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Roscoe

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Re: Boilers
« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2015, 06:38:15 PM »

I think I finally have my 7500 with fan option dialed in @ 185 low 195 high. Burning semi seasoned everything but hardwood. Still not used to tending to it 2x a day and still a little gun shy on losing a solenoid due to creosote. Minimal creosote since bumping up the temps.
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2015, 07:23:37 PM »

High the temp the less creosote you will have. Mine comes on at 183 off at 190.
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2015, 07:26:28 AM »

im running 9ft of stack, helped out recovery times for sure. i can throw anything in that sucker now and it will burn. only takes about 2 min of that door being open and u got a fire raging
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2015, 05:54:48 AM »

I paid for Ridgewood's 8ft pre built stack... dropped right in after grinding down the bead inside the stub. It surely helped my recovery times by a lot. My problem is excessive creosote no matter what wood we run... almost like the inside of the tank has a coating of something that will not stop melting. I have never seen so much tar all over the damper door, spilling out onto the ground, destroyed the rope gasket within the first two months of running the stove.

Hell I run the thing at a 200° shut off and 196° turn on.

I also have been burning nothing but well seasoned wood so...
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2015, 06:56:26 AM »

I am not sure why my stove is so different? I have had no issues with creosote, my door is completely free of it, and I have been burning wood cut in the fall the last few weeks. I have the stock stack but I did fabricate a fan for the door that blows a very small amount of air, around 30cfm, to help in burning the green wood. I do not load my wood right up to the door. I rake the coal bed forward and stack wood 3 rows high in the back and middle of the stove. My temp is set at 182 high 172 low.
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2015, 04:09:05 AM »

Wow right2bear I'm on my 2nd year and have no creosote on the door at all. There is creosote in the firebox, but nothing dripping out my door. Last year I burned green wood, this year drier wood. Nothing like you are experiencing. What type of wood are you burning? Mine is a mixture. My high temp is 175°.
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2015, 06:00:24 AM »

You guys having trouble with creosote at the door, is there any chance the stove is just off level? If so try shimming the legs in the front a little to make it tip back ever so slightly.
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #22 on: March 27, 2015, 09:21:21 PM »

Wow right2bear I'm on my 2nd year and have no creosote on the door at all. There is creosote in the firebox, but nothing dripping out my door. Last year I burned green wood, this year drier wood. Nothing like you are experiencing. What type of wood are you burning? Mine is a mixture. My high temp is 175°.

I'm burning primarily 2yr old ash and elm, with a mix of red oak.
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2015, 03:30:41 AM »

Right2bear, have you got an air leak around the door gasket? Could you replace the gasket and tighten the door?
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #24 on: April 05, 2015, 03:46:23 PM »

Bump....................anything new guys?
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #25 on: April 05, 2015, 06:25:12 PM »

No air leaks... still massive amounts of creo-evil :bash:
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Re: Boilers
« Reply #26 on: April 06, 2015, 05:10:57 PM »

I get lots of creosote also. Sometimes it drips from the door. Burning 3 year old oak and hickory. Some silver maple too, but not much.
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