2021-2022 BK everything thread

[Ashful]

No surprise. I wasn't fibbing, when I claimed mine routinely stay active cat beyond 30 hours.

So, what's the diff between a 30.1 and a 30.2? I wasn't frequenting the forums when the x.2's rolled out.

 

[stoveliker]

No surprise. I wasn't fibbing, when I claimed mine routinely stay active cat beyond 30 hours.

So, what's the diff between a 30.1 and a 30.2? I wasn't frequenting the forums when the x.2's rolled out.

I have no idea what the difference is. That's a question for Chris.

The end of the burn (as in when the cat fell out of the active range) was between 32 and 35 hrs (the uncertainty because the wife is not as obsessed as I am,.and the stove being in the basement).

This was with the Tstat on 2.30 (range is from 1 to 6 ). So I could have gone longer, as the cat gauge was beyond 1/3 into the active range for at least 3/4 of that time. But heat needs (and basement stove) dictated this setting.

Oh, and I was confused by "fibbing". What did you do with a focused in beam?!
...never mind..

 

[snobuilder]

Well, after 5-6 long years of waiting for just the right time (having the $5800 to spare for an insert), Today was the day my new Ashford 25 got installed in the family room of my house. HooRay! Special thanks to J & O fireplaces in Dunncansville Pennsylvania!

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In the pic, on the left....are those the manuals I was suppose to study when I first set out to own and operate my 2020 standards wood stove?🤣

 

[Ashful]

Oh, and I was confused by "fibbing". What did you do with a focused in beam?!
...never mind..

I'd expect a New Yorker to be familiar enough with Philly slang.

 

[stoveliker]

I'd expect a New Yorker to be familiar enough with Philly slang.

I live on LI, but am more of a Tennessean than NY-er... Didn't grow up this side of the ocean, but lived longer in TN than here.

 

[DuaeGuttae]

I'd expect a New Yorker to be familiar enough with Philly slang.

“Fib” is a good old English word on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s been around since before the thirteen colonies, and as a southerner, I can certainly attest to its common usage in parts of the United States that aren’t Philly (where I’ve only had occasion to visit twice). It tends to be associated with what are seen as inconsequential or childish tales, perhaps why @stoveliker wouldn’t have encountered it too much as an adult.

 

[Poindexter]

Fib = Lie. Ashful wasn't lying when he said ___.

The one that got me, traveling a lot, was the eastern PA use of "yet." If someone from there asked if Radio Shack was carrying vacuum tubes for electronics yet? most in the USA would understand better if they had instead asked "Does Radio Shack still carry vacuum tubes?"

The most linguistically diverse place I have been was Boston, I was at the Brigham for 9 months in I think 2003. Figuring out north shore from south shore from the inland rabble (sorry) took about two months, after 9 months I could pretty much guess which township on the south shore my patients were hailing from.

FWIW the most common reason my patient's have moved to Alaska is 'running from the law,' apropos of nothing of course, but linguistic diversity , I find, west of the Mississippi is more about not blended yet, where diversity east of the Mississippi is more often not going to blend.

And my stove is running great. I loaded the last of my dry spruce about 30 minutes ago. I do have 2 cords of dry birch ready to cook on, and seven cords of green spruce stacked for Sep 22. Five above now, if I find my wife in neck to ankle fleece I will likely burn some birch this spring.

 

[Ashful]

The one that got me, traveling a lot, was the eastern PA use of "yet."

My wife's from western PA, I'm from the eastern edge of the state. We damn near speak different languages.

I might drink an occasional soda, but she drinks pop. I think the roads are slippery when it snows, but she knows they're "slippy". I think the car needs to be washed, but she just says the car needs washed. And when for lunch, I'll have a hoagie, she asks to have a bite of my sub.

But we both agree on one thing, these two Ashford 30's are some of the best money we ever spent.

 

[snobuilder]

In WI besides ending our sentence with "yet" we also use "or no"...as in "Are yous coming along. Or no?"

 

[Ashful]

In WI besides ending our sentence with "yet" we also use "or no"...as in "Are yous coming along. Or no?"

Interesting. That's a Swabish thing, as in the province surrounding Stuttgart, Germany. They love to end every sentence (in German or English), with "or no?" The rest of Germany makes fun of them for this habit, the way the rest of the country might pick on New Jersey for saying "you'se guys".

So, was your area of WI settled by a bunch of southwestern Germans?

 

[snobuilder]

Interesting. That's a Swabish thing, as in the province surrounding Stuttgart, Germany. They love to end every sentence (in German or English), with "or no?" The rest of Germany makes fun of them for this habit, the way the rest of the country might pick on New Jersey for saying "you'se guys".

So, was your area of WI settled by a bunch of southwestern Germans?

Yes, Poles and Italian as well
MKE Has some great examples of their craftsmanship in the building trades.

 

[snobuilder]

My SIL is from the west coast and spent 22 years in the army around the world. He busted us on our "unknown" speech patterns.

