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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Propane company called....
« on: November 26, 2011, 01:53:39 AM »
Well propane company called and asked if I was ready for delivery. I chuckled and told them I still had 5 percent left and that was only down from 10% last December when I fired my OWB. The man on the other end didn't find the humor in it as I did, and mentioned I was gonna get a rental charge for lack of use. Long story short he sold me a 250gal. Tank. with 50gals in it, i told him i had hoped to not have to talk to him till 2013 or maybe even 14. Boy do I sure like burning wood.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Fire in the hole
« on: September 29, 2011, 05:52:34 AM »
Well here it is Sept 29 and i just couldnt bring my self to turn on the propane . Since we have some lower temps coming our way I decided to fire up the Ridgewood in lou of turning on the gas. Well everything started up just as planed. Im not sure if it was the thought of the propane or the simple fact i wanted to fire up the stove and be warm without the thought of emptying the pockets. Anyways all i can say is game on and let the fun begin.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Installing Heat Exchanger in Upflow Plenum
« on: September 21, 2011, 11:34:33 PM »
Gmviso is right. A properly set up and sized a/c should have a differential of 18 to 23 degrees across the a/c coil. Possibilty of freezing your boiler xchanger is very low. I do know that you want to leave plenty of room between your a/c coil and your odb xchanger. If at all possible. I could only get a max distance on my unit of about 5" because of the length of plenium on top of my 13 seer a/c unit which is alot taller then the older 10 seer units, and limited ceiling height.
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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Ridgewood Stove vs Woodmaster
« on: September 19, 2011, 03:57:57 AM »
Hello all,
As an owner of a Ridgewood I just wanted to give my 2 cents. With over 20 years in the Heating and Cooling industry I did a lot of research of cost vs performance between different outdoor boilers. With several friends of mine with heatmor units I thought was the choice I was going to make untill my wife found Tim's units advertised in the Auto Rv trader. I thought how good could it be for half the price of a Heatmor. Well I spent over an hour on the phone with him and pounded him with questions, and I decided to go to his shop and check them out. All I can say is everything Tim said it would do it does. My buddy and I each ordered one last fall. We installed both of them ourselves, and have been very happy every since. I am heating 1500sq ft 2 story plus a 50gal h20 tank with the side arm and a 24x 24 garage. I installed and fired my unit on Dec 5 2010 and shut it down about the middle of May. I have never had to fill my unit more than 2 times in one day even on the coldest days of the year. I cut from my own property so I am only guessing but probably around 20 face cord a year. I bought all my heat exchangers off ebay out of a store in Wisconsin and purchased my stove and underground pipe from Tim, and all my pex tubing and fittings from menards in Clio Mi. I had right around 4500.00 in my parts, compared to the 8500.00 in parts from Heatmor.
My buddy: 2500 square ft house, 50 gal H2o tank with side arm, and a 32x48 pole barn. He bought all his wood last year and bought 18 face cord plus cut down 1 medium tree.
All in all I am very pleased with my decision in the Ridgewood and am looking forward to firing it up soon again. Dan
As an owner of a Ridgewood I just wanted to give my 2 cents. With over 20 years in the Heating and Cooling industry I did a lot of research of cost vs performance between different outdoor boilers. With several friends of mine with heatmor units I thought was the choice I was going to make untill my wife found Tim's units advertised in the Auto Rv trader. I thought how good could it be for half the price of a Heatmor. Well I spent over an hour on the phone with him and pounded him with questions, and I decided to go to his shop and check them out. All I can say is everything Tim said it would do it does. My buddy and I each ordered one last fall. We installed both of them ourselves, and have been very happy every since. I am heating 1500sq ft 2 story plus a 50gal h20 tank with the side arm and a 24x 24 garage. I installed and fired my unit on Dec 5 2010 and shut it down about the middle of May. I have never had to fill my unit more than 2 times in one day even on the coldest days of the year. I cut from my own property so I am only guessing but probably around 20 face cord a year. I bought all my heat exchangers off ebay out of a store in Wisconsin and purchased my stove and underground pipe from Tim, and all my pex tubing and fittings from menards in Clio Mi. I had right around 4500.00 in my parts, compared to the 8500.00 in parts from Heatmor.
My buddy: 2500 square ft house, 50 gal H2o tank with side arm, and a 32x48 pole barn. He bought all his wood last year and bought 18 face cord plus cut down 1 medium tree.
All in all I am very pleased with my decision in the Ridgewood and am looking forward to firing it up soon again. Dan
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