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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Looking for people who have Acme Stoves from Macon, MO manufacturer
« on: January 08, 2013, 12:26:24 AM »
I am looking for people who have acme stoves from Macon, MO company?
I bought the Acme 320 in Jan. 2012 & at that time I hooked this stove to my 2000 sq ft. home (two-story, complete remodel on the home 5 yrs ago, although the floor is not insulated, built in 1889 with part of the 2,000 sq ft in upstairs 3 bedrooms). The stove heated the home fine with a distance of roughly 75 ft. from furnace coil to the stove.
In Nov. 2012 I hooked on a fully insulated 3000 sq ft outbuilding (from stove to furnace coil probably 180'). I was told the stove could heat up to 8000 sq ft however the stove will only heat 70 degrees in the home and 60 degrees in only 500 sq ft of the 3000 I am trying to heat (I had to close off the other 2500 sq ft). I know with the distance I will have some heat loss...
As a result I have changed the blower to the hardy style blower for the commercial model stove & have a better result but I am still not able to heat over the above degrees without exhausting the heat of the stove. The manufacturer suggested my insulation on the 1" pipe may be too light and said if the snow melted off I would know that I was loosing heat. During the recent snows it did NOT melt over the line. So I assume that I am not having a heat loss on it?
My burn time right now is 4-7 hours depending on the wood & the outside temps. Any help or answers from other people would be appreciated. I also was wondering if you changed the thermostat how did that help your unit? If you changed did you use the Honeywell digital? What temp have you been running on your thermostat?
Also does anyone around the Columbia, Fulton, Mexico Missouri area service these stoves?
I'm at a loss as to what my next step is...I'm ready to sell & be done with these stoves, customer service has been really bad from the company once my purchase was made....
If you are an Acme user & made modifications to the stove could you let me know what they are?
Thanks, Suzanna
I bought the Acme 320 in Jan. 2012 & at that time I hooked this stove to my 2000 sq ft. home (two-story, complete remodel on the home 5 yrs ago, although the floor is not insulated, built in 1889 with part of the 2,000 sq ft in upstairs 3 bedrooms). The stove heated the home fine with a distance of roughly 75 ft. from furnace coil to the stove.
In Nov. 2012 I hooked on a fully insulated 3000 sq ft outbuilding (from stove to furnace coil probably 180'). I was told the stove could heat up to 8000 sq ft however the stove will only heat 70 degrees in the home and 60 degrees in only 500 sq ft of the 3000 I am trying to heat (I had to close off the other 2500 sq ft). I know with the distance I will have some heat loss...
As a result I have changed the blower to the hardy style blower for the commercial model stove & have a better result but I am still not able to heat over the above degrees without exhausting the heat of the stove. The manufacturer suggested my insulation on the 1" pipe may be too light and said if the snow melted off I would know that I was loosing heat. During the recent snows it did NOT melt over the line. So I assume that I am not having a heat loss on it?
My burn time right now is 4-7 hours depending on the wood & the outside temps. Any help or answers from other people would be appreciated. I also was wondering if you changed the thermostat how did that help your unit? If you changed did you use the Honeywell digital? What temp have you been running on your thermostat?
Also does anyone around the Columbia, Fulton, Mexico Missouri area service these stoves?
I'm at a loss as to what my next step is...I'm ready to sell & be done with these stoves, customer service has been really bad from the company once my purchase was made....
If you are an Acme user & made modifications to the stove could you let me know what they are?
Thanks, Suzanna
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