I am starting to get a little chilly.

wolfkiller said:

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High: -41°
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Low: -48°


Yea these cold snaps do make you yern for summer

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What's the Blaze King up to in those Temps ?

Its appetite would be increasing considerable if it was used as an only heat source.
Mine has been certainly pigging out.
My glass is now staying clean.

I dunno how you guys do it.

I thought Wisconsin in January, and living in Vermont were cold enough for me !!

north of 60 said:

Its appetite would be increasing considerable if it was used as an only heat source.
Mine has been certainly pigging out.
My glass is now staying clean.

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Yo North of 60,I notice your firing the Blazer King Princess.What do you think the largest Blaze King would do in your setting?Is your home well insulated or not so well insulated ?

Rich L said:

north of 60 said:

Its appetite would be increasing considerable if it was used as an only heat source.
Mine has been certainly pigging out.
My glass is now staying clean.

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Yo North of 60,I notice your firing the Blazer King Princess.What do you think the largest Blaze King would do in your setting?Is your home well insulated or not so well insulated ?

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8" walls up and down with 2' styro blue SM strapped on top with r48 attic. 12yr old house. Princess does me fine but if I had an 8' chimney the big boy would have gone in. Not for more heat but the extra extra long burn times would sure have spoiled me.
The heat output on the two stoves isnt a huge differance. Just more room for fuel on the low turn downs.

wolfkiller said:

Tonight Tomorrow Mon Tue Wed 6-10 Day
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Extended Forecast
High: -41°
Low: -53° High: -49°
Low: -56° High: -36°
Low: -52° High: -41°
Low: -52° High: -28°
Low: -48°


Yea these cold snaps do make you yern for summer

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Yup, that's a little cool, alright. We hit our lowest temp (so far) this season this morning at -27. The sun is blazing through the window looking at the frozen Bering Sea (no heat in it yet), while in my same field of view the F400 is showing a marvelous secondary burn. I've already been outside this morning to split and refill the kindling box. Boy does that go easy at this temp. Minus 27 and dead calm is a great January day for here. The dogs love going for a walk in this, and me too.

Do ya know the Carlo's in North Pole?....relatives of mine..

That BK sounds like an impressive stove Stay warm (and safe)...

Is it true that spit will freeze before it hits the ground at those temps?

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No, it's not true... but it will freeze very shortly after!

wolfkiller said:

Tonight Tomorrow Mon Tue Wed 6-10 Day
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Extended Forecast
High: -41°
Low: -53° High: -49°
Low: -56° High: -36°
Low: -52° High: -41°
Low: -52° High: -28°
Low: -48°


Yea these cold snaps do make you yern for summer

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That is cold brother!! Around here it doesn't get much colder than -40 and very little of that. Some people talk about such temps as if they are common but they aren't. Another comment I have trouble with is people that claim that "you get used to it". This is my 31st winter with an outdoor job and I haven't gotten used to the extremes yet.

wolfkiller said:

Tonight Tomorrow Mon Tue Wed 6-10 Day
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Extended Forecast
High: -41°
Low: -53° High: -49°
Low: -56° High: -36°
Low: -52° High: -41°
Low: -52° High: -28°
Low: -48°


Yea these cold snaps do make you yern for summer

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Holy cow! brrrrr

What stove/stoves are you using?

By the way I love your signature

I've seen -40 a few times and it wasn't that bad as long as the wind isn't blowing. When I lived in Duluth, MN I remember a -96 wind chill morning and that just plain hurt the exposed face!

EatenByLimestone said:

Is it true that spit will freeze before it hits the ground at those temps?

Matt

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No worrying about the spit, but if you have to pee outdoors.....be prepared!

wolfkiller said:

FYI I have a Friend using the same stove as me (blaze king, king model) with a 16' x 6" stack and it works just fine. His stack is straight up with no bends.

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So the BK works fine with a 6" flue? I see they have 8" in their specs, so I had crossed this stove off my list since I have a 6" (x 35') liner. Do they say 6" is acceptable in the owners manual?

Yep- thats pretty 'cool'.

Lived in Fairbanks for a time, still got pictures of a few of us trying to 'barbeque' some moose steaks outside one night- at -45.
Stoves are great, but I ended up getting a really good women- still keeping me warm 29 years latter ! Much better than a stove, insulation
or two blankets. Highly Recommended.

Wet1 said:

wolfkiller said:

FYI I have a Friend using the same stove as me (blaze king, king model) with a 16' x 6" stack and it works just fine. His stack is straight up with no bends.

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So the BK works fine with a 6" flue? I see they have 8" in their specs, so I had crossed this stove off my list since I have a 6" (x 35') liner. Do they say 6" is acceptable in the owners manual?

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My stove is meant for 6". Their inserts also. Its the princess model. 2.8cuft .

Hey there, glad to see some other Blaze King users in this forum from up north. For those in Alaska, I live out west in Bethel. I've been using this BK Princess for 1 month now and love it, I should've got one sooner. It's kind of cold right now I think -20, but last week was "colder" due to strong winds. I can really tell a difference when it's windy, need to load the stove more often and use the fans on the back. With no winds it just coasts along like normal with fewer re-loads and no need for the fans.

Wow, and I thought it was cold here...


more power to you guys...

As long as Santa stays warm, that's all that matters - my kid wants to know if Santa's okay?

60 below is a tad cool.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_re_us/alaska_extreme_cold

north of 60 said:

Rich L said:

north of 60 said:

Its appetite would be increasing considerable if it was used as an only heat source.
Mine has been certainly pigging out.
My glass is now staying clean.

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Yo North of 60,I notice your firing the Blazer King Princess.What do you think the largest Blaze King would do in your setting?Is your home well insulated or not so well insulated ?

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8" walls up and down with 2' styro blue SM strapped on top with r48 attic. 12yr old house. Princess does me fine but if I had an 8' chimney the big boy would have gone in. Not for more heat but the extra extra long burn times would sure have spoiled me.
The heat output on the two stoves isnt a huge differance. Just more room for fuel on the low turn downs.

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Hey North of 60 as I read your post again I'm still not understanding your info such as.What do you mean by 8 inch walls up and down ? Also what is styro blue SM and 2 ft. of it strapped on top of r48.Yo break it down for me in simpler terms if you will.I'm not the sharpest tack on the wall.One other thing is you said if you had the chimney you would of gone with the Largest Blaze King not because of more heat.You shared that the heat output of both stoves isn't a huge difference.I would think the heat output would be much more with the King over the Princess since the King's cubic feet of firebox 4.27 cu.ft. is almost twice as large as the Princess' cubic feet of firebox at 2.86.Give the King a half of cubic feet more firebox and it would be twice as large as the Princess.I would think this would produce way more heat than the Princess.

"I am starting to get a little chilly."

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