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Title: How cold did you have this morning?
Post by: Roger2561 on January 15, 2012, 05:50:11 AM
At 5:00am this morning is was minus 10 wind a gusty north wind at 10MPH putting the windchill somewhere around minus 30 in the upper valley region of NH.  I live on the north side of a mountain without any protection from a barrier of any type.  There is absolutely nothing to prevent the wind from slamming into the north side of the house.  As I write this it is still below zero and wind has picked up a bit and I'm toasty warm in my house. 

The pic below (I don't have a winter pic to share - just what I'm forced to look at when there is no snow on the ground) shows what I see looking north.  Believe it or not, my neighbor's house, visible through the tree line is 75 feet lower than mine making the tree line ineffective.  The wind simply blows over the top of the them.  I guess that's why I am so amazed by the E-classic 1400 (when one learns to keep the air holes open).  This morning being typical for winter weather and I'm toasty warm.  Roger 

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Post by: Treewinder on January 15, 2012, 06:03:25 AM
29  this morning, not bad
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Post by: willieG on January 15, 2012, 06:07:31 AM
7 here this morning
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Post by: Crossfire800 on January 15, 2012, 06:08:21 AM
I had 10 below as well. Coldest one so far this year for me. 25 below  up camp in pittsburg!!
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Post by: Roger2561 on January 15, 2012, 06:13:34 AM
I had 10 below as well. Coldest one so far this year for me. 25 below  up camp in pittsburg!!

Crossfire - You in NH too?  I know northern NH had it much worse than I did.
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Post by: martyinmi on January 15, 2012, 06:20:24 AM
It's a balmy 11* here in mid Mi.
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Post by: Bull on January 15, 2012, 06:21:20 AM
Its 7* F here in southern Indiana this morning.
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Post by: Crossfire800 on January 15, 2012, 06:35:15 AM
I had 10 below as well. Coldest one so far this year for me. 25 below  up camp in pittsburg!!

Crossfire - You in NH too?  I know northern NH had it much worse than I did.
yup im over in hillsboro. we have a camp up in pittsburg some of the guys went up riding this weekend and said it was bone chilling last night.
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Post by: Roger2561 on January 15, 2012, 06:42:45 AM
I had 10 below as well. Coldest one so far this year for me. 25 below  up camp in pittsburg!!

Crossfire - You in NH too?  I know northern NH had it much worse than I did.
yup im over in hillsboro. we have a camp up in pittsburg some of the guys went up riding this weekend and said it was bone chilling last night.

I believe MattyNH is in the Lakes Region and I think it was something like minus 15...Yup, it feels like winter.
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Post by: BoilerHouse on January 15, 2012, 07:05:52 AM
15 below (F) in central Ontario.  It has now warmed up to 12 below.
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Post by: woodman on January 15, 2012, 07:15:07 AM
I saw -2 at 7:00am, up to +2 now though.
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Post by: kybaseball on January 15, 2012, 07:20:42 AM
Here in Kentucky down to 10 with a 5 mph wind, but a nice toasty 74 inside :thumbup:
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Post by: Ridgekid on January 15, 2012, 07:25:19 AM
7* here this morning. Green Dragon is doing an awesome job. Only 1-2 pieces more a day.

I stock 2x a day. At 9pm I stock for the night. Usually 8 pieces of wood. 12 hours later I check and she still has at least half the wood I stocked the night before, but I add 3-4 more pieces to get me through the day. At 9pm I stock it again.

