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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Portage & Main => Topic started by: american-pacemaker on January 05, 2015, 04:37:31 AM

Title: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: american-pacemaker on January 05, 2015, 04:37:31 AM

I need to write a follow up from last weeks post on creosote problem with my 250. Thanks to all that responded and to Slimjim. The manual is VERYYYYYYY wrong in saying to leave the blower off any time the boiler is open. It is extremely dangerous to turn the blower off and then open the door, it can and will throw a huge fireball at you  >:( >:( >:(. With the great help and patients of slimjim
on the phone my optimizer is running great now. Had to adjust three of the doors to fix air leaks and adjust the amount of wood I was putting in and the creosote problems are gone. It is very critical with this boiler to only load the amount of wood that it will burn in 12 hours. If you load just enough wood so that it is all burned and the boiler is just starting to cool down after 12 hours you will avoid most problems. If I came off the wrong way towards slimjim in my first post I truly apologize as that was not my intent at all
Thanks , Larry

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: slimjim on January 05, 2015, 05:04:22 AM

Understandably Larry, you were very upset, we should have changed the manual a long time ago, for that I sincerely apologize, I have spoken with Brian and there should be an update to the manual coming out soon.

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: american-pacemaker on January 05, 2015, 05:26:38 AM

I have to say it has been running for 13 days now and it is SOOOOOO nice not hearing the inside oil boiler running. It's very nice to listen to my girlfriend complain it's to hot and not to cold !!!!!!!!!!!!! Slimjim many thanks for the help getting this to completion  :thumbup:

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: slimjim on January 05, 2015, 05:34:09 AM

Keep the house warm and the beer cold my friend, you never know when an old long haired libertarian, hippie may show up on your doorstep for a few Yeunglings >:D

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: american-pacemaker on January 05, 2015, 05:40:17 AM

The door is always open and there is always cold beer !!!! I would like to do a thread with pictures from start to finish but it is telling me the photo space is full and I am blocked from photo bucket at work where all my pics are.

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: slimjim on January 05, 2015, 05:43:05 AM

Thank you, I sure wish we could get more space, I haven't been able to sit down with the wife's offspring long enough to figure out photo bucket!

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: american-pacemaker on January 05, 2015, 05:48:21 AM

I have a union that started dripping last night after two weeks of running. Would you put pipe dope on the threads and the face of the union ?

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: slimjim on January 05, 2015, 06:24:30 AM

 Just dope up the face of the union!

Title: Re: Follow up to creosote problem on optimizer 250
Post by: american-pacemaker on January 05, 2015, 06:37:36 AM

Thanks, it's kind of weird after two weeks it would start to drip.