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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Modification to Draft Door
« on: December 11, 2014, 02:18:42 AM »
changed min to 175 high with a 7 degree differential. seems to be burning about the same. My only issue is the amount of time that the fir takes to ignite when the after the draft door opens back up. The stove itself works great other than this, im very happy. very simple design and i luv it. Im also not using this near its capacity. When my damper door shuts, sometimes it will stay close and the fire smoldering for 45mins-1hr. It is very very well insulated and takes a long time for the water temp to go down. This, combined with the fact that i am throwing about 50% green wood in there makes me think that having a blower fan mounted on the door would come in handy. These are just my observations so far.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Modification to Draft Door
« on: December 10, 2014, 05:27:15 PM »
I just changed it to 170-175, we will see how that goes. Ive been playing with it constantly to get the most efficient heat

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Re: Modification to Draft Door
« on: December 10, 2014, 03:19:41 PM »
thanks for the input. I have added 6 feet chimney to help with the draft and I will try raising my temperature's my current high temp is only at 170 and my low temp at 165. I have a water to water heat exchange and that is the only reason I am able to run at a lower temperature.

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RidgeWood Stoves, defunct, support only / Modification to Draft Door
« on: December 09, 2014, 07:32:46 AM »
Hey All,

I am brand new to this board. I  have  a TimberWolf 5000 series OWB. it is Michigan made and very similar to the Ridgewood Stove.  It operates off natural convection via  a draft door at the front of the unit. I am wanting to install a blower fan with a draft door on the fan. That way I can run either blower fan (when i am burning more green wood, which i have a ton of this year), or the draft door (when burning dry seasoned wood). The reason I am hoping to do this is because I have notices that unless i am burning really dry seasoned wood, the fire takes 30 min or so to start sometimes after te draft door opens. My High temp is set at 170 and low at 165. And sometimes by the time the fire catches, my low temp is all the way down to 150. Just wanted some advice from some season veterans, and would love to know if anyone has every done this modification (im sure someone has)

Thanks,

Dylan

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