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Roger2561

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Pleased I made the move
« on: February 02, 2019, 04:42:31 AM »

This morning was -15 in my corner of NH, but thankfully no wind.  The weather forecast for last night said lows of -2, -15 is a far cry colder than they forecasted!  Aside from that, I'm happy I made the move to the new Titanium Edge 550 HD.  At 6:00pm last evening I had put 10 pieces in her for the night thinking -2 ain't too bad, not thinking that the weather forecasters had been wrong for most of the week regarding the weather, so why did I expect them to be right this time?  It must have been a moment of weakness.  :)  I went outside at 6:00am this morning thinking there would be little to no coals left.  I was pleasantly surprised to see I had perhaps another hours' worth of burn time to go.  I took the time to clear the reaction chamber and the chimney "T" of fly ash.  I did a quick inspection of the vertical heat exchanger and it was only a fine fly ash on it so I brushed it, I then added 10 pieces to the firebox for the day then I went inside to enjoy another cup of coffee where it's 74 degrees.  Roger     
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Re: Pleased I made the move
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2019, 06:50:38 AM »

Good to hear all is working out for you. They've made a few updates to them since I got mine, and looks like they've only improved them. Wish I had the smoke bypass and the stainless firebox like yours, but otherwise its been a good stove. My heat exchanger is accessible through the firebox instead of the back of the stove, but in 4 seasons now, I've never had to open it up. A couple pulls on the cleaning chains once a week and the only thing thats ever dropped out of it is a little fly ash.
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Re: Pleased I made the move
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2019, 06:56:12 AM »

Great story to hear Roger.  The cold spell should be winding down soon and leaving us alone for a week or two.
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Re: Pleased I made the move
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2019, 09:19:01 AM »

Great story to hear Roger.  The cold spell should be winding down soon and leaving us alone for a week or two.

Here in NH we did not get the extreme cold you folks experienced.  Granted, anytime the temps get below zero is never a good thing but I think last night was the first time all week we saw them in double digits below. 
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Re: Pleased I made the move
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2019, 10:34:00 AM »

I had 9 below here in New JERSEY  . Not to bad  not far from me up near PA they had -25  . My 6048 kept up no problem this year i put a taco 14 going across my 100 plate exchanger 
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Re: Pleased I made the move
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2019, 11:05:50 AM »


Here in NH we did not get the extreme cold you folks experienced.  Granted, anytime the temps get below zero is never a good thing but I think last night was the first time all week we saw them in double digits below.
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I was lucky in that we seemed to miss the extreme temps which were both north and south of me.  I am no meteorologist, but have to wonder if the Great Lakes, being 50% ice free, may have absorbed some of the cold for those of us close to the lee side.  We did get two or three 8 inch snow dumps though.  So instead of fuel for the stove, it was fuel for the tractor to get everything blown away.
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Re: Pleased I made the move
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2019, 04:32:16 PM »

Great story to hear Roger.  The cold spell should be winding down soon and leaving us alone for a week or two.

Looking ahead to midweek, they a couple of days of mid to upper 40's.  We go from a freeze to a thaw in a snap.  Just happy the Edge 550 did what it's advertised to do; keep me warm and use less wood.  Roger
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