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Heatmor / Re: 100 unit
« on: December 09, 2009, 09:49:19 AM »
I see you haven't had any bites yet here. If I'm reading your post right your trailer is not on a basement but the addition is? If I'm correct you should have around 1856 square feet. The Heatmor 100 is supposed to be good to 3000 square feet according to the literature from Heatmor.
I have a 200 model, heat around 3900 square feet and hot water, live in the tundra and I fill 2 times a day most of the winter. If it's super cold I may bump it up to 3 times.
I have a 200 model, heat around 3900 square feet and hot water, live in the tundra and I fill 2 times a day most of the winter. If it's super cold I may bump it up to 3 times.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Mixing valve Questions?
« on: December 20, 2008, 11:39:34 AM »
Congrats on your new furnace. Not sure exactly what your problem symptoms are, is it the whole circulation system or just the domestic hot water?
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Heatmor / Re: New Heatmor Owner
« on: November 21, 2008, 09:55:55 PM »
Congrats on your new Heatmor.
The restrictor is basically just a washer welded onto the end of a tube to limit the amount of air blown into the furnace under the grates. The manual says if your going to burn coal, you need to remove the restrictor.
As far as keeping your fire from burning out, it could be a few things. If you just started burning, you may not have a deep enough bed of embers for the type of wood you are burning. Some wood types smolder better than others, so if you have say poplar in there and you don't have a good bed of coals/embers, the wood will just quit burning during long smolder cycles. If you've been burning a while, you may have too much ash built up and that could be limiting the amount of air getting into the firebox. I find if I've blown off taking ashes out for too many weeks I have a hard time getting the stove up to temp.
Hope you enjoy your new machine as much as I have. I still find myself standing outside watching it work and think about what a great investment its been.
Steve
The restrictor is basically just a washer welded onto the end of a tube to limit the amount of air blown into the furnace under the grates. The manual says if your going to burn coal, you need to remove the restrictor.
As far as keeping your fire from burning out, it could be a few things. If you just started burning, you may not have a deep enough bed of embers for the type of wood you are burning. Some wood types smolder better than others, so if you have say poplar in there and you don't have a good bed of coals/embers, the wood will just quit burning during long smolder cycles. If you've been burning a while, you may have too much ash built up and that could be limiting the amount of air getting into the firebox. I find if I've blown off taking ashes out for too many weeks I have a hard time getting the stove up to temp.
Hope you enjoy your new machine as much as I have. I still find myself standing outside watching it work and think about what a great investment its been.
Steve
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Central Boiler / Re: does my 6048 have a fan in it?
« on: October 20, 2008, 01:52:19 AM »
I don't have a Central Boiler, but I did a lot of research on them when purchasing my owb. My understanding is that Central Classics use a natural draft, but I think a fan can be installed as an added option.
If you know the damper closed, there shouldn't be any fan noise if you do have one. I also believe Central recommends the circulating pump be installed on the side of the boiler in the service compartment. Maybe you were hearing the pump?
If you know the damper closed, there shouldn't be any fan noise if you do have one. I also believe Central recommends the circulating pump be installed on the side of the boiler in the service compartment. Maybe you were hearing the pump?
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Using OWB as a meat smoker
« on: October 15, 2008, 05:48:13 PM »
A forced draft would probably stir up way to many ashes and leave a nasty coating on the meat. It would probably be one of those experiments to do when you're home alone! I've been thinking of buying a smoker lately, let us know if you give this a shot.
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Heatmor / Re: Hello fellow heatmor owners!
« on: September 11, 2008, 11:10:28 PM »
We installed our Heatmor 200 a year ago. We'd heated with wood most of our lives but we'd used indoor stoves. I work in emergency services and had been to many house fires and had many nightmares of something going wrong with our indoor stove. I do like the peace of mind of still using wood without the danger of someone getting hurt or killed and loosing everything we own.