Unlimited hot water and thermostat set at 74*. Life is good!!  :thumbup:
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Post by: pintopaul on January 15, 2012, 08:19:17 AM
13 below but nice and toasty in the house 74. now lets see if its still 14 hours before i have to put wood in.....
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Post by: MattyNH on January 15, 2012, 09:22:25 AM
  -4F  this am!  Not counting the wind chill!.. Current temp right now is 9F..Nice 74F in the house!
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Post by: jerkash on January 15, 2012, 10:16:14 AM
29 here and loving my first winter with my OWF!  I try to do 12 hr burn times and am amazed at how little wood I have to put in to run 12 hrs and to keep my house at 74 degrees and my hot water hot. :thumbup:
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Post by: martyinmi on January 15, 2012, 02:27:06 PM
How are you all getting away with 74* or less? My bride insists on at LEAST 75*-- then when summer gets here, the entire house must be kept no higher than 69* :bash: Most of the winter, my son and I run around in our underwear, and in the summer, we use blankets to watch TV. Ya' don't have to wonder who rules the roost here, do ya'?
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Post by: pintopaul on January 15, 2012, 04:13:47 PM
well with oil heat last year thermostat was set no higher than 68. but now i have the outdoor wood boiler and a full shed of wood so its set at 74 makes the wife happy so it worth it. paul
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Post by: mgw44 on January 15, 2012, 07:40:33 PM
I saw 8 this morning, 12 inches of snow on the ground, and the Empyre pro series 100 was heating 2000 sq ft at 70 degrees.  Life is good.

mgw44
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Post by: Daped01 on January 19, 2012, 06:55:40 AM
-21* here in in Northern Minnesota, 6 miles from Manitoba
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Post by: mcarter on January 19, 2012, 07:06:08 AM
Daped01, how many times per day do you load at -21!?

Whew!
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Post by: woodfuel on January 19, 2012, 09:41:41 AM
3 below without windchill here in wisconsin
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Post by: Daped01 on January 19, 2012, 03:22:19 PM
Daped01, how many times per day do you load at -21!?

Whew!


none yet.  I'm still in the learning phase of this.  I hope to be able to purchase a boiler in the next year or so.  However My uncle just down the road still only loads once a day.  I have no clue what he has, but he has done it right.
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Post by: lugnut on January 19, 2012, 04:16:04 PM
-6* this morning with the wind chill factored in the weather dude was figuring about -20.  Went out this morning around 0830 and found I had hot coals and a couple chunks of wood.  Loaded her right on up.  Temps out right now according to the stick on the tree are hovering around -0*...still not taking into account the wind chill.  Just came in from putting more wood in the box...hopefully last time for this evening.

"Attempted" to wire the Ranco myself this past weekend.  Gave up and decided to just let the electrician wire it up, after all he did the initial wiring.  Pretty certain once this is done, my furnace WILL idle when it's supposed to and run me through wood.

I keep telling myself, that it's all a learning experience now and that next year will better.   :thumbup:

Lugnut
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Post by: swede on January 19, 2012, 08:13:40 PM
-20 actual temps and -40 windchill.........overnight burn cut to 15 hours.
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Post by: fj40duck on January 20, 2012, 02:09:50 PM
 10 degrees and 76 in the house in central missouri
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Post by: martyinmi on January 21, 2012, 05:04:08 AM
-2* yesterday morning, 4* above this morning. Almost too cold to cut wood. It'll be for 2014-2015 heating season, so I'm not in a big hurry to get started. In fact,I just talked myself into another cup of coffee :thumbup:
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Post by: Ridgekid on January 21, 2012, 05:40:32 AM
Looks like I'll have to plow snow for the first time this winter. But like Marty I'm in no hurry and will enjoy my coffee and watch the snow. 

Thank goodness we did not get any ice as they were predicting........
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Post by: MattyNH on January 22, 2012, 07:50:38 AM
5 below zero this morning in Lakes Region New Hampshire!..Only got about a inch of snow from yesterdays storm
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Post by: rosewood on January 22, 2012, 08:11:23 PM
I had 10 below as well. Coldest one so far this year for me. 25 below  up camp in pittsburg!!

Crossfire - You in NH too?  I know northern NH had it much worse than I did.
yup im over in hillsboro. we have a camp up in pittsburg some of the guys went up riding this weekend and said it was bone chilling last night.
I'll second that ,was up at our camp same weekend and the wood stove was going thru more wood then I had ever seen! Almost to cold to sled and drink beer...well maybe not the beer.