Ashford burn pictures

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webby3650

webby3650

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There has been a lot of interest in how the fire looks in the Blaze King Ashford. Also if the glass is always dirty.
Here's a few pics of it in action. These pics are through the glass and it hasn't been cleaned in at least 2 months. Pics are high, medium-high, and medium.
 

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Here is one more. This is what it looked like before I reloaded it. This was 12 hours on a partial load of cherry. It's been in the low 20's here today.
 

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Love the blue flame!
I can get that with just a little air after a few hours into the burn.
 
Looking good. I'm impressed by the clean glass.
 
Clean glass looks great. When you are saying high, medium high, medium, are you talking about the air settings? What air setting is typical for you during the winter?
 
northwinds said:
Clean glass looks great. When you are saying high, medium high, medium, are you talking about the air settings? What air setting is typical for you during the winter?
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Yes, air settings. Typically its medium or medium low. On the BK thermostat, its actually marked "normal". If the stove is sized properly, I think that this "normal" range is right on.
 
Here is a picture of the glass this morning. My wife just reloaded after a 16 hour run. The stove spent the night on the medium air setting. It was 10 degrees last night.
 

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I like the looks of that stove much better than some of the other BK offerings. A 16 hour run is impressive.
 
northwinds said:
I like the looks of that stove much better than some of the other BK offerings. A 16 hour run is impressive.
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Once the temps get up into the 30's and 40's I'll be back to 24 hour cycles. I'm looking forward to that!
 
Webby, granted draft, flue height, wood, etc. all play into this but on a setting of medium - medium low what stove temps does this relate to??
Thanks,
Builder Bob
 
Builder Bob said:
Webby, granted draft, flue height, wood, etc. all play into this but on a setting of medium - medium low what stove temps does this relate to??
Thanks,
Builder Bob
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I don't bother taking any temps anymore. It's got a convective top, so a thermometer isn't even close to accurate.
I have a 12' flue, less than ideal wood at this point and am heating a '71 ranch with original windows and doors. We are warmer than we have ever been! How's that for a temperature reading? ;)
 
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wow! The glass on my King doesn't even look that good after I clean it :( You must be doing something very right.
 
Burning at 50% throttle is much much higher than I do and I suspect most folks run lower as well. The clean glass must be partly due to the high settings as well as the new design. Your coals are quite close to the glass too, mine are always way back in the firebox.
 
Highbeam said:
Burning at 50% throttle is much much higher than I do and I suspect most folks run lower as well. The clean glass must be partly due to the high settings as well as the new design. Your coals are quite close to the glass too, mine are always way back in the firebox.
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You think most people run at less than 50% when its 10 degrees outside?
 
We're heating in 53F weather today in WA. Whole nuther world. I let the fire go out last night and switched to electrons.
 
50% is marked "normal" on the stove. I find this to be true, until it's above freezing outside.
 
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You think most people run at less than 50% when its 10 degrees outside?
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I think its been mentioned here before, but all the BK's don't have the same air control. So 50% for me will be different than it would be on your princess. I do find that I run the Ashford on a higher setting than a lot princess users. But still get comparable burn times. So I think the difference is in the air control.
 
Maybe it's a difference in the air channels to the airwash? I'm wondering if it's a bit narrower in the Ashford/Sirocco?
 
webby3650 said:
You think most people run at less than 50% when its 10 degrees outside?
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I almost never run at 50%... even when it's single-digits out. In the morning, when the family is demanding heat I may turn it up to 50% or just above, but only for a short time. On my King, if I set the t-stat to the 'N' or the 'o' of "Normal" and I have the fan on low I can get a light show of flame dancing around the combustor. At 50%, the beast is really throwing heat... it's just rarely needed.
 
johnstra said:
I almost never run at 50%... even when it's single-digits out. In the morning, when the family is demanding heat I may turn it up to 50% or just above, but only for a short time. On my King, if I set the t-stat to the 'N' or the 'o' of "Normal" and I have the fan on low I can get a light show of flame dancing around the combustor. At 50%, the beast is really throwing heat... it's just rarely needed.
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Sounds very oversized!
 
I don't think so. It's low normal range and my wife still thinks it's cold :confused:
 
webby3650 said:
I think its been mentioned here before, but all the BK's don't have the same air control. So 50% for me will be different than it would be on your princess. I do find that I run the Ashford on a higher setting than a lot princess users. But still get comparable burn times. So I think the difference is in the air control.
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Very possible. Your nice burn times tell me that you're 50% throttle is similar to my low setting.

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Sounds very oversized!
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No, that doesn't mean it is oversized. A cat stove is right sized if you can run it on low settings most of the time. That's how they're designed to work and how they work best. Maybe that's why the modern ashford stat range is higher which implies that you should be at a low burn setting usually.
 
webby3650 said:
I think its been mentioned here before, but all the BK's don't have the same air control. So 50% for me will be different than it would be on your princess. I do find that I run the Ashford on a higher setting than a lot princess users. But still get comparable burn times. So I think the difference is in the air control.
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At full open, where does your dial point?
 
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