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Hawken Energy, support only / How much wood in a single load?

« on: November 17, 2014, 07:50:58 PM »

I'm just curious how much wood other people load in there HE1100 per load.  It seems like I'm really loading it up these days for 10 hours.  Temps are in the 20s and I'm filling it just under half full and it last about 8-10 hours.  I'm using little bit of cherry and popular mixed. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 29, 2011, 06:48:16 PM »

I have also noticed less noise in the pipes in the mechanical room in the last week or so.  Like the flow has slowed down a bit.   Purhaps i should put another pump in to see if results are similar.  The water in the basement may be condisation,  it really hasnt flowed out, rather a steady drip,  right after a rain or snow.   Also the little bit of snow we had this year has melted above the line two to three foot wide.  But at night frost and any moisture freezes about the line.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 28, 2011, 07:15:32 PM »

I did run it in 4 inch pvc, must have been damaged when I backfilled it or had a bad joint.  I'm thinking if trying to get away with it the rest of the year and replace it with thermapex or something similar next spring. We will see.   Piping still looks moist on the bottom, yet only lossing 5-6 degrees, hopefully I can make it work the rest of the winter.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 27, 2011, 05:20:58 PM »

Well it snowed today and out of curiosity i ripped the foam from the pipe that runs into the mechanical room only to discover water was in the pipe.... this may be an issue.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 15, 2011, 07:29:10 PM »

Interesting.... Last year I just about burnt 2 or 2 1/2 cords in the indoor stove. If I go through 10 cords a year with my current setup I will be tickled!!  My stove is 150gallons and its rated for 225,000 btu.... as for hourly btus I wouldnt have a clue, same for the indoor stove. 

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 15, 2011, 07:14:23 PM »

My underground run is 110 feet.  I do notice when it rains I burn a little more wood.  But not as much when It snowed and was 20 degrees out.  I'm thinking about just runing the furnace with propane for a couple days, bypass the HX and let the boiler pump run and see how much I burn that way.  When we hit the 20's again that it.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 15, 2011, 06:41:07 PM »

Wow nice reply on this one.  I am leaning on the house being the issue.  The home is only 14 years old and a two story with 1200 square feet on the main, 400 on the second, and 1000 on the basement.  I have a foyer about 15 feet high in the front of the home (200 square feet maybe) and catherdal ceilings (300 square feet)  in the family room. I do believe alot of heat rises there.  The second floor atic has about 9-10 inches of celose and the rest of the main floor is about the same, not sure whats in the family room (catherdal ceilings).   Fiberglass insulation in the walls, maybe R-19.  I have been keeping the house 74 degrees.  As I remember I went through 1200 gallons of propane last year with my indoor wood stove running at night and weekends  (at 70 degrees).  I do believe the furnace kicked on frequently also.

I am heating with green oak, maybe and cherry,  I load about 5 to 7 6-8 inch logs anywhere from 2-3 feet long.  Wood has set pry 4 months.

As far as the pvc having a leak in the joints I really doubt it,  I pitched the line toward the basement so I could see if any water leaked in, so far no wet basement.
The little snow we had this year did melt above the lines, but at night it all freezes up again.

Not sure on the damper, the fan does make some strange noises once and a while,  just have to hit the door and it stops.
From the boiler to the home I loose about 3-4 degrees,  the differental is factory setting at 20 degrees I do believe,  kicks off at 175 and on at 155.

As far as the bubble wrap Im not sure thats the best insulator I should have choosen in my current situation,  Maybe I will spray foam around it next year or save up for the good stuff.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / How much more wood consumption in Dec.

« on: December 14, 2011, 07:08:03 PM »

I know their are a ton of factors with this, but I will ask anyway.... I have a Hawken 1100 and the last few weeks I load this thing hardly twice a day.  Once a day if it is in the 40's and twice when its in the 30's.   So far I have been pleased with the wood consumption.   
The past week end we hit the 20's, couple days went by and I still loaded twice a day.  The last two nights in the low twenties I have been getting 6-8 hour burn times.... Not real happy about it,  I dont want to load it in the middle of the night and nobody is home in the middle of the day. I do not understand why it suddlently started sucking the wood. 
My theory is because my bubble wraped, pvc sleeved pex lines are only buried 2 foot max and the ground started to freeze robbing the heat from my setup.   I have also noticed the fan in the house kicked on every 15 minutes at night, maybe its the cheep plumbing or maybe its the ineffecient house.  Any ideas??

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Electronics / Re: How do I wire my Furnace humidifier to indoor boiler thermostat?

« on: November 05, 2011, 07:54:18 PM »

Thank you for the replies.  I tried my original idea and it failed.  The furnace and water would turn on but then it would not turn off.

RW I appreciate the response very much but you lost me at transformer.  Unfortunately, I am not that smart.  The concept sounds great but I am not confident that I could install that system.

I noticed my AC unit coming on when the fan turns on.  So, I pulled the breaker on the A/C.  How about I disconnect the A/C from the Y and C terminal on the furnace and connect the humidistat/humidifier to the Y and C terminal?  I would have to mess with it Spring and Fall but I have to do so many other things to the boiler anyway this is a minor inconvenience to switch between the humidifier and the A/C unit.

mgw44

Let me know if connecting it to the y and c worked... thanks

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Hawken Energy, support only / 1100 door leakage

« on: November 01, 2011, 07:12:53 PM »

I recently purchased a used one year old 1100.  It has ran about 6 days this year so far.  The bottom right corner of the fire box door seems to leak water/creosal.  I cant really believe its time to change the door gasket already, the thing is not even a year old.  Sometimes when I open the door the outside bottom of the door way has moisture, almost like condisation.   Curious if anyone else had this on their 1100?

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: D.I.Y. Pex line insulation?

« on: October 31, 2011, 07:38:37 PM »

I recently installed my DIY pex line and currently  stove temp at around 175 degress and 37 degress outside temp in 110' the pipe loses nothing.  Now I'm not sure what its going to do when in gets in the single digits,  but its really got me wondering.  I purchased the same lowe E wrap that the manufactures use, it came in 24 inch by 100 foot rolls.  I cut it in 5 20 foot pieces and got about three wrapes out of it,  then strap taped the hech out of it.  I used 4 inch schedule 40 as the conduit.  The only thing I think i'm really going to regret is only buried the pipe 2 feet down.  Like I said it works great now, we will see when it gets real cold.