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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Woodmaster Update

« on: January 26, 2012, 10:36:44 AM »

Friend off mine had same issue with his owb. Ended up being the big rounds he was burning. He said he thought he had air issue also cause fire would roar only when door was open. He switched up his wood and he said it recovers fine now. Dont know if this will help but good luck

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Wood Doctor / Re: Wood Doctor Problems from Pennsylvania dealer

« on: January 21, 2012, 09:44:36 PM »

I bought my under ground pex from jerry. Truthful guy

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Anyone have all electric and OWB?

« on: January 21, 2012, 09:20:14 PM »

Had electric baseboard. Bill was 300- 400. Had heat pump and duct work installed without electric backup in heat pump. Left electric baseboard in place for back up if heat pump cant keep up. Ol lady loves owb and house at 74. By the way electric bill about 120 now

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Portage & Main / Re: coal in a ML30

« on: January 14, 2012, 07:26:08 AM »

7700 for stove. Probably around 1500 for pex,  hx for duct, hx for dhw,circulators,  fittings, etc.. have manifold built out of one inch copper so that didnt help with price of copper.but its working really well

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Portage & Main / Re: coal in a ML30

« on: January 12, 2012, 12:04:42 PM »

Almost bought wood doctor cause had dealer close. Glad i didnt after finding this forum. Like i said i really like mine. Good luck with ur decision

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Portage & Main / Re: coal in a ML30

« on: January 12, 2012, 10:22:58 AM »

I really like mine. Been up and running for about 3 weeks now. Doesnt seem to use much wood but really strange and mild winter so far. 2 of my friends also have them. They installed theres last year and have no complaints

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Portage & Main / Re: Water loss ml30

« on: January 10, 2012, 10:51:31 PM »

Have had mine up and running for 3 weeks. Havent added since intial fill. I suspect i will from time to time but that much that often dont seem right to me

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: loading tips

« on: January 05, 2012, 11:35:29 AM »

Thanks guys. Rhugg have been noticing that with my rounds as well

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / loading tips

« on: January 05, 2012, 08:02:45 AM »

Anyone on here that can give me any loading tips. Got home at 1 am and stove was out. 8 degrees. Wood was all charred and didnt fall down into coals. Whats the key to keep would from bridging. Im using mix of rounds and splits

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: log lifters for outdoor furnace

« on: January 04, 2012, 08:46:33 AM »

Central boiler makes one. Check video out on youtube

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: how much heat loss

« on: January 01, 2012, 12:22:26 PM »

Not impressed with my maverick remote therometer. Just got it and it reads 5-8 degrees less than my infrared temp gun

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: portage and main ml-30

« on: December 20, 2011, 10:59:43 PM »

My dealer didnt know. So i called another dealer that i talked to when shopping around and he said they changed design on them and i should have no issues. But he got upset when he ask me how much i paid for stove cause it was 1000 less then what he sells for. Only called him cause i knew he was knowledgable. Thanks for posts guys

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / portage and main ml-30

« on: December 19, 2011, 11:16:56 PM »

Posted this on portage and main section with no response. Here goes: just a few days from firing up my new portage and main ml-30. This is shaker grate model. Manual shows air adjustment plate on blower but my stove didnt come with one. Does coal need more air than wood and if im primarily burning wood should i have a plate to fine tune my air flow. Great site and thanks for any feed back

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: What unit to buy

« on: December 18, 2011, 07:58:15 PM »

Good luck to u. I researched for several months till finally settling on portage and main. I relized All compqnies only warranty stoves for 5 years and after that its all prorated.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Backup generator/furnace blower

« on: December 11, 2011, 06:55:29 PM »

I would just disconnect it in heat pump. I have heat pump without electric backup and have installed on 2 pole 15 amp. Its wired heavy enough so for resale value of my home i could just install element and upsize breaker.