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Portage & Main / Re: What to do when our optimizer 250 won't gasify?

« on: January 04, 2014, 11:00:08 AM »

I am new to the forum but have been using the boiler for 4 years. This year through Slim Jim's tutoring I  finally got it figured out!  I was doing it all wrong. I was building fires with little wood and loading logs on top. I was wanting a big bed of coals to put my logs onto thinking it would burn better that way. If there were only a few coals left I would add a bunch of small wood to get the fire going well before adding big wood ....ALL WRONG!  Now with only a scant covering of coals over the nozzle ( sometimes I might only have a couple still glowing) I put in the biggest piece in that I can find, right on top of the nozzle! I load small stuff to the sides and then another big one in the second row to take the place of the first and so on. The unit is gasifying within 2 minutes every time. Build your fire upside down - biggest piece on the bottom!  I know it goes against what we think is right but it works!