HU =Heater Units
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Not a measurement but a title for a stove/furnace. Instead of a165,000 Stove it is a 165,000 Heating unit....I think 
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
That's why I asked when it was made. The term "Heat Unit" was used prior to the adoption of BTU in the late 1800s. It is essentially the same as a BTU in terms of heat output.
Boy I keep throwing my 2 cents of knowledge out there....I'm done
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Stoves of that era were cast with a heat unit rating so that they could be properly sized for the space to be heated. A 165,000 HU stove has an output of approximately 160,000 BTU/hr.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
You were on the right track, I just filled in some little details.
That could be it but I didn't think it would be that old
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
He said it had come out of an 1800s farm house so I figured it might be.
Late 30s/40s at the oldest
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
1930s or 1830s?
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Stoves that were originally designed before 1910 and still in production up until WWII would have still carried the "HU" thermal output rating. Many stoves originally designed in 1880s were still in production using the original casting molds through the beginning of WWII.
This is probably the case with this one then. My grandfather said today that the house was rebuilt right before he was born and that was 1943 but didn't know when they got the stove put in and he said knowing his dad, probably was a used one. He said the original farm house had a brick chimney, which explains the giant pile of ancient bricks behind the barn.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
You can cross check the rating by measuring the firebox dimensions and calculating the cubic feet of it. At 30k BTU per cubic foot, it's probably close to the stamped rating.
Yeah regardless, it should be enough based on your prior calculations to heat me to at least 60-65
Missed a few days of driving school??
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Funny how there just happens to be a ramp sitting in front of the curb he took off over.
Staged?
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Look at how the SUV launched over the curb and the lack of real surprise in the OMG voice over.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
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It's a bit warmer today, I just found out last night my son (Creed the house builder) is going to be gone for 5 weeks in Spain 
I worry every time he goes out of the country, it has been there before a few years back, he will be enjoying it..
I worry every time he goes out of the country, it has been there before a few years back, he will be enjoying it..
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Mopar-Man
Big Block Better Burnout
Morning fellas!
Listen, I didn't move to Florida to freeze my butt off. It's 31 and I gotta work outside. Take your Yankee air back!!
Listen, I didn't move to Florida to freeze my butt off. It's 31 and I gotta work outside. Take your Yankee air back!!
Mopar-Man
Big Block Better Burnout
Dukeboy was drivin!
-33.
Sonny boy flys out to the great white north at 07:00
“Wanna plug your truck in”
Nah,it will start. Guess who is having a tantrum now, guess who has to make sure he gets to airport?
Ya, thanks for fn up my day....
And my 400 dollar truck started, not plugged in....
Sonny boy flys out to the great white north at 07:00
“Wanna plug your truck in”
Nah,it will start. Guess who is having a tantrum now, guess who has to make sure he gets to airport?
Ya, thanks for fn up my day....
And my 400 dollar truck started, not plugged in....
Yes !! send it back.. We have not been this cold here in Arkansas in a long time, coldest days was back in 1928 .. so yes X2Morning fellas!
Listen, I didn't move to Florida to freeze my butt off. It's 31 and I gotta work outside. Take your Yankee air back!!
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