Willeggess
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been thinking to get myself one of those a while ago. ended up not purchasing it. is it worth it? should i go back after it? thanks!
Yeah you may have to take up a new hobby like model airplane making or snow blower repair, once you have an active cat and a fully charred load (high flames) turn that baby down so the flame disappears, this is a good test to see if the cat is still good.I do like fiddling with my stoves, may be this ones going to let me down in that respect.
Certainly is like shoulder season right now here in Michigan....and from what i read that is where the BK will excel. I too will like to know how she handles without a fan blasting on a mid teen day. Keep us in the loop.
I never in my life heard the words (shoulder season) until I came to this forum, so I googled it to find out what it ment, I lived in California my whole life and they never use those words on the news or the weather, are those words used a lot in the north or north east.
It is not American/Canadian/English it is Hearth.com language. I also, only have learnt it here.
After running the Chinook 30 it seems the catalytic combustor is waning so I ordered a replacement from Firecat.
The original owner was kind of hard on this cat, described knocking it on wood to clean it and blowing it out with compressed air.
With that said the stove does run well and cat indicator stays in active zone but only on full dial setting down to 3/4, any less then it wants to cool right down and go to inactive zone.
Honestly, how it’s running right now is better that what I have got out of many of the other stoves. I have ran so if a new cat makes a big difference I am officially on the Blaze King wagon.
I admit, it’s kind of boring, it just works.
Check that the dial knob point straight down to the floor at 6 o'clock at wide open throttle. That will let you know it is calibrated correctly. If it goes pass 6 o'clock too much it will need calibration. You will need to find what is your lowest setting for you setup with an active cat for the duration of the burn. Every application can be different.After running the Chinook 30 it seems the catalytic combustor is waning so I ordered a replacement from Firecat.
The original owner was kind of hard on this cat, described knocking it on wood to clean it and blowing it out with compressed air.
With that said the stove does run well and cat indicator stays in active zone but only on full dial setting down to 3/4, any less then it wants to cool right down and go to inactive zone.
Honestly, how it’s running right now is better that what I have got out of many of the other stoves. I have ran so if a new cat makes a big difference I am officially on the Blaze King wagon.
I admit, it’s kind of boring, it just works.
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