saladdin said:
My first year burning the cab50. Trying to find someone who has really played with the feeder rate slide thingy. You have any advice on adjusting the feed?
i have the ps50. but my guess is the sliders are the same.
in any case, i noticed that on medium from the factory, the flame was pretty damn high.
i eventually just slid the gate as far closed as it would go.
it still keeps a good fire on low.
i run it on medium 90% of the time (with my middle of the road heat content pellets) and the flame still ranges pretty high.
once it gets well below zero outside, i will either run it on high for a few hours at a time or just long enough to get the stove really hot and switch between high and medium a few times through the night.
i never leave it on high after i go to bed.
but this is the only stove i've ever used.
maybe the person claiming a 35,000 btu rated unit will out perform it is right.
that's the only time i've ever seen that claim.
it's still rated at greater than 75% efficiency.
i've seen higher figures. but i assume they are inflated as you can find for pretty much any stove. whether btus (which stoves don't actually make. fuel does) or square footage.
(stove efficiency ratings are based on running on high afaik)
i believe my dealer told me 1,500 to 1,800 sq feet for this stove.
but it's now rated at like 2,200 (or more?) in brochures.
there is a whole thread about these ratings going up recently on many brands
my main complaint with my stove is the design as relates to the oak.
it uses the kit shared by many quads and requires a collar piece that make the kit the most expensive one out there.
fabbing one would have required me buying tools i don't have. so i just bought the kit.
as it is i had to buy 2 hole saws for the install. those things aren't cheap.
add to this the fact that the stove still draws a fair bit of inside air after oak installation, and i was a bit let down
the oak is a dramatic improvement though . and i'd do it again if given the chance.
but it wasn't the 100% miracle i was hoping for when i first started learning about oaks.
actually i was a bit dubious to begin with when i did what other folks have done and put a sheet of paper against the inlet and was underwhelmed by the suction at that point.
but springtime has us siding and foam insulating the house and sealing the window frame cavities and adding more attic insulation to the back bedroom.
our front porch is well enclosed and the side porch is going to be properly sealed and fitted to the house when the siding is being done.
i'm hoping to use dramatically fewer pellets next winter.