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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Hawken Energy, support only => Topic started by: csmart94 on January 03, 2015, 12:06:54 PM

Title: new he-2100
Post by: csmart94 on January 03, 2015, 12:06:54 PM

delivered and set last night, hooked up and burning by noon today. only problem so far is the rain, my wood pile is soaked. replaced my homemade boiler with this unit, seems to be a lot of satisfied hawken owners on here so I am giving one a try

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Shrek1112 on January 03, 2015, 01:47:17 PM

I had mine set up the end of November 2104, only have to feed once a day.  I love it, hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine. :thumbup:

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: csmart94 on January 05, 2015, 06:32:56 AM

Night #2, air temp -3 furance ran alot, got about 13 hours on 1/2 load and still had a good fire with a few pieces of wood left. So far very happy with unit.

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Shrek1112 on January 05, 2015, 07:10:06 AM

Csmart- do you experience a lot of smoke coming out the loading door when the stove is idling?  I posted this question in the Hawken page but no response.  I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.

Tim

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: csmart94 on January 05, 2015, 04:52:40 PM

Yes I do, I think its just the nature of the beast. Im guessing because the door is bigger than the chimney opening the smoke will take the path of least resistance.

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Shrek1112 on January 05, 2015, 06:35:45 PM

Never thought of that, makes perfect sense.  Do you have any extensions on your stack?

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: csmart94 on January 05, 2015, 08:03:28 PM

No, was thinkin about it, I live in the country so don't have to worry about any problems with the neighbors. Would be nice just to get the smoke up a bit higher.

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Shrek1112 on January 05, 2015, 08:04:49 PM

I'm in the same boat with regards to location, just thought it might help with the draw.

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Vincent Paul on January 06, 2015, 11:23:43 AM

Hey guys,

I've got a Ridgewood 7500 which is similar to the Hawken and I would highly recommend a 6' to 8' stack.  It really helped our draft.  Most of the Ridgewood guys are running that height as well............vpm

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Shrek1112 on January 06, 2015, 12:48:10 PM

Thanks for the info VP. I'm going to give it a try, just wish my dealer would have made the suggestion or know,about the issue.   :bash:

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: Roscoe on May 16, 2015, 06:56:03 AM

My 2100 was delivered yesterday. Looks a lot like my old Wood Doctor and its bigger than my Ridgewood 7500. Can wait til September to fire it.

Title: Re: new he-2100
Post by: mlappin on May 16, 2015, 06:59:21 AM

Quote from: Shrek1112 on January 05, 2015, 06:35:45 PM

Never thought of that, makes perfect sense.  Do you have any extensions on your stack?

Increasing the height of the stack can or most likely will increase your draft which means more heat lost out of the stack, if you go this route, follow slimjims suggestion and get a barometric damper to add to the stack.