hot dog roast?

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flyingcow

Minister of Fire
Jun 4, 2008
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Well where are the invites Cow???? We wanna see the milk truck and of course that "little" GARN!

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How many pounds of wood with that thing hold in one load?

Can you load full on start up or do you have to start a small one and revisit to load full?

gg
 
No scales. Maybe in the future. A couple of small armloads? When I need to do a burn I fill chamber full and light it. Because of the colder than normal weather it's been one full load and occasionally refill part later. It'll burn a full load pretty quick. 2 hours? About 20 mins after lighting pretty much all the wood is on fire.
 
Let me get the install all finished. Then I'll send out the invites. When that gets down to the tail end of a burn, it's perfect for hot dogs and marshmallows.

Great idea!
Here is my 2000 coming down off its evening burn. Might have to give it another hour and take the kids out for some Smores!
Probably not tonight, supposed to see -20 here this evening. weather channel says -40 with wind chill...

So this is a little off subject but i have to share.
I got my monthly propane delivery last friday after finally getting my domestic water hooked up to the Garn about a month earlier.
I way pretty excited to see a bill of 25 dollars!
10 bucks of that was a hazmat charge for delivery.
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So tell me about your controls. After loading does your Garn shut itself down with no human intervention?


Seems to me I have read their new controls do that.

gg
 
So tell me about your controls. After loading does your Garn shut itself down with no human intervention?


Seems to me I have read their new controls do that.

gg

Yes it does.
Mine typically runs for approximately 2-1/2 to 3 hrs. for a complete burn cycle, and shuts the fan down when the burn is complete.
My understanding of this function is that the controller shuts the fan off once a preset differential temperature is met between the flue temp. And the tank temp.
Not sure what the differential is (10 - 15 deg.?), i have never watched the controller at the end of a burn to determine the temp.
 
Great idea!
Here is my 2000 coming down off its evening burn. Might have to give it another hour and take the kids out for some Smores!
Probably not tonight, supposed to see -20 here this evening. weather channel says -40 with wind chill...

So this is a little off subject but i have to share.
I got my monthly propane delivery last friday after finally getting my domestic water hooked up to the Garn about a month earlier.
I way pretty excited to see a bill of 25 dollars!
10 bucks of that was a hazmat charge for delivery.
Love my Garn!!!View attachment 153734
Beautiful units...........You must be north of Syracuse. I have propane for clothes dryer and stove. I used Griffith Energy for 20yrs and did pay more than most suppliers around. The straw that broke the camel's back was the $9 + Hazmat charge for each and every delivery. Griffith was bought out by a Canadian company I believe. Switched suppliers last fall for no Hazmat fee and cheaper per gallon by about .50.
 
Does a full load bring the tank up to full temp?
And what is that temp?
 
Does a full load bring the tank up to full temp?
And what is that temp?


With the circ running a few hours before a burn, and running until the end of the burn( a good mix going on). It'll take it from roughly 125f to 180-ish. usually takes a little over 2 hours. Also, the modine in the garage is running non stop. I thought this was pretty impressive.
 
I was looking at the specs a couple days ago, and see the firebox is listed at 36" long. Do you load it full (two splits deep?), or do you just load it with one tier with space at the end(s) of the splits? Even though it's their smallest boiler, that's a fair sized firebox, and at 24" dia., I think I calced it to be about 3x the size of mine.

Sure sounds impressive, all right - I would definitely consider one if it would fit in my space.
 
21 or 22 inch is the max basically keep it back from the front 3 or 4 inches. Needs air flow around front and back of wood. In the pic above it had only been aprx 25 mins since I lit the fire.
 
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