Plenty 'O Pictures of the Portage & Main BL34-44 Shaker for my buddy slimjim.
Inside the back panel of the BL 34-44 houses the Johnson Controls, on/off switch, and blower.
The cooled water
return supply ports are tucked upwards in the back of the rear access panel opening. One of the feed lines is also visible in the picture.
In this picture, one can see the restrictor plate on the inside-face of the blower. The plate is in the position as shipped from the factory adjustment playing will occur later). The 2nd hot water feed port is partially visible behind the blower in this picture.
Looking from an angle just below the blower motor, one can see the lower routing of the air to the over and under air supplies. Pretty simple setup (just the way I like it).
A fellow OWFI.com member asked me recently to obtain some chimney height measurements for my BL 34-44 in order to plan the roof to go over it (respecting all required fire safety distances). From the bottom of the flat foot to the top of the vertical outlet of the chimney (rain cap removed) is 73 inches. There is no active fire in this picture. The cardboard box was utilized for better height measurement.
Same story as the previous picture... chimney height measurement
but with a 3-feet extension screwed on to the connection. From the bottom of the flat foot to the top of the vertical outlet of the chimney (rain cap removed) is 108 inches. There is no active fire in this picture either
Just a snapshot of the exhaust outlet out of the back of the BL 34-44 and its gap sealant and configuration.
Now let's take a look/see at the business end (front) of the BL34-44...shall we?
(we shall).
The lower access door to the ash pan is a heavy latch assembly style. Really stiff to actuate at present (good thing mind you) as the gaskets have not been regularly compressed with use over time.... yet.
Opening the ash pan access door lets us look at the pan itself, the insulated access door and siliconized rope gasket that slimjim has told us about before. That horizontal rod on my BL 34-44 is part of the shaker grate handle.
Speaking of ash,,, here is a picture of the heavy duty ash stir tool. Pretty heavy for what it is.
Next, inside the front exterior door of the BL 34-44, one can find the heavy duty, insulated access doors to box the firebox (bottom) and the 180-degree reverse turn heat exchanger (top)
Like all access doors, the heavily silicone covered rope-style door gaskets are found.
A closer-up picture of the Portage & Main's well-known 180-degree reverse turn exhaust heat exchanger run. Lots of surface area here to extract heat into the water jacket.
A wider angle view of the heat exchanger with the Portage & Main brand name stamped into the metal. Simple, tastefully done.
Opening the firebox door, the refractory cement lining, super-thick shaker grates, and fire chamber can be found. The shaker grates are turned "up" to the furthest point in this picture. This should break up any compressed black wood nuggets that may find their way into the hottest of the hardwood fires planned for next winter.
I took my Sony CyberShot camera and was able to point it back toward the door
from inside the stove. This is the air port into the fire chamber that provides the "air from above" the fire. The "below the fire" air is drawn in through the square holes in the shaker grates.
Nothing more here than a closer look at the shaker grates and refractory-lined cement firebox. Attention to detail is evident.
A nice shot of the water baffle that hangs down into the chamber and helps more complete combustion (trapping gases for re-burn).
I had never seen a picture on the internet of exactly
where the exhaust gases leave the chamber behind the water baffle so....
I tried a creative position of digital camera looking up into the ceiling of the firebox, behind the water baffle. Viola! There's that little bugger escape hole to the exhaust heat exchanger overhead!
The firebox side of the Portage & Main double welds were nice, clean, and "beefy" welds.
The heavy, laser cut latch work is impressive in appearance and in function. You can really feel the compression on the rope gasket in the door when you press the latch down for closure.
Both the front and rear access panels are insulated and have sturdy, lockable latches in order to protect the access doors and electronics from the nastiest of Mother Nature's weather elements.
One day my fill gauge on the BL 34-44 will read "Full" and I can be propane FREE! .... patience Grasshopper.... patience.
That is all the pictures I have for now guys and gals.
Enjoy.
Note: All Outdoor Wood Furnce Info (OWFI) members and Portage & Main dealers, associates, employees are free to use these images per the photographer himself (me, Sloppy Snood).
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