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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Help---Burning bit coal

« on: December 11, 2014, 10:36:06 AM »

I have a Heatmaster 3000e and I just got a ton of Bit coal bulk.  I am burning with the draft open 100% temp at 175 with a 5* Diff.  I load at 9am and 9pm with approx 25 lbs of the coal and 5-6 pieces of oak wood 2yrs seasoned putting the wood on each side to make kind of a trench over the center of the grates to place the coal in.  The last 2 days every time I go out to load I find a big big ball of the coal sealed together about the size of a basketball, and when I shake & take my poker to break it up it is bright red on the bottom but no flame showing on the top half of this ball.  The stove was down to 145 this morning when I went out.  Has anyone else had the same problem, and what am I doing wrong , and what suggestion does anyone have to correct this problem? This is my first time burning coal been burning just wood the last 2 yrs with no problems. Normally with the wood I have been getting 12 to 14 hour burns with a nice bed of coals ready for reload.  Thank you for any advise anyone may have.  DON

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Remote temp sensor advise

« on: September 12, 2014, 01:25:11 PM »

I read a post some time back where it was posted about using a Maverick ET-732 barbeque remote temp sensor using this unit so you could read the stove temp from inside your house. When I searched for this unit it had about 10 different kind on the search, and I wonder if you could advise what unit might do the job best, and how you would hook up this kind of unit (if it would even work).  I have a Heatmaster 3000E.  Thanks for any advise any of you may be able to give.  DON

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Fire Wood / stacking firewood vs leaving in pile

« on: May 22, 2014, 05:39:48 PM »

I have just bought a dump truck load approx 4 cord of red oak and some white oak mixed all split in 16" length.  My moisture meter reads between 30 & 35% and I understand that the ideal % moisture should be 20%+/-.  So does anyone know if the wood will cure any quicker by stacking it and covering the top vs just leaving it in the dumped pile for use next year?  Is the extra work of stacking really worth it if it would dry out reasonably close to the target 20%  I appreciate any feedback anybody has on this subject.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / end of season close down help

« on: May 07, 2014, 09:20:38 AM »

Two months ago I purchased a Heatmaster 3000E and now I am ready to close it down for the summer and I wonder if one of you gentleman could address the following question I have?  I was told that you should just spray water into the top cleanout door after you shut down and clean the chimney and that is all that is necessary---I read that Scott wrote that you never want to spray water into your stove and that sure makes sense to me.  Scott recomendeded that you burn a good load of cardboard  and that will clean her out good.  Ok, so how much cardboard do I put in the stove--do I close the aquastat off which will close the fan on the back of the stove  also or do I leave it on while the cardboard is burning up? Thank you for any help you can offer as this is my first year with my owb stove.