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[Maxnchej]

Is everyone ready for this winter season. I live in southern ontario Canada and it has been warmer then normal and haven't had to light my boiler yet. Based on the weather forecast looks like it may be two or three more weeks before I do. I have about 32 face cords of wood stacked for the winter - hoping it will be enough to last two winters - will see

[oaky]

Pretty much ready here, wood supply is good. doing some rewiring on my BL right now. I brought my water temperature display to the front so I don't have to go around to the back of the boiler. Wiring draft blower so I can turn off the blower on the front with a light switch. Going to use Slimjim's wiring diagram so the draft blower will shut off if the water temp gets too low or when the wood is almost gone.

Looks like you're all set, Maxnchej on your heating fuel. Enjoy your burn this winter.

We've finally cooled off this week in west central Wisconsin, in the low normal 60'sF, had my first frost last night. I'm still holding off on the wood burning for a few more weeks unless Mother nature decides differently for me.

[fireboss]

Iam ready, I switched from aa 40 plate exchanger to a 100  hopefully a will see a difference ! My 40 was doing the job but iam one of those guys that can't leave well enough a
lone. Lol

[tinfoilhat2020]

got approximately 20 full cord ready to roll....im hoping i dont come close to using it all.....im starting off the season with about 2 additional cord of pine/poplar mix while the weather is mild

[Roger2561]

Iam ready, I switched from aa 40 plate exchanger to a 100  hopefully a will see a difference ! My 40 was doing the job but iam one of those guys that can't leave well enough a
lone. Lol

Let us know how the 100 plate Hx works for you.  I had considered doing the same thing but I went with a 3 speed Grundfos to up the water flow a bit from the taco 009 my unit came with.  At the moment it's pushing the water from the OWB through a 50 plate Hx in the house.  Roger   

[fireboss]

K  rodger I won't no till it gets real cold! I was maxed out last winter on those Below zero nights ! Hopefully this does the trick.

[caper]

all ready to roll here in nova scotia, approx. 12 cords cut and stacked, hope its enough, prob gonna start the ole girl the first weekend in November.....however the temps here are still warm so maybe ill hold off abit too, heat pump is working great...

[mlappin]

More than ready, new G400 shows up in the morning at 8am.

I feel like a little kid the night before christmas.

Checked the forklift, half tank of gas.

Unfortunately picking corn so may have to wait till I can get a chance to remove ole smoky.

[schoppy]

Know the feeling mlappin. Have my new G400 set and wired but waiting on a few parts to finish the plumbing. My unit is about 1/3 inside my enclosed wood shed so I wasn't going to be able to see the red L.E.D. warning light for problems from the house. Had a dusk to dawn light by the door I wasn't using anymore since I went to a motion detector light. The factory said the circuitry could accommodate an additional L.E.D. light but after looking at it, I removed the warning light, gutted out the dusk to dawn light and positioned the warning L.E.D. inside it and ran the leads from the control panel to the light. All weather proof and now will be able to see any problems the light detects from my easy chair. 72 degrees here in south central Wisconsin today but supposed to be cooling off to near normal levels by the weekend. Hope to have all ready to go in a week or so assuming all the parts arrive ok.

[mlappin]

I lucked out on that one, once the G400 is in place I’ll be able to look out my bedroom window, office window or kitchen window and be able to see the indicator light.

[Scratch]

I have about 11 cord stacked in my woodshed and another 5 or 6 ready to be cut, split, and brought in if I need them.

Here's a pic of inside my shed

[coolidge]

29 cords on hand, cut, split, stacked.   Ready!

[mlappin]

29 cords on hand, cut, split, stacked.   Ready!

29 cords? Aren’y you just the little over achiever? 

I have the 14 cord from last winter I cut and at last count another 72 dying ash to cut down and process.

[coolidge]

I played the creosote clogged game for too long, if I am going toburn wood I want to get every last btu I can and hopefully use less of it.

[Bud Man]

 I have about 14 cords cut, split and stacked for this year's use. This past weekend me and the wife cut, split and stacked 3 cords of Hackberry that had been cut to 8 foot length more than a year ago. The property owner had hired someone to cut down and haul away the tree and he died the night after he cut it down. We brought it home and cut it to length, split and stacked it and it is really dry. I think it would burn by the end of winter.