We choose Heatmor for a few reasons: The warranty was superior, a dealer was 40 minutes away, the stainless steel design, blower hit above and below the fire, ash auger, double doors, and plenty of good references including a family member. The dealer (Mike's Heating in Mahnomen, MN) provided me with a list of customers - unscreened - along with their phone numbers. I actually called a ton of them and couldn't find anyone to say anything bad about the stove or customer service. I had problems with the circulator pump twice last winter, called the salesman Tom, he gave me a new one each time. I think the problem was air bubbles accumulating in the pump as I had it mounted in a horizontal run. I changed it to a verticle run this summer and hopefully it will not seize up again.
The furnace goes thru a lot of wood. Last year I think I burned 23 pickup loads (shortbox 1/2 ton). I'd guess that would be between 10 and 12 cords. There was a lot of junk wood in those loads, but it all burns. I bought a flatbed trailer and put sides on it to get a bigger load home each trip this fall. I filled the stove about every 12 hours during the cold days. I don't think the time committment is much worse with the outdoor furnace vs. indoor stove as you cut the logs bigger, don't have to split them, don't have to load them into the house, and you only have to do ashes once every week or two. The benefits in addition to not burning your house down are being thermostatically controlled, endless hot water, no mess inside, no handling the same piece of wood so many times. I'm heating a 2900 square foot house and domestic hot water for a family of 5. It was our first winter in the house so I didn't have any personal experience as to propane usage but according to the propane company I'd have spent $2500+ on LP. Now we go thru about $400 in propane for the entire year. I calculated my furnace would be paid for in 2 1/2 years, less if propane prices jump another 75 cents next year.
There are several good stoves made here in MN, I think they all have their good points. I really enjoy looking at other models and hearing/reading how folks like them. The biggest competitors to Heatmor here are Woodmaster and Central Boiler, both are really good products and I'd probably be just as happy with either of them.
My wife has already been bugging me to light our stove and it's not even cold yet. I have a bunch of photos from when I did my installation if anyone has questions.
We choose Heatmor for a few reasons: The warranty was superior, a dealer was 40 minutes away, the stainless steel design, blower hit above and below the fire, ash auger, double doors, and plenty of good references including a family member. The dealer (Mike's Heating in Mahnomen, MN) provided me with a list of customers - unscreened - along with their phone numbers. I actually called a ton of them and couldn't find anyone to say anything bad about the stove or customer service. I had problems with the circulator pump twice last winter, called the salesman Tom, he gave me a new one each time. I think the problem was air bubbles accumulating in the pump as I had it mounted in a horizontal run. I changed it to a verticle run this summer and hopefully it will not seize up again.
The furnace goes thru a lot of wood. Last year I think I burned 23 pickup loads (shortbox 1/2 ton). I'd guess that would be between 10 and 12 cords. There was a lot of junk wood in those loads, but it all burns. I bought a flatbed trailer and put sides on it to get a bigger load home each trip this fall. I filled the stove about every 12 hours during the cold days. I don't think the time committment is much worse with the outdoor furnace vs. indoor stove as you cut the logs bigger, don't have to split them, don't have to load them into the house, and you only have to do ashes once every week or two. The benefits in addition to not burning your house down are being thermostatically controlled, endless hot water, no mess inside, no handling the same piece of wood so many times. I'm heating a 2900 square foot house and domestic hot water for a family of 5. It was our first winter in the house so I didn't have any personal experience as to propane usage but according to the propane company I'd have spent $2500+ on LP. Now we go thru about $400 in propane for the entire year. I calculated my furnace would be paid for in 2 1/2 years, less if propane prices jump another 75 cents next year.
There are several good stoves made here in MN, I think they all have their good points. I really enjoy looking at other models and hearing/reading how folks like them. The biggest competitors to Heatmor here are Woodmaster and Central Boiler, both are really good products and I'd probably be just as happy with either of them.
My wife has already been bugging me to light our stove and it's not even cold yet. I have a bunch of photos from when I did my installation if anyone has questions.
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