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[duramax]

Started ours yesterday. Here in Masshole land  we have had warm temps. I fired up yesterrday for the season 1st. In this weather the pex line going across the basement is enough to heat house so no real demand for heat other than hot water. I clean the primary tube once a season and blow out the side air inlets with 140 psi air. This year may be tricky, we will be burning pine mostly with some hardwood added for coals.  Not sure it is up for the season yet, tomorrow is going to be 65*.  I hope the pine works, funds were low to buy cord wood and the guy I buy hardwood ends from left me hanging this year, " oh yea I'll have that next 2 weeks"

[hondaracer2oo4]

Yeah for the cost of around $100 per cord from the log length guy I just buy a load once a year and I don't have to worry about if I have wood or not.

[buckgrunt]

Same here.......I hear all of the horror stories of leaking wood furnaces and I get worried......

[benp]

Stove is putting up big numbers today!!!!

[Roger2561]

benp, That's so cool.  Can you monitor it from the comfort of being inside your home too?  I wish CB had that available for my E-Classic 1400.  My CB dealer said the ones made for today's units are not compatible with the older ones like mine.  Roger   

[benp]

benp, That's so cool.  Can you monitor it from the comfort of being inside your home too?  I wish CB had that available for my E-Classic 1400.  My CB dealer said the ones made for today's units are not compatible with the older ones like mine.  Roger

Roger,

That’s a screen shot from my phone. 

You can monitor from anywhere as long as cell phone signal or Wi-Fi access. 

That’s too bad.  I find it to be an invaluable tool.  You really learn a lot about the stove and how it functions.

[benp]

To me this is the most important part of that program that you learn the most.  The history page.

I can tell if cold equipment was brought in the shop, if the wood is bridging or needs tamped down, if the heat exchangers need cleaned, or ahem if someone left the bypass open.

[Pointblank]

Ya, that firestar wifi monitoring is bar none the best option out there. I have it on my 550 and its awesome. You learn a great deal  about the stove being able to monitor reaction chamber temps. You can even set it up to text or email you if your running low on wood, high or low water temp,  or if your fire goes out.

[Roger2561]

pointblank - How do you like you Edge 550?  How long have you had it and is it running okay for you?  I visit another site and a person there has the Edge 750 and for a while it had been eating up solenoids left and right.  I believe he may have found a solution to the problem.  Does the 550 come with the titanium stainless steel like the Edge 750?  Roger

[Pointblank]

pointblank - How do you like you Edge 550?  How long have you had it and is it running okay for you?  I visit another site and a person there has the Edge 750 and for a while it had been eating up solenoids left and right.  I believe he may have found a solution to the problem.  Does the 550 come with the titanium stainless steel like the Edge 750?  Roger

This is year number 3 with my 550 and so far the stove has ran good. No problem with the solenoids, their still original. In fact, my previous boiler was a cb 5648 (same solenoid as the Edge series) that I ran for 13 seasons and still had the original solenoid when I sold it. Only complaint is I've had to clean the primary air channels out each year once mid season. This requires shutting the stove down. Im trying a couple different things this year and hopefully get by the whole season without shutting down. And ya, I'm pretty sure the 550 is now available in stainless.

[boilerman]

I agree with benp that the XP is an awesome tool. Wow 1,700 degrees, that's a great burn! The highest I've ever seen on my Eclassic 2400 XP chart is 1,470 degrees. I really like all the easy removable air passage channels on your Edge. Can't complain about my 2010 E2400 though, been a great stove, still using original solenoids and pumps. Upgraded my Firestar in 2012 so could put on the XP. So far so good.

[duramax]

Stove is putting up big numbers today!!!!

I did not get the wi fi option on my E 1450 but I can see where it could be coo. l just plug along like the dinosaur that I am. I don't even have my cell phone on except to make calls and I have no use for face book twitter  ect. Hey if my cave is warm all is good.

[duramax]

Yeah for the cost of around $100 per cord from the log length guy I just buy a load once a year and I don't have to worry about if I have wood or not.

Around here log length is getting harder to find at a good price. Now they process it all and sell it out in the burbs outside of Boston for a primo price.  No need to sell it in log length anymore.

[hondaracer2oo4]

Try some tree companies if you are in the inner city area. Not many places for those guys do easily get rid of bigger wood.