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Portage & Main / Re: Moisture problem in a 250

« on: January 14, 2016, 09:45:41 AM »

Hi Guys, I cleaned the boiler last night and after adjusting the airbox settings it looks like I got rid of the moistu

jreimer, I tried burning a stack of smaller diameter twisted wood yesterday and ran into problems with it. When I got home
the boiler was down to 179' with about a quarter of a load of wood still. As the load burned it never fell in on itself and was hung up and didn't burn 

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Portage & Main / Re: Moisture problem in a 250

« on: January 11, 2016, 07:45:59 AM »

Hi guys. I checked my air settings this weekend and found the lower setting was only out two turns. I readjusted that and will check tonight and see if this fixed the or helped the problem.

Coolidge my heat exchanger usually looks just like yours with a heavy coating of the very dry gray ash. Is that just how it
should be ?

Thanks, Larry

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Portage & Main / Re: Moisture problem in a 250

« on: January 08, 2016, 06:57:22 PM »

Jreimer I will try your suggestions one at a time and see what helps. Thanks

James if one of these doesn't work I will try opening one corner .

Thanks for the help guys

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General Discussion / Re: Emily and Ollie's Magic Liberty Bus

« on: January 08, 2016, 07:19:13 AM »

Slimjim and Dan that is looking awesome !!!!!!! Look forward to seeing it in my driveway and  having a few adult beverages !!!!!!

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Portage & Main / Re: Moisture problem in a 250

« on: January 08, 2016, 07:13:34 AM »

Jreimer thanks for the reply and here is where were at.
 
1- I can try to run it hard but the outside temps have been so up and down it's hard.
2- Temperature settings are 190' with a 5' differential
3- I have a mix right now of maple,cherry,ash all between 16 to 21 percent and I throw some pine on top that is at 15 to 16 percent.
4- split size is say an average of 10 to 12 inch rounds split in half.
5- firebox load. If the temp is over about 30' maybe four splits and under 30' maybe six or seven splits. I try for just coals after 12 hours
6- I am in upstate new York and the temps have been all over the place this year. Anywhere from high sixties during the day to four
degrees at night.
7- Stack height is just one length of pipe since the boiler was installed
8- airbox settings. the bottom one is about 3 1/2 turns and the top is about 4 1/2 turns and the fan is about 1/4" gap.
 Thanks for the help I sure would like to get this fixed.

 James, the flapper is clean for sure. Being a machinist we use an industrial red grease at work that takes very high heat well. I keep a very thin coat on the face of the flapper and the mechanisms and that keeps them very free and creosote free.
Thanks for the help I sure would like to get this fixed.


   

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Portage & Main / Re: Moisture problem in a 250

« on: January 06, 2016, 12:06:18 PM »

 Hey Slimjim, the flapper looked like it was clean and working good. The front door gasket seals good somedays and leaks other days.
 I have tried to adjust it many times to be sealed all the time with no luck. I tried to get Brian to warrenty it since it has done this since the first time it was fired up but he will not. would this cause this problem ?
  Coolidge, would leaving the bottom corner create a constant draft thru the boiler ? would I need to adjust the airflow for more air
 or for less air ?

 Thanks for the help guys.

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Portage & Main / Moisture problem in a 250

« on: January 05, 2016, 11:33:55 AM »

 I have a small amount of moisture inside the airbox and inside the door of the reaction chamber on my 250. What would cause
 this ? I called Brian at P&M and left him a voicemail almost four weeks ago with no reponse so I need to fix this.

 Thanks, Larry

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Portage & Main / Re: Best bet for a new 250 nozzle?

« on: September 04, 2015, 06:15:03 AM »

Karl's nozzle is MUCH better then the factory one. You just have to push it up from the bottom and it will come out. The sides are
tapered top to bottom.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: I lost an old friend Friday morning

« on: August 05, 2015, 01:03:16 PM »

Slim, very sorry for your loss. Glad I had the pleasure of meeting her a few times at my house and rest well knowing how
well you cared for her.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: When to shut down

« on: April 01, 2015, 11:34:43 AM »

kommandokenny im in upstate NY

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / When to shut down

« on: April 01, 2015, 05:13:02 AM »

Hey guys this was my first year with my boiler and I was wondering when most of you decide to shut yours down for the season ?

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Portage & Main / Re: Spring temps

« on: March 19, 2015, 08:12:19 AM »

I just wanted to let everyone know that since I lowered the differential down it has been burning great again.

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Portage & Main / Re: Spring temps

« on: March 14, 2015, 08:30:03 AM »

Coolidge, I said that last night about the thermostat, that I will start opening windows to put a load back on the boiler if it goes out again.

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Portage & Main / Spring temps

« on: March 14, 2015, 05:03:00 AM »

Now that it is warm out im having some trouble with the fire not relighting. I lost the fire again yesterday after getting home from work. I reloaded with smaller splits and started it and also moved the differential to two degrees from the five that it has been at.
Did I do the right thing or is there something else I should be doing ? This is my first spring running my boiler so Im learning 

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Portage & Main / Nozzle update

« on: March 13, 2015, 04:49:48 AM »

Just wanted to let everyone know that Karl's new nozzle is working great. It has been in the 40's this week and it is working great. I find it making a lot more charcoal when it warms up but it still burns it completely. I lost the fire and had to start a new one once this week because it completely burned thru the wood that usually would last for 12 hours.
Thanks Karl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!