sandie said:I get black glass but it clears up totally with 500 degree fire which I burn at for 15 or so minutes. What I want to know is if the glass is black is the flu with creosote? AND if so does it burn up like the black on the glass or no? I never let it get hotter than 650 and that is for a minute or so when I see it, I bring down the primary air control a bit. What is a good cruising temp? I have been using somewhere near 400 but that will allow black on windows so does that mean it is not running hot enough? OR wood is still too wet? I have ordered 1/2 cord of kiln dried wood( highly recommended to me by a friend so trust it is really kiln dried) so will see if that improves the blackening of window but like a say it clears itself.
sandie said:This may seem like a dumb question but how does one know what temp the stove LIKES to cruise at? What does it mean to LIKE to cruise? Does it mean that is the temp it stays at when burning well? That could not be it since we control the actual temp by air controls etc so what is meant by "find out what temp your stove likes to crusie at?" Confusing I guess. Had it burning all day yesterday and when it dropped to about 300-400 or so I would then add some big splits and it would burn for a few hours and I would add more. Am I supposed to get it up to 500 for a while then down to ??? for a long while and until it dies down in temp but red hot coals and then reload? IF do it that way will the temp of the room seesaw? I was trying to keep the room as warm as it would go which seemed to be about 68 degrees, the rest of the house was on thermostat at 62 and this stove did not seem to warm anything but this room so furnace cut on and off as the house went below 62 etc. I am hoping once the blocking plate is in and hte stove is pulled out into room more than the heat from stove will be more and will get a fan to blow it around to rest of house if need be so will not be blasted out of the sun room where it is now. 68 was very comfortable but would like the rest of the house to equalize. I suspect a blocking plate and fan pointed towards the room will do wonders . . . I know in my case without a fan the room gets quite warm and then gradually, very slowly, the rest of the house over time will warm up. When I use a fan it really warms up the house much faster and moves the heat better . . . although there are some rooms in the house which are still on the cool side. I do not burn overnight yet. Waiting for good dry wood, wood I have which was Kiln Dried(huh) was soaking wet and still is so I place the pieces near stove for a couple of days and it dries out and then I use it and I have some other that is pretty dry actually. Getting a drop soon I hope although the storm may have put kibosh on it.
Are you sure you are going to get cash back? As I understood it you would only get a credit off of what you owed the government, if you already break even or get a rebate, this credit would be of no benefit.blueflame75 said:My home is 3yrs old 1500sqft ranch and is airtight. If i burned at a constant clean burning temp(400-600 degrees) i would be run out of the house, and that's with junk wood. So occasionally i have a burn that creates soot. The next burn i will burn at max temps to clean my stove completely out per advice from my stove installer. It was 6 degrees last night and inside was and still is 76 degrees. I can't wait to get my Bio-Mass Burning Stove Tax Credit back in April. I will be using the casheola to build some type of shelter for my wood next winter. Tarping my wood pile is the pits.
sandie said:THAT is correct, it is a Tax CREDIT not a Tax REBATE, and so it is a credit up to 1500 dollars at most(you would need to spend $6000 on stove etc., not installation) on your tax return. It is a percent of your purchase. IF you were to buy $6000 on a stove(unlikely) and you owed a thousand on taxes, then you would have $1000 written off not you get $1500.00, it is a write off up to $1500. People have misunderstood this and the stove stores have not done anything to straighten it out since they have sold many a stove with people thinking they will receive money in return for buying a stove, NOT.
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