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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Portage & Main => Topic started by: agriffinjd on February 26, 2015, 06:41:04 PM

Title: Bl4044 -> bl3848 name change
Post by: agriffinjd on February 26, 2015, 06:41:04 PM

Why the name change?  They shrink the firebox, if so why?

Title: Re: Bl4044 -> bl3848 name change
Post by: slimjim on February 27, 2015, 02:42:20 AM

WOW, that's news to me, The numbers always did mean the firebox size so I would assume that this one would be longer and narrower, probably less waste in manufacturing and perhaps more units on a truck for shipping

Title: Re: Bl4044 -> bl3848 name change
Post by: agriffinjd on February 27, 2015, 04:48:17 AM

It threw me for a loop because I equated 20, 30, 40 to be small, medium, large.  Now it's harder tell instinctively feel that.  It feels more like the 3848 is some weird optional 3444 or something.

Title: Re: Bl4044 -> bl3848 name change
Post by: swe386 on February 27, 2015, 07:18:21 AM

In Regards to the 40-44 name change, the factory gave accounting the model number, but when our advertising dept was making the brochure, they had it as a 38-48. It is and will be the 40-44.

Title: Re: Bl4044 -> bl3848 name change
Post by: agriffinjd on February 27, 2015, 11:11:15 AM

swe386, the website has it also called a 3844.  "The Ultimizer BL2840, BL 3444 and BL 3844 outdoor water furnace combine<snip>".  That's from: http://www.portageandmainboilers.com/# (http://www.portageandmainboilers.com/#)!pm-ultimizer-series/c5zz

The brochure on the website calls it the 3848: http://media.wix.com/ugd/61224a_ea3ed5612a264acfb9aedbdf3264e1d5.pdf (http://media.wix.com/ugd/61224a_ea3ed5612a264acfb9aedbdf3264e1d5.pdf)

In case someone is looking to correct it.

One thing for sure: mine is the 3444.  Never heard it called anything else!