SolarAndWood
Minister of Fire
+42 is pretty nice too. 12 hours into the burn and 2/3 of the firebox is still full. This will be the first 24 hour burn since Thanksgiving.
-42(F) and the Blaze King is KING!
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HotCoals
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North of 60
Minister of Fire
jstorms said:
I will take AMERICAN geography for $200 Alex. :coolsmile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole,_Alaska
this Blaze King thing has me just a little green with envy. My 2010 Quad 4300 does a good job, but nothing like the burn times/heat output that Blaze King owners are reporting. I would probably "just" make it with clearances to combustibles. Maybe next year I'll swap the Quad out.
jstorms said:
We are a small city about 20 miles SOUTH of Fairbanks. It was named North Pole to lure a toymaker to set up shop. Never happened but we do have the world famous SANTA CLAUS HOUSE. http://www.santaclaushouse.com
Now this is in perspective. The King has a massive firebox which dwarfs my quad 4300. Throw in that it takes an 8-inch chimney and my current one is 6, and this is a no-go. Oh well.
Lanningjw
Minister of Fire
richg said:
Alot of us BK Princess guys are showing good results with a 2.8 box and a 6 inch pipe. would this work for you?
Lanning said:
thanks for the reply. The Blaze King site indicates that the Princess takes a max 16 inch log. A lot of my wood has been cut to 18 and 20-inch lengths and I'm too dang lazy to recut it. Don't get me wrong, my Quad is heating the house well and I have no issues with it. However, the thought of only having to load twice a day is very appealing. My old Fisher Grandma Bear had a firebox the size of a dump truck. It only needed feeding twice a day, but it ate wood like a tub grinder and was a heinous smoke dragon.
Hiram Maxim
Minister of Fire
richg said:
You can get an 18" length in the Princess! My neighbor has most of his cut at 18" and he burns them N/S with no problem.
UPDATE. After over 2 weeks of continuous burning at outside temperatures in the -40F range I decided to let it cool and clean the ashes and tighten the nut on the bypass (which meant I had to take the stack off to get to it). I let it cool all day and when I came home to clean it, there was such a nice bed of hot coals I decided to leave them. The stack was cool enough that by closing the bypass and turning the thermostat all the way down, I could make the adjustment to the bypass lever (it seemed to have loosened a bit, maybe just the heat of a continuous fire). I am please to announce that it was easy to adjust AND I inspected the chimney stove pipe while I had it off and no signs of creosote. So, the fire continues. I also found a source for wood where a disabled person who loves to split wood is allowed to split it and live off the profits by a local wood company who gives him free wood. On a personal note, we celebrated the 28th anniversary of the day I proposed to my lovely wife Dawn (1983). She said "yes, what took you so long"! It was a good week...
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