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HeatMaster / Re: Summer Burning
« on: May 21, 2018, 09:40:01 AM »
I get ammonia contamination in my pool about once a year as a reaction to field spraying.  In this instance, ammonia consumes chlorine that keeps the pool sanitary.  The only way to kill ammonia in the pool is to completely overwhelm it with chlorine.  It's a pain and usually costs $100 in chlorine shock every time it happens. 

I've considered the cheap way too, with a hose and a small pump.  The heat exchanger I have on my list is nearly $400, plus all the new plumbing I would have to do.  I'm on county water, so i don't have to pay septic rates.  It'll probably be a $150-$200 water bill this month.  Normally I'm at $35-$40 a month.

It's also illegal to burn coal in an outdoor wood stove in Indiana.  I won't say if I have or have not done that either.   >:D 

My closest neighbor is 0.15 miles away through thick woods.  We're good and he doesn't mind.  My next closest neighbor is over 1/4 mile away.  I've been burning for 5 years and no one has said anything. 

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HeatMaster / Re: Summer Burning
« on: May 21, 2018, 08:34:24 AM »
Well, I got her opened up (after a long battle with ammonia) she came up 78 degrees!  I didn't get an exact temp before, but I guarantee it was less than 70 degrees and it would've been at least another 2 weeks before we could have gotten in.  Now, I wait for my water bill!!   :o

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HeatMaster / Re: Summer Burning
« on: May 11, 2018, 11:50:31 AM »
So, I'm still burning for hot water and I've got things figured out so far.  It's going much better with the smaller pieces and a 3 degree differential. 

I have a pool in the back yard.  It's an in-ground 18'x36' and holds nearly 25,000 gallons.  I developed a hole in the cover this winter, and didn't really know it.  I went to pump off the water on the cover and unplugged it for the night.  Well, it continued to siphon through the pump over night.  Since I had a hole in the cover, it apparently drained my pool down nearly 2' of depth.  So, for the last 2 nights, I've been running straight hot water from the "hot" side of my washing machine hookup to fill it back up.  I figured this way, we can get in it sooner if I had 8,000 gallons of 110 degree water through my 20 plate.

I loaded the stove at 4:30 p.m. with 10-12 large pieces of healthy locust and turned the water on.  That's really enough for me to get 12 hours during a day in the 30's.  By 9:00 p.m., I had to add more wood!  I think I've got another 4 or 5 hours of running the hose before it's filled enough to get the skimmers submerged.  I'll let you know what temperature I end up in the pool.  I'm hoping to crack 80 degrees, but we'll see. 

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HeatMaster / Re: Summer Burning
« on: May 01, 2018, 07:30:32 AM »
Good tips!  I essentially did a batch burn last night.  I was out of wood so I tossed in a bunch of small stuff to get it going again and got it back up to temp.  I'll have to do the same thing tonight for showers because after it batched, it didn't relight.  So, I've got a bunch of wood I'll have to pull out to relight and re-establish my coal bed.

One thing I figured out as well, is how much heat my furnace water to air exchanger seeps.  I flipped my bypass for the first time so it just goes to my water to water exchanger, bypasses the furnace, and goes right back out to the stove.  My house is staying cooler and I'm not burning near as much wood.  I might consider installing a 3 way valve that is connected to my thermostat.  I'm sure that standard installation for a lot of you guys. 


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HeatMaster / Summer Burning
« on: May 01, 2018, 06:14:20 AM »
I'm starting my first summer burning in my 10k.  I just finished my 5th season of heating the house (finally.)  I'll be gaining 3 foster boys this summer making us a family of 8 and 6 of the 8 are boys.  Boys that will probably be taking a shower every night!!  I figured it was a good time to start burning over the summer and see how it goes.  My wife has been begging me to hook the pool up to an exchanger also.  I just don't want to spend the $500 on that project yet. 

I've already started cutting up smaller stuff and splitting into much smaller pieces.  I figure it's easier for that stuff to coal up and re-light with the longer idle periods.  I've also dropped my set temps down with a tighter differential.  I'm probably going to make it tighter.  I've been running 170 top with an 8 degree swing.  I went out to a dead fire this morning.   :bash:

This is a good example of why I dump into my hot water tank after my heat exchanger.  Even though my fire is out, the stove is off, and the pump is off, I still have 40 gallons of somewhat hot water for dishes, washing hands, and maybe even a load of laundry.   I have upstairs plumbed immediately from the heat exchanger.  There will be no hot water upstairs until I get home tonight and get the fire going again. 

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This is how I do mine:  https://youtu.be/nS_gXEpW--E

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: what happened???
« on: March 20, 2018, 05:56:30 AM »
I check this forum daily.  I don't comment much anymore.  Most of you guys get to the solution pretty quickly.  There are a couple FB groups I follow.  I'm sure they have taken a lot of the traffic.  If you are missing Slim, don't worry.  He's still out there on the FB groups (that he hasn't been banned from,) complaining about the same things. 

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HeatMaster / Re: 2015 HeatMaster 10,000
« on: March 01, 2018, 05:40:58 AM »
Just for curiosity sake, I went and looked at my bolts on my door.  They are the same dull silver luster as the day I brought it home 5 years ago.  I didn't have my phone or I would've taken a picture. 

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HeatMaster / Re: New Tutorial Videos
« on: February 08, 2018, 07:39:24 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5aJIzsja6s

Anyone know what happened here?

I've seen this video before as well.  He has comments disabled, which tells me he isn't interested in questions.  One sided stores don't sit well with me. 

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HeatMaster / Re: New Tutorial Videos
« on: February 08, 2018, 05:43:31 AM »
I saw that!   :thumbup:

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I have posted this before.  But, a simple backdraft after a burn cycle can create quite a fireball.  I knew the burn cycle had just ended and there was a good fuel load in the box so I knew there was going to be a fireball.  I ALWAYS check my temp before I open the door.  A temp near my high set point is an indicator of a possible backdraft.  Something like this could easily engulf someone standing right next to the door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cnVqYdNc94

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HeatMaster / Re: heatmaster mf1000e boiling?
« on: January 24, 2018, 08:22:22 AM »
I noticed it occasionally on mine.  But, it's typically when the ash pan is completely empty and all the air flow goes straight to the ash door and up into the fire right behind the loading door.  That pushes the bulk of the flame and heat straight up to that area.  Now, when I load, I make sure I put a couple pieces of wood parallel to the door to deflect that heat into the wood instead of up to the top of the firebox.

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HeatMaster / Re: Wood Consumption
« on: December 08, 2017, 05:26:37 AM »
I'm in my 5th season with a MF10,000E heating 3,000 sft of poorly insulated house in southern Indiana. I've burned between 11 and 15 cords the last 4 seasons.

I should add that I'm burning serious hardwoods.  Oak, Ash, locust.  The lowest value wood I'm burning is walnut and cherry.  And I don't have a lot of that in my stacks.

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HeatMaster / Re: Wood Consumption
« on: December 08, 2017, 05:25:21 AM »
22 cord last year, 4800 sqft, October to May. G200

Seriously?????  What are you burning, willow? Pine?  Cottonwood???

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HeatMaster / Re: Wood Consumption
« on: December 07, 2017, 06:37:37 PM »
I'm in my 5th season with a MF10,000E heating 3,000 sft of poorly insulated house in southern Indiana. I've burned between 11 and 15 cords the last 4 seasons.

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