Sounds like the creosote in the corners is a common thing based on you & Lukem. I will have to check the filters out on Supply house. What did you set your dampers to vs the factory settings? Thanks Morningwood!
Hey Lyle you have a good memory! Hope you’re doing well up in Vermont.I guess I’ve been called worse than interesting!Perhaps I will have to start my own thread I don’t want to derail Morningwoods thread I just figured they were both the same brand stove & we could compare thoughts.
Oh, so you aren't filling it as in stuffed clear full...sounds like maybe you already have things kinda dialed in then
Some of them are on the bigger side, but you have a nice mixture there, and nothing too huge, I'd say you're good, but I'll let someone that actually operates one on a daily basis decide...I guess bottom line is if its working well with that wood, run it!
Which stove do you have Lukem? 4000? Do you happen to know the average moisture content of the wood you’re burning this year? Have you adjusted the damper settings like Morningwood gas? Thanks.
Forget to answer your question about wood size. What I’ve heard a few dealers on Facebook say is if you can grab it with one hand then it’s a perfect sized. I’ve burned some stuff that was 6” around and it ate it without any issues. Size looks good to me based off of your pics. Based off of your pics it looks like you have it your load size dialed in already. After 12 hours you shouldn’t have any big unburnt pieces of wood left. My wood is around 20% moisture so I set the dampers to the setting for 15 - 25% hardwood that’s in the back of the manual. Some guys say it helps with wood consumption other say it doesn’t matter. IMHO I think it does some. From the factory it’s set at the high moisture setting ( more air ) and higher o2. The other pic I’ve attached is the idle setting. I changed mine to 55-5-30 because my fire was going out on warmer days.
I have a GS200. That's the older version of 4000. Wood is 3 years css... no idea on %. Factory damper setting.
Thank you. I’m going to have to reread the back of my manual. I was so intent on getting the stove hooked up I just glanced over the back of the manual. I appreciate your input.
Figured I'd give an update to this thread of how things went the first year running the boiler. The only non-self induced problem was the low water limit switch going out. Luckily I was able to call my dealer and he walked me through jumping it. This was a known issue, so it really didn't come as a surprise. Called Heatmaster a few months ago to get a new one. They were suppose to email me, still waiting on the email, I need to follow up with them. Cleaning the boiler at the end of the year wasn't too bad. Next year, I will definitely pull all of the coals out and scrape the corners out when the boiler is hot. Made the mistake of not doing that, lots of time with a torch and putty knife. It was a miserable experience at best. By tote count I burned roughly 3.33 cords of wood, ninety-percent of the wood is dead ash. One tote was cotton wood, and one tote should of been dumped in the woods but I burned it anyways. Figured it was in the tote, might as well burn it. We did have a very warm winter so I'd suspect I'll probably burn around 4 cord a year. I'm heating my hot water to roughly 110° and the house stays around 71° or so. The boiler pretty much ran non-stop from November / December to mid-April sometime. We had a pretty cool spring, now if we can just get some rain.
Yeah I think I heard your county is under some water restrictions? We are dry, but no restrictions yet, that I know of...
