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coolidge

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WTH
« on: January 22, 2016, 05:11:55 AM »

Not shure what is going on this year, burning wood like crazy compared to last year. Woke up this morning to 120 degree water at the boiler with some unburnt wood. Hope it an catch up today. Temps in the teens .
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Re: WTH
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2016, 06:04:49 AM »

crazy...thats pretty low! how many sqare feet are u heating????

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Re: WTH
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2016, 07:31:00 AM »

If nothing has been changed In the system. Sounds like a furnace malfunction ,maybe something is plugged. May need to be cleaned more than usual. Being warmer than last year maybe creosote build up some place other than the usual or obvious. ???
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Re: WTH
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2016, 08:35:14 AM »

If you are burning more substantially wood than previously with comparable outdoor temperatures or warmer outdoor temperatures you are sending the BTU's produced to somewhere. Most likely your are having underground line issues. If you are producing the BTUs by burning the wood than they have to go somewhere. Measure you temp loss on your lines. Measure the temp at your boiler then at the house. 
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Re: WTH
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2016, 11:23:24 AM »

Temperature gauges tell the tale.
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Re: WTH
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2016, 02:18:12 PM »

Well my flapper arm broke, not allowing air in.
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2016, 02:27:56 PM »

crazy...thats pretty low! how many sqare feet are u heating????

Heating about 5000 sq ft, using Logstor.
Can't believe I amgoing too say this but I am going to try some wetter wood, stuff I am using now( s maple, w. Birch and ash) is quite dry.
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Re: WTH
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2016, 02:50:45 PM »

crazy...thats pretty low! how many sqare feet are u heating????

Heating about 5000 sq ft, using Logstor.
Can't believe I amgoing too say this but I am going to try some wetter wood, stuff I am using now( s maple, w. Birch and ash) is quite dry.

That might be your issue right there... especially if there is still wood in the firebox but no fire.  Maybe you don't have a good coal bed established because of the wood quality?
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Re: WTH
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2016, 06:50:39 AM »

just plain weird, had that little issue yesterday, put my 12 hour load in last night at 730, temps in the single digits overnight, boiler should go until noon today without any wood.
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Re: WTH
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2016, 09:57:16 AM »

I have thought that my wood consumption is higher this year given the milder temps.  The wood is seasoned for 2 years and it makes me wonder if after the blower shuts down the drier wood continues to burn where as if it were a little wetter it might stop burning quicker.  It has me thinking now that being 3+ years ahead is a bad thing.
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Re: WTH
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2016, 10:40:20 AM »

I was discussing that with SlimJim yesterday and now today I haven't put a stick of wood on the fire using my 3 yr old stuff.   Just need to stop thinking. :bash:
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Re: WTH
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2016, 03:32:55 PM »

What color is the smoke when it is burning good? If is gray or blackish then adding some wetter wood may help.
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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2016, 04:58:48 PM »

What color is the smoke when it is burning good? If is gray or blackish then adding some wetter wood may help.

Watching it today, there was about a foot of a heatwave and the about 5 ft of blueish smoke and that was it.  I added three small splits around 2pm this afternoon to get the coal bed down from last night.
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Re: WTH
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2016, 07:19:31 PM »

How many cords does it take for your 5000 sq ft there Coolidge? I'm heating 5400 sq ft as well as my domestic hot water and using around 10-12 cord. I'm located in Ky so my climate not as extreme as the Northern states. I burn oak and hickory mostly. Keep my house 72 from one end to the other, 24 hours a day.
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Re: WTH
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2016, 08:36:46 PM »

Going into this winter, I had some 4 year cut,split,dried sitting in the sun and wind red oak and elm. Loaded it and brought it to the furnace. That stuff burned like paper! Smoked black and gray. Full load wouldn't last more than about 6-8 hours. Too dry! I didn't think it was possible but yes, wood can bbe too dry.
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