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All-Purpose OWF Discussions => General Outdoor Furnace Discussion => Topic started by: jackel440 on October 17, 2011, 05:33:32 PM

Title: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: jackel440 on October 17, 2011, 05:33:32 PM: My son and I Lit off my homemade gasifier tonight at 6:10pm with water at 57*
We just got done running a cut down flue pipe brush through my stoves heat exchanger pipes,and then blew it all out with the leaf blower >:D
They are calling for a high in the 50's for the rest of the week and lows into the thirtys.Then rain for the next day or so.So I figured I might as well fire her up so we have some heat and to get rid of any dampness.
My son scraped all the rear access covers cleaned and then we put high temp rtv on them and buttoned it up.I let him use the propane torch and get her fire started :thumbup:
I reckon I shall go out in a while and see how she doing.Oh and the ups man brought me a box full of goodys I will have to share.
catch ya all later :thumbup:
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: powerstroke on October 17, 2011, 05:41:14 PM: :thumbup: Awesome!! It feels so good lightin that thing doesn't it?
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: jackel440 on October 17, 2011, 06:31:58 PM: Quote from: powerstroke on October 17, 2011, 05:41:14 PM
:thumbup: Awesome!! It feels so good lightin that thing doesn't it?
Yeah it feels good ,but then yet it doesn't.I know that winter is starting to set in again.YUck!
I just went out and checked it ,and when I came back in my wife goes"that is a smell I wasn't really missing"LOL! >:D
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: MattyNH on October 17, 2011, 07:01:27 PM: Def a good feeling..No worries turning the dial up on the wall...Got rid of the oil guy... No worries of that dreaded oil bill.. Happy heating season!
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: Bull on October 18, 2011, 03:33:10 AM: Like jackel440 I am not that fond of winter setting in but it is going to happen anyway. LOL I am going to have to drive up your way jackel440 to see your setup in person sometime.
Bill
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: oldchenowth on October 18, 2011, 04:09:27 AM: Looks like Tuesday evening will be when I cave to the pressures of happy wife syndrome and light 'er up. The stove, not the wife. Although..............

Nah, I haven't watched enough CSI to get away with it.

yep, gonna have to happen. Winter sucks, but I love my fire stove
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: jackel440 on October 18, 2011, 05:47:43 PM: Quote from: Bull on October 18, 2011, 03:33:10 AM
Like jackel440 I am not that fond of winter setting in but it is going to happen anyway. LOL I am going to have to drive up your way jackel440 to see your setup in person sometime.
Bill
Your more than welcome to come up and check it out sometime.Just make sure its not raining!Muddy mess around the boiler till I get some more stone hauled in.
You would of thought i would have gotten that done this summer. :bash:
Just where are you at Bill?
2 yrs now with no propane in my tank.So no more Lp man at my house.
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: tulenutn2o on October 18, 2011, 06:20:58 PM: 20's overnight tonight and tomorrow with highs in 40's. Still haven't lit mine. Need to run the brush and gett'r done........maybe this weekend.
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: jon d on October 18, 2011, 08:30:14 PM: Fired it up yesterday. Love the endless hot water. Temps in lower 30's mid week here. Bring it on!!
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: Bull on October 19, 2011, 03:25:06 AM: jackel440 I am just outside of Seymour
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: oldchenowth on October 19, 2011, 04:48:20 AM: It's a done deal. Stoked her up and running like a champ. Still not sure on the hot water, should have gone bigger on the hx. I'll craigslist some stuff and buy a bigger one I suppose. I'm in for the season. Wave as the propane man drives by!
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: jackel440 on October 19, 2011, 01:25:48 PM: I might be letting mine go out by the weekend.Buddy at work said it is supposed to be up to 70 again by monday :o
Thats fine by me!
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: rosewood on October 19, 2011, 02:04:47 PM: Lit her up in sept after repairing a leaky weld in the stainless water tank.runs once a day to maintain temp for hot water.
Title: Re: Lit her off tonight for the first time this season.
Post by: Bull on October 19, 2011, 06:48:36 PM: Fired up the H2 this afternoon to take the chill off and do a test run to make sure there are no problems.