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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: solenoid problems / draft door size

« on: February 20, 2016, 05:13:26 PM »

My 7500 is 2 years old as well and is outside in the weather. I am still on the original solenoid and the only issues I had were with the solenoid wires coming off the solenoid. I crimped new ends on and used high temp electric tape to wrap around the wires, no problems since. Mine came adjusted so the door is not fully shut, about a 1/16 open on one side. I believe I read where some guys were putting paper clips on the bottom to keep the door from "glueing" shut.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: adding a tall chimney

« on: February 08, 2016, 04:20:00 PM »

Last year on one of the 40 below 0 mornings, my smoke went up about 30feet, then went perfectly flat and headed down the road about a mile staying together and not spreading out. Hoping not to repeat the 40 below this year...

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Oil is now so cheap I'm giving my OWB a break!

« on: February 08, 2016, 04:11:54 PM »

Thanks mlappin and kommandokenny for a great laugh today!!

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Rainy and Muddy here in West Michigan, Oh Crap Lost my wedding ring

« on: February 07, 2016, 07:05:06 AM »

Worked with a guy that lost his footing climbing into hid tree stand years ago and hooked his ring on the metal steps he screwed into the trees. Hung there a very short time and then lost the finger.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Ridgewood going out of business

« on: February 07, 2016, 06:57:37 AM »

I agree with mlappin, once the Feds decide they want to enforce it they will, and it boils down to money. I have had my stove for 2 years as well, still has the original solenoid in it, and no added stacks. I did fabricate a small adjustable blower for helping burn green wood, that is 60cfm max I believe, and adjusted to around 15 Cfm to keep from blowing the heat out of the stack. I have had zero issues with mine and very happy with how simple its controls are. If you think about it, it's a round firebox around 3/8 thick surrounded by a round water jacket pretty much like most of the conventional stoves, air in smoke out, really not much else going on there. I do not have any creosote on my door, it is clean. I run mine at 165 on and 180 out unless it drops below 0 here then I set it for 169 on 183 off. I have been getting great burn times this year by using less wood, especially during the days when I just add a few pcs in the morning. Sorry to see them go out of business , but I fabricate for a living and pretty much planned on fixing anything that goes wrong myself. I was going to make my own stove, but bought my 7500 for 4300.00 bucks, making it hard to justify buying the steel.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Firing OWB On and Off

« on: January 30, 2016, 09:17:49 AM »

I have been pretty much doing batch burns as well, load it at night and pull the coals and left over wood forward in the morning. Depending on the day temp., I may add a few pcs to last until I fill at night. I have learned on my second year not to stuff it full of wood and it's working well for me even on 0 degree nights.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Jonas vs. Buford

« on: January 25, 2016, 06:07:21 PM »

I am on my second winter as well, and like yourself, I learned not to stuff every inch full of wood. Seems like it will burn as much as you can cram in there.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Jonas vs. Buford

« on: January 25, 2016, 05:45:11 PM »

Nice feeling having a warm house during a bad storm. Glad to hear hear you got through the storm well. Saw on the news a lot of people spent the night stuck in their cars on I-75 in Ky.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: my review of ridge wood

« on: January 16, 2016, 09:40:35 AM »

Sorry to hear about your problems with your stove. I remember reading in your earlier posts that you bought the fan option with your stove and you added a 5 ft stack extension. Have you ever checked the temp coming out of your stack when you are burning hot trying to recover? I fabricated a fan for my stove last year because I ran out of dry wood and needed extra air to burn the wet stuff. I bought a fan off EBay that is 60 Cfm max. and it has a cover to adjust it lower. I was running it with the cover only open 1/4 of the max allowed, or approx. 15 Cfm which was enough to burn the wet wood, but not blow all the heat out of the chimney. I am getting 12hr plus burn times now at 13 degree days and colder nights. I also learned not to stack the wood box full to the door as I had a lot of heat on the door. I rake the coals to the front, stack rounds 2 to 3 layers high in the back, then splits in the middle toward the front with rounds on top of that, not stuffing every piece of wood I can fit in it has worked well for me. I come out in the morning to coals in the front and the rounds in the back burning with a very hot blue flame. I do not have any stack extensions on my stove, and have it set at 167 on and off at 182. I don't sweat the recovery times as I am warm in my house, my garage is warm and I have endless hot water. As far as the welding goes, I would weld it myself and be done with it. Sorry to hear about Chris leaving he was great to deal with when I purchased my stove.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside insulation

« on: January 10, 2016, 01:44:39 PM »

Yes, it comes in a roll, found it at Lowes here. They have fiberglass and denim types, I used the denim and was very happy with it seems to be holding up very well, going on three years here. I did tape the seams where needed with the aluminum tape. Happy with mine, it looks good.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Outside insulation

« on: January 10, 2016, 01:31:55 PM »

I used the silver wrap on my install 2 years ago. I wraped each pipe from my logstor to the boiler than I wraped them again joining the two pipes in one if possible. I bought it from Lowes and it was made with denim and easy to install and seems to work great and hold up well. I taped the seams with aluminum tape used on ducts.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Jan 10

« on: January 10, 2016, 08:32:56 AM »

19 here with snow and strong winds. Looks like nights around 0 degrees this week.

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HeatMaster / Re: Making a new rake

« on: January 09, 2016, 10:09:36 AM »

I have a rake with a steel tube handle that I welded in place of the wood one. Flat shovel built the same way, and I built a tool that is 6 inches wide by 3 inches, and bent on the radius of my firebox. It is 3/8 inch thick and sharpened on the front then welded to a steel tube. This works great for scraping the sides especially in the spring after I shut down.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: garage heat loop

« on: January 06, 2016, 04:48:22 PM »

I love having a warm garage workshop! I went a different route with mine. It is a large hydraulic cooler that I flushed and mounted it on the floor of my garage . It is below the boiler, so my pump is by the exchanger and I have two fans to move the heat. I wired in a 110v thermostat that controls a double outlet that I can plug one or both fans into. I built a small workbench around the exchanger with 2 furnace filters on the sides for in coming air and the front open to blow the hot air. I find that even when I have the pump shut off, my exchanger is still hot probably due to the fact it is below the boiler.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: spray foam

« on: January 02, 2016, 09:50:40 PM »

I could not remember where I bought mine, but searched on Google and it came up along with several others. Classic comfort in Ohio. Call and they will give you a price as well as a shipping quote. Great people to deal with!