stoves are not recommended for burning coal as they get too hot and actually melt the iron bits……..Iknow?

 

[jamie N]

I use charcoal in my Stainless stove, and it does glow a very slightly dark cherry red if I allow it to. It being on a Folkboat with a fairly restricted volume, it does get very warm & dry very swiftly.

 

[sarabande]

Toasty !

Charcoal burns at around 1100, and up to 1250 with forced ventilation.

Cast iron melts at around 1200 tp 1500

Stainless from 1400 to 1500, in general.