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Portage & Main / Re: Optimizer 250 Nozzle
« on: December 11, 2020, 04:04:26 PM »
I am trying to get new cast nozzles for my Optimizer 250 and the factory is now just selling Stainless Steel nozzle plates.  Does anyone have experience with these?

Thanks,
James

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: It's staying cold!
« on: March 07, 2019, 07:22:52 AM »
Agreed, we have too much snow on the ground for a quick thaw and spring rains.  Nothing has melted yet and won't for a few more weeks by the looks of things.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / It's staying cold!
« on: March 06, 2019, 12:14:16 PM »
Well February is in the books and it was the coldest in 40 years for us.  Good thing the wood supply is holding up.  When it says cold for this long, the risk of flooding here on the plains goes way up.  The snow melts too quickly and can't evaporate or get absorbed quickly enough.  My house was flooded 20 years ago because of this.  Hoping it warms up soon or I'm gonna need sandbags and a raft!

Anyone running out of wood because of the looooooong winter?

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???  I'm not accusing anyone in particular, I'm calling us all out to be better people.  I'm sure I am guilty too sometimes, but this recurring negative mud slinging has made me very tired.  Feel free to boot me out if you feel I'm out of line for expressing my frustrations with the on-going feud, but I can't be the only one tired of the drama, and I think we're all better than this.

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There is never going to be a winning side to this historical story.  Both sides are so entrenched that there will never be resolution and agreement.  Everyone has and will have problems with their stoves both in the past and in the future.  Can we agree to bury this into the deepest mineshaft and move on to positively helping each other?   If you think this rant applies to the "other guys" you're wrong.  Grab a mirror and that is who it applies to.  We're all guilty of something in our lives and we can all be better with a little forgiveness.  If you simply have no self control and can't contain yourselves, at least be courteous and leave it on facebook where I'm not watching.

This has given me cancer and I'm done.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wood usage for the season?
« on: February 15, 2019, 10:09:23 AM »
Using the Heating Season instead of Annual gives a better indication of the winter.  For me it looks like 2013-2014 is the worst with 10,760.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wood usage for the season?
« on: February 14, 2019, 12:12:19 PM »
Cool.  Using that site we can establish definitive bragging rights to see who has the highest degree days!  My 12 month total is 10,317 at 63 Fahrenheit base temperature.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wood usage for the season?
« on: February 13, 2019, 12:36:31 PM »
For a scale I use a hanging scale used for meat carcasses with a large tub and hang it from the rafters of my wood shed.

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Yup, I live in one!  Built in 1904.  Too bad their insulation standards weren't what they are today.  Burn wood!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wood usage for the season?
« on: February 13, 2019, 08:05:01 AM »
Heat550 - How did you calculate your BTU's needed per degree?  Just divided the number of BTU's used (measured to date) by the Degree Days # (calculated to date)?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Wood usage for the season?
« on: February 13, 2019, 07:49:59 AM »
I advocate for measuring your wood consumption by the pound instead of by the cord.  As long as the moisture content is consistent, when we are all talking pounds of wood consumption it doesn't really matter if we are burning poplar, pine, ash or oak.  When you know your pounds per day and BTU efficiency per pound, we can all talk the same language.

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If you're looking at straight cost per BTU then yes, wood is the cheapest.  But what do the calculations look like when you factor in the cost of the stove, concrete, boiler shed, underground pipe, in-house components etc.?  I could buy a lot of natural gas for $15,000-$20,000 plus $1000 per year for the wood...

Of course I'm certainly not against wood burning, but sometimes I question my sanity. :)

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: What's normal stack temp
« on: January 25, 2019, 08:12:23 AM »
650 - 700?  Yikes that seems like a lot of waste heat going up the chimney.  My cycles are between 250 and 350 and even at 350 I feel really bad that it's wasteful and time to clean the tubes.

I have 12' of stack and a cap to keep the rain out but it does freeze up occasionally when it's -35 and windy for a long stretch.  It would be nice to take the cap off for winter but it's glued on so hard by years of creosote that I'm sure I'd destroy it and the stack liner trying to get it off.  I clean the stack once a year at shutdown.

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If I had a natural gas line running to my house there is no way that I would be burning wood.  With the price of natural gas it makes no economic sense.  I burn wood because electricity or propane are my only heat options. 

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HeatMaster / Re: Stack temps
« on: December 07, 2018, 08:57:15 AM »
Mine are in the 280 to 350 range, depending on how badly the tubes need cleaning.  Normally it's around 320 after a fresh load and around 250 once it's more coals.  I saw 370 once but that was an anomaly.

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