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[doow14]

4am and 40deg here in ne ohio.fires lasting long time,might end up with wood left over this season.whow hope I didn't jinkz it

[Roger2561]

4am and 40deg here in ne ohio.fires lasting long time,might end up with wood left over this season.whow hope I didn't jinkz it

As I write this here in NH the temp is 40 degrees and the daytime temps may reach 50 today and into the 50's for the next 3 or 4 days.  Last year at this time I was approaching 2 cord usage this year I'm right around 1 cord usage.  Like you I should have plenty left over by the end of the year.  I hope we didn't jinx it.     Roger

[mlappin]

Supposed to hit near sixty here over the weekend, I’m gonna let the G400 go out and give it a thorough cleaning.

[Bondo]

Ayuh,......    It'll be -35° soon enough,....    I ain't in no hurry, still got wood to split,...

[kommandokenny]

My wood pile is going up, as I can still get into the bush.
Picked out 20 face cords to sell next fall also.
Merry #$%^&* xmas!!!!!!!!!!to me...

[atvalaska]

O to 5 below here both day and note sun just came up and its 1135am ...down  before 3 ...ahhhh the good life !

[kommandokenny]

Where are u? I can't see you?

[caper]

here in nova scotia, the weather is still good as well, alittle wet lately, however we had a few days below freezing keeping everyone on their toes, this weekend calling for temps to be +9 degrees, we will take it, I too haven't touched my g00d pile yet either ,just burning little from the back yard,all good,,,merry xmas everyone,stay safe..

[mlappin]

Water is up to 178 and almost completely burned out. Been so warm no matter how little wood I put in, still sat around and idled mostly.

With a forty inch long firebox I was just stacking my 18” pieces in the middle of the firebox, cut down some on the sweating but not enough to suit me, lows in the 50’s this weekend so not gonna bother restarting it till the first of next week. That and warm enough by time I placed so little wood in it to get 12 hour burns I was quickly running out of a coal bed.

Darn thing is just too efficient Had the same problems with my old one though as well, maybe not quite so bad since it lost more heat up the stack and would burn longer in the shoulder seasons. A few times on the old one though door almost creosoted itself shut more than a few times.

[schoppy]

Hi mlappin, firing mine the same way. Cutting my pieces in half and stacking them in the middle also but still getting sweating and creosote buildup around the edges, especially front and back. Did a reply to your last post at Heatmaster on my topic of Question for G400 owners.

How do you get the crud cleaned out around the edges? Mine has built up from this mild weather also.

Still waiting on my new parts, a little disappointing.

[mlappin]

I rake the ash and coals away from the back and corners and just keep adding enough wood to keep it going, but not to cycle off, after awhile any extra creosote was nice and crispy.

But I also have the advantage of being self employed and home most of the time.

I’m thinking in the shoulder seasons with as efficient as the G series is might be better to do a batch burn in the afternoons instead of letting it smolder all the time.

I’ve already noticed it’s insulated a lot better than my homebuilt, held snow on the roof a lot longer than my old one would have the only time we’ve had any this year which of course also means less cycling.

[schoppy]

Snow? Didn't realize there was snow anywhere in North America. Just can't believe this weather, supposed to get 1 to 2 inches of rain tomorrow--Bah Humbug! It's the pits for us snowmobilers or anyone who likes a white Christmas and winter.

I am doing the same thing, raking the ash and coals away from the edges hoping it cooks it up.

Pretty sure I made the right choice with the G400 over the G200 as today I kicked up the t-stat in the shed and it drew the water temp down to 145 and only held its own back to about 155 until the return temps came up and it took a good while. Will be interesting to see how things go once I have the parts replaced and cold temps come, if they ever do.

[mlappin]

Right before Thanksgiving if I recall correctly, had about 8” of wet heavy stuff here. The one morning on the way to physical therapy the wife’s Jeep said it was 8F.

Figures though, I finally get a stove that I’m absolutely positive will handle what ever I can throw at it and I have nothing to throw at it.

With the house calling for heat, the shop calling for heat and turning the snow melt on for the sidewalk (110 feet) it burned for a good long time but still cycled off, seems once it got so warm and the damper shut down to 60% is when it really cleaned itself out nice, took awhile but the temp eventually hit the cutout. But that wasn’t running the sidewalk when it was 8 either.

With my old one (ole smokey)  it seemed like if you were trying to do all that just plan on throwing 3-4 more pieces in every time you walked by and it would actually loose ground for awhile until the walk came up to temp and started returning some warm water.

Last winter I didn’t turn the side walk on until I had the waste oil boiler in the shop running as well to help add some heat back to ole smokey.