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Guys and gals I may come across as a dumbass or maybe a smart person? If you have a basement under you home and both the supply and return ducts are in the basement as well I think I found a $ saver. I cut in a return duct in my return plenum to let gravity do its work as far as heat rises. I natural have air moving thru my heat exchanger in the supply duct which in turn keeps a constant draft of heat thru all my supply vents in the upstairs which causes less furnace cycles and also adds fresh air to the upstairs as well. (Note) I also have a 4 inch fresh air duct from the outside hanging in my basement on a draft damper which gives me fresh air when my house needs it. Not only am I using natural gravity heat but also getting fresh air blended also. Thanks.

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Took my stove apart and filled the rest of the gaps and cracks with r19. The cylinder was wrapped with r30 and I also insulated the back compartment and door pretty tight along with the pex lines. I left the pump open space tho so it don't overheat if possible. My temp gauge and aquastat are 10 degrees off now which is fine I just set the aquastat to meet the real temp and boy oh boy am I saving a boatload of wood.

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I have a temp gauge on the front of my stove and the aquastat in the rear of the stove. I recently tightly insulated the rear of the stove but left plenty of room around my aquastat. I have only had the stove for a month and noticed it kicks on and off 5 degrees less than what my front temp gauge was reading. I don't remember this being like this when I first got it. I am wondering since I haven't been running 170-180 temps if this can affect the temp sensor on my aquastat? I left for a couple days today and turned it up to 185 since it seems to be 5 degrees off and set the diff at 15 degree. Filled with wood and hopefully I burn the hell out of any creosote buildup to where my aquastat will function like it did a month ago. I can now see the possible benefit of running higher temps. I would say a person could run low temps all year long if they were burning 100% dry perfext seasoned wood. Any opinions will help. Thanks

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I am wondering what temps either stove should run at without damaging the firebox steel in the future? I have heard guys running 165 high all winter with a 15 degree diff. My question is that most fan forced manufacturers are telling me 170-180 or the stove steel will slowly destroy itself.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Any Burnrite Stove owners here?
« on: November 07, 2012, 06:39:17 AM »
Just curious what you guys or gals prefer for the sweet spot on aquastat temp settings? Any other owners of a similar round firebox stove can reply also. My dealer had me running mine at 165 high with a 15 degree drop and it just wasn't up to snuff for me.

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