Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
Show Posts
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.
Pages: [1]
1
HeatMaster / G200 refractory firebrick nozzle cracks/ chunk
« on: December 02, 2017, 05:24:21 AM »
He’ll all, so far been the start of another good heating season. No issues last year at all with my G200, worked flawlessly.
This year, startup was mint... and been good. Super clean burns, and all appears well. Yesterday I opened the reaction chamber for the first time in a week or so and to my dismay found a chunk of refractory brick laying in the bottom of the curved brick. It came from the bottom side of the right nozzle brick. Didn’t know it was hollow.
Machine seems to still be working fine, gassing perfectly well. Fingers crossed. My local dealer is gone, and now the only guy is in New York 6-7 hrs away(but doesn’t have any bricks anyway). In classic form I go back to sea in 10 days as winter is really cranking up.
Any thoughts on if it’s fine to keep going? And anyway to get bricks in the next week ? And anyone else had this problem?
Looks like the other side is cracked too, so probably not too far behind.
Thanks in advance.
This year, startup was mint... and been good. Super clean burns, and all appears well. Yesterday I opened the reaction chamber for the first time in a week or so and to my dismay found a chunk of refractory brick laying in the bottom of the curved brick. It came from the bottom side of the right nozzle brick. Didn’t know it was hollow.
Machine seems to still be working fine, gassing perfectly well. Fingers crossed. My local dealer is gone, and now the only guy is in New York 6-7 hrs away(but doesn’t have any bricks anyway). In classic form I go back to sea in 10 days as winter is really cranking up.
Any thoughts on if it’s fine to keep going? And anyway to get bricks in the next week ? And anyone else had this problem?
Looks like the other side is cracked too, so probably not too far behind.
Thanks in advance.
2
HeatMaster / Weekend trip G200
« on: January 11, 2017, 10:01:13 AM »
Hello all,
Thought I would pose a question here looking for some advice. Besides cutting wood, one of my favorite things to do is snowmobile... need some thoughts on what people do if they go away in the winter for a long weekend.
Of course, one solution is to find someone to come by and throw some wood in the boiler. If you didn't have that... would you fill it up when it was cranking along, and then turn off the boiler, leaving the circulator pump running? I assume it would smolder in there for a quite a while, the circulator pumps would keep the unit from freezing (the indoor boiler would eventually come on) I know it has the eventual cold start feature, but I wouldn't want that red light flashing for a whole weekend, not that anyone would see it where I live anyway.
I might run an experiment when I get home.
Thought I would pose a question here looking for some advice. Besides cutting wood, one of my favorite things to do is snowmobile... need some thoughts on what people do if they go away in the winter for a long weekend.
Of course, one solution is to find someone to come by and throw some wood in the boiler. If you didn't have that... would you fill it up when it was cranking along, and then turn off the boiler, leaving the circulator pump running? I assume it would smolder in there for a quite a while, the circulator pumps would keep the unit from freezing (the indoor boiler would eventually come on) I know it has the eventual cold start feature, but I wouldn't want that red light flashing for a whole weekend, not that anyone would see it where I live anyway.
I might run an experiment when I get home.
3
HeatMaster / First real test g200
« on: December 17, 2016, 05:58:13 AM »
As many places have, got our first real test the last couple days with our new G-200. It was -12 the other morning, and the wind was howling up here on our hill. The boiler performed wonderfully, way less wood burned than my buddies' competitor boilers.
Totally thrilled with it. Although with the temps and the wind, priority this summer is to build a nice wood shed with a wind break!
Totally thrilled with it. Although with the temps and the wind, priority this summer is to build a nice wood shed with a wind break!
4
HeatMaster / Differential temp setting
« on: November 10, 2016, 07:22:20 PM »
Granted I've only been running my g200 one week.., and the wood I've been burning hasn't been my best (saving that for the colder weather ahead) and the temps have been really warm here.... but my buddy runs his gasser ( central) with a 10 deg differential. Seems that it would keep the coals alive better and I wouldn't think it would use any more wood. More frequent burns, but each one is quicker.
Thinking about adjusting it in the morning. What's people's thoughts?
Thinking about adjusting it in the morning. What's people's thoughts?
5
HeatMaster / soon to be new Heatmaster G200
« on: October 14, 2016, 06:43:27 AM »
Hello all, new to the forum here. Thought I would take just a moment to introduce myself. Live in the Western Maine Foothills, after seemingly much research I have just pulled the trigger on a new G200 Heatmaster.
Over the last couple months I have run my piping and power out to the slab, which is also poured. Now just awaiting the actual setting of the boiler and plumbing up the internal connections. Very excited.
Purchased the Logstor piping from SlimJim, who also helped me lay the pipe. Great experience. Quite the rolling factory he has there. Slated for an install Nov 1 when I get home from Sea. Greatly looking forward to it.
Over the last couple months I have run my piping and power out to the slab, which is also poured. Now just awaiting the actual setting of the boiler and plumbing up the internal connections. Very excited.
Purchased the Logstor piping from SlimJim, who also helped me lay the pipe. Great experience. Quite the rolling factory he has there. Slated for an install Nov 1 when I get home from Sea. Greatly looking forward to it.
Pages: [1]