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[slimjim]

  It could have and should have been handled better, I wish it had! hopefully soon you can get the radiant in the basement and that will help some. Hot as heck down here but the project is proceeding nicely, met some nice folks while here.

[roxann]

things are good here... no issues with the light either temp on stove 186 fan running 72 in house
I added wood last night at ten and haven't had to put any in yet 

[slimjim]

Any idea when you will be working on the radiant slab and added heat upstairs.

[TheBoiler]

She is using a Glycol mix, do the numbers mentioned allow for the reduced heat tranference.

The unit is not a gasifier, mentioned some time back.

2 cords a month suggest 30 k btu average net. Also using a high temperature emmiter when heating with wood is not ideal.

[roxann]

The boiler I don't understand what you are saying....

No roads are still posted.. I'm guessing 2-3 months slim

[TheBoiler]

Water is a good transfer of heat, Glycol less so. All other things being equal you can transfer less heat with a mix.

Your baseboard radiators are designed to use 180f as their normal standard. In floor uses much lower temperatures.
You were having prob!ems with the Boiler maintaining high temps, if you do not need such high temps you have more wriggle room.
Wood, I assumed 25,000,000 BTUs a cord, 50 % efficiency probably high and that is about 30,0000 BTUs an hour. I did not think 2 cords a month was that bad.

[roxann]

I am hoping things will be different next winter if the unit runs well... It seems to have issues all the time the outside light still don't work it's like one thing after another with this unit

I would think being a new unit nothing should fault just my luck I get the lemon 

Other then the light not working the unit is doing good keeping up to temp fan shutting off

[mlappin]

I would think being a new unit nothing should fault just my luck I get the lemon 

Sounds like my luck, we always seem to get the one thing that "nobody has had that problem before".

[martyinmi]

I would think being a new unit nothing should fault just my luck I get the lemon 

Sounds like my luck, we always seem to get the one thing that "nobody has had that problem before".

You too???

It seems that any time I purchase something new, something fails right away, and when I call and ask questions about the part's price, availability, and ease of installation(or lack thereof), they usually say "geez, we've never sold or installed one of those before"!

[hrc200x]

I thought I was keeping up with this thread pretty well, but I'm confused, is roxanns stove a gassifier or not? Can anyone summarize this whole thread into a paragraph? Was it a mechanical failure, many mechanical failures, faulty stove, something wrong in the house, operator error, etc?

I'm 99% sure I'm getting a heatmor 200 non gasser this spring. The county I live in probably has 15 heatmor users, I don't think any are a gasser, and they all seem happy with their stove. A co worker has had it since '91 or so and just now had a problem with a leek at the door. Thanks.

[Jwood]

Roxanne's boiler is part of the  Response line I believe not sure if that's a gassifier or not, I think maybe but not sure. Hows that for an answer.

[slimjim]

Hrcx Roxann's stove is a copulation of lots of different things, there were some electrical issues for sure but they were easy, it all started with lack of training and understanding, I personally think that the stove is sized to small for her application, and she will be adding some more radiation this summer, it simply was poorly handled and got a bit crazy as Roxann had no backup heat, my suggestion to her is to add something for backup along with more radiation, I will shout out a kudos to Mike @ Heatmor for not only working with me( his direct competition ) but also for paying the bill promptly, thank you Mike, I hope we never need to work together again but if we do I will certainly be happy to try to help

[TheBoiler]

Seems a pretty standard OWB with a few tweaks.

[slimjim]

It is.

[slimjim]

I do not want to beat a dead horse but it seems that the local dealers wife has called our office to complain about my involvement with this thread, I ask you guys and gals, did I do anything wrong? Good morning Terry, I'm truly happy that you are following the thread, perhaps you should post your thoughts! I just spoke with Mike at your corporate office and he says that he appreciated my involvement and will be looking into the situation, perhaps you would like to call me instead of our office, you know the number, have a nice day!