pics of osburn hybrid-45 just installed couple days ago

[burrman]

bought it of CL on last thursday and replaced my ashely stove put her in on sunday with the new hearth pad i scored of CL for 30 bucks
enjoy.... and yes i know the curtain is close but it gets moved outa they way

 

[imacman]

Looks good. Any improvement in the heat output over the Ashley?

 

[burrman]

actually my Ashely would keep the dinning/kitchen at 85 on setting 1..way too hot... this one on heat setting 2-3 depending on how cold it is outside keeps it at 73 ..which is a lot more comfortable and its a drop style instead of the 2 auger system big plus :coolsmile:

 

[burrman]

when setting the air damper how do you set it correctly...my old stove didn't have one of these.. ive played with this one a little bit but i want to make sure im doing this correct...im getting a clinker build up on the top of the burn pot too much air...too little..i was running it at almost full open...now i turned it all the way down and opened it untill the flame looked good..am i on the right track....and then why is my glass getting dirty any tips trick ..thanks

 

[imacman]

The owners manual for your stove pretty much confirms what you've been doing....look at the fire and adjust to a yellowish-orange flame. Too much like a blowtorch means reduce air, and blackish tips/lazy flame means open air.

If you want to try my method for stoves that have a manual draft rod, close it all the way with a fire going, and slowly open until a nice yellowish/orange flame is observed, and the burning pellet embers in the bottom of the pot should be "dancing" a little bit. Small burning embers should be getting ejected from the pot when their almost all burned up.

As for the dirty glass, does this stove have an airwash system?

 

[burrman]

not sure ill have to look at the manual...ill get back with ya later