 

[kennyp2339]

Weather and draft, yesterday I experienced some adverse draft issues which totally changed my burn, its just fun to report. So last Sunday when I got home from work it was literally 14deg f with a stiff north west wind, I reloaded the stove, kept the t stat air control at 2:30, closed (1) pipe damper and went to bed, the typical burn rate on the cat probe will settle between noon and 2 o'clock with low flames in the firebox, I get about 12 hours of good heat, especially when the blower is on low / medium setting.
So yesterday was a damp raw day, I lit the stove and it was 44deg with light rain, typical ash kindling to larger ash splits, the load caught like normal, maybe a little sluggish and I added a few more ash splits, I then turned the air control to 2:30 with a closed by-pass but left the pipe damper all the way open, (I was working from home) about an hour later I decided to check on the fire, no flames in the firebox, but the cat probe was pegged at 4pm and the orange glow was coming into the firebox, the outside air was pretty heavy, more or less the temp outside was 45, with drizzle and fog, I suspect that my draft was right at the BK minimum and my cat was eating smoke very well, looking at the chimney outside, it didnt even look like I had a fire going, just amazing to me.

 

[stoveliker]

Wow. Systems differ. I never have flames at 2.30 on the Tstat.

 

[stoveliker]

So, it seems that my last fire was that 32-35 hr one last Sunday. Weather forecast has one 37 F night Tuesday. Not long enough below 40 to start the stove.

But, I need to do my "crisp it up" end of season high burn so I can brush the creosote out of the box. I'll do that Tuesday (and again later if I do need the stove one more time).

I have this wifi plug that I use for my inline fan that brings cold LR air into the basement where the stove is. It uses 26 W. And the plug allows.me to read how much energy it has used in total. 49 kWh. So that translates to about 1900 hrs on my cat this winter (and I proved -to myself as no one else cares...- that I can do this comfortably without using oil, so this was for a full winter).

That plug and fan is a handy way to keep track of cat lifetime for intermittent burning without having to write things down each burn...

 

[ajzzara]

Hey guys, hope you are all having a good weekend so far. I have a BK sirocco insert. I am wondering if there is a way/or if I even need to get the cat thermometer calibrated. When the stove is stone cold before I light a fire the needle is already half way to the active cat zone. I have attached a pic. Thanks in advance!

 

[AstroBoy]

Well, after 5-6 long years of waiting for just the right time (having the $5800 to spare for an insert), Today was the day my new Ashford 25 got installed in the family room of my house. HooRay! Special thanks to J & O fireplaces in Dunncansville Pennsylvania!

@Captain Caveman it looks really nice! Was that your full, installed price for this unit?

 

[kennyp2339]

38 deg f and rain, loving the low and slow progression of spring, 72 inside and just comfortable, running a black box w/ low glow cat.

 

[Ashful]

38 deg f and rain, loving the low and slow progression of spring, 72 inside and just comfortable, running a black box w/ low glow cat.

Ditto. You're actually about 80mi NE of me, so it's a much nicer 39F and rain, here.

77F according to the thermometer on my desk, but I believe it reads a tad warm.

 

[kennyp2339]

Getting closer and closer to the end of the season, I was looking at my garage rack last night and thinking I dont have enough to make it to the end of the week, but it maybe to much to refill it for the end of the season, so I'm just going to bring in a wheel barrel load at a time from my ugly rack and ride out the final couple weeks. I'm more inclined to fill my woodshed back up sooner then later and just get that job done, I think I'll need to bring up about 3 cords or so.
All in all, its been one of those seasons where I knew it was a colder winter, it just seems so distant since we never got any note worthy snow storms up here, a lot of 3" snows and (1) 8" storm which equates to a very light winter for my area. I'm thinking brush fire season is going to be a busy one in my area.

 

[snobuilder]

Getting closer and closer to the end of the season, I was looking at my garage rack last night and thinking I dont have enough to make it to the end of the week, but it maybe to much to refill it for the end of the season, so I'm just going to bring in a wheel barrel load at a time from my ugly rack and ride out the final couple weeks. I'm more inclined to fill my woodshed back up sooner then later and just get that job done, I think I'll need to bring up about 3 cords or so.
All in all, its been one of those seasons where I knew it was a colder winter, it just seems so distant since we never got any note worthy snow storms up here, a lot of 3" snows and (1) 8" storm which equates to a very light winter for my area. I'm thinking brush fire season is going to be a busy one in my area.

We are having an extended heating season as well in WI. 16F currently.
I am tapping into another bin that I thought wouldn't be used till next season.

 

[Ashful]

Spring last week, now winter is back today. 21F this morning, and a high of 31F with strong wind this afternoon. Heck, I was mowing the lawn two days ago.

 

[stoveliker]

Last burning run of the season I think; Friday 60 or so forecast. But yesterday afternoon I started the stove again on some scraps from a project. Loaded with oak for overnight. 25 F this morning, not reaching above freezing today and 25 forecast for the night again.

Keeping some pine splits for my hot "crisp it up" end of season fire.

 

[Ashful]

No end in sight, here. The stone in the oldest wing of our house sums to almost exactly 1 million pounds, based on some rough calculations based on the assumed density of the stone types used in its construction. It's great for keeping us warm thru cool autumn nights, after summer's heat and sun gets it all warmed up, like a giant masonry heater. But on the flip side, I often have need for some amount of heating into early June, while the stone remains cold from the prior winter. It's rare I call it quits before May, even on warmer years, unless from just being tired of the whole routine.

 

[begreen]

Hey guys, hope you are all having a good weekend so far. I have a BK sirocco insert. I am wondering if there is a way/or if I even need to get the cat thermometer calibrated. When the stove is stone cold before I light a fire the needle is already half way to the active cat zone. I have attached a pic. Thanks in advance!

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Did you check with BK support on this? It's just a relative indicator, so this may not be that important.