2015-2016 Blaze King Performance thread (Everything BK)

[Toiler]

We are buying a King model. All 460 pounds of it. Do any of you know how much lighter it gets when you pull some parts out? Bricks, door etc? It has a bit of a journey to our living room, trying to avoid a crane.

 

[Woody harrelson]

Running at 3 o'clock, in the middle of the "normal" range is where I usually have it. Runs just fine there. Thought I'd be able to turn it down a little further though with the wood blocks, and for a whIle there I could.. guess at the low settings it just can't be a set-and-forget it thing.

how long of a burn do you get from it with setting it at that position?

 

[Woody harrelson]

We are buying a King model. All 460 pounds of it. Do any of you know how much lighter it gets when you pull some parts out? Bricks, door etc? It has a bit of a journey to our living room, trying to avoid a crane.

the bricks weight nothing and the door won't be on the stove when you get it. you won't get much weight off of it. get a hand truck a couple ratchet straps

 

[drz1050]

how long of a burn do you get from it with setting it at that position?

Couldn't really tell you to be honest.. most of my loads so far have been small, 3-4 splits or 2-3 envi-blocks. I've had a 14ish hour burn once so far with a full load, but that was one of the first burns and I was fiddling with the stat a few times during it.

 

[Woody harrelson]

Couldn't really tell you to be honest.. most of my loads so far have been small, 3-4 splits or 2-3 envi-blocks. I've had a 14ish hour burn once so far with a full load, but that was one of the first burns and I was fiddling with the stat a few times during it.

maybe if you load the stove up more you will be able to run it at a lower tstat setting

 

[kennyp2339]

Using uglies to lite the fire


My friend cut up pine logs for me a little to long 22", so I cut them in half and figured I would lite the princess like this, I'm using maple shavings from the score I got from the neighbors

 

[kennyp2339]

Agh success, 8 minutes and then was able to engage the cat, that's one of my best times from cold stove to cruise mode

 

[Dieselhead]

Gotta be a beast to get a hat and shirt

 

[mwhitnee]

maybe if you load the stove up more you will be able to run it at a lower tstat setting

I find this to be true.

 

[Ashful]

As shown in my photo on the prior page, I've been running 24+ hour cycles on just three splits per load. I'm setting the knob around 1pm (sorry, no numbers on my sticker) to get those long burns. I haven't had any trouble with a stalled cat, except one time I used a known-wet knotty piece of oak.

To answer the question posed before, my flue is a straight shot, about 14 feet. Single wall black pipe into insulated flex liner.

 

[Joe dirt]

Everything's installed and works awesome. Wife loves it compared to the Napoleon 1400 we had. This thing rocks! I'm 17' straight with the 8" outside. It is level with the peak of my roof. Draft is good but wondering if another 2' would do anything. It would be difficult to add the 2' but can be done. (Have a bunch of 2' sections left over. Bought used.) Only reason I'm asking is that off my stove I couldn't go the 36" straight shot that the manual asks for. I'm double walled inside with 3 yes 3 45's. Not ideal but everything is working good. Running the stove at 3 o'clock (don't have numbers) with flue temp at 200*.

 

[Woody harrelson]

As shown in my photo on the prior page, I've been running 24+ hour cycles on just three splits per load. I'm setting the knob around 1pm (sorry, no numbers on my sticker) to get those long burns. I haven't had any trouble with a stalled cat, except one time I used a known-wet knotty piece of oak.

To answer the question posed before, my flue is a straight shot, about 14 feet. Single wall black pipe into insulated flex liner.

I have no problems running my stove at the lowest setting either, but maybe in his situation he could try loading it more to create more fuel for the cat at a lower setting? Maybe worth a shot?

 

[Dieselhead]

I swept my flue today after about 3-4 cord last year. I have about a 26 foot flue, had burnt popcorn about a 1/4" thick at the last 3', looking down as far as I could to the offset there was more flaky stuff like the thickness of a potato chip. Probably had about 1/3 to 1/2 gallon of soot powder at the bottom when I vaccumed it out. Debating a mid season sweep (February-ish?) this year, I guess it depends if I can get to the chiminey with the snow situation.

 

[dh1989]

Just got a 15 hr burn out of my SC20 with about 1/4 load of the mill ends. I checked them and they are reading 12-15% MC (split) after sitting outside for the summer. Mostly maple, oak, and mahogany.

Question: What is the matching Stove Bright paint for the steel Sirocco? I got the bright idea to put a tea kettle on it and it seems to have taken a small spot of paint with it... Apparently it wasn't fully cured yet. I have flat black for my Duravent stove pipe.

 

[begreen]

I'm 17' straight with the 8" outside. It is level with the peak of my roof. Draft is good but wondering if another 2' would do anything. It would be difficult to add the 2' but can be done... Running the stove at 3 o'clock (don't have numbers) with flue temp at 200*.

The top of the chimney needs to be at least 2ft above the peak. Surface temps on double-wall pipe are not helpful. If 200 flue temp is from a probe reading then it is too cool.

 

[Joe dirt]

The top of the chimney needs to be at least 2ft above the peak. Surface temps on double-wall pipe are not helpful. If 200 flue temp is from a probe reading then it is too cool.

The peak I'd estimate to be 15' from the chimney. I'll get another section up there and try it out. Yes the 200°F is a probe. The cat thermometer is normally around the 12 o'clock position when I'm at 200°F flue. The thermostat is set at 3 o'clock.
What would be considered normal for flue temps? We've only been able to run it a hand full of times over the past few weeks so it's completely new to us.

 

[begreen]

If 15ft away from the nearest portion of the roof then this is not an issue. For flue temps, below 250F I get concerned. That's when creosote starts to condense.

 

[Joe dirt]

If 15ft away from the nearest portion of the roof then this is not an issue. For flue temps, below 250F I get concerned. That's when creosote starts to condense.

Am I trying to run it too low? I just checked and the cat thermometer is around 2 o'clock and still have 200°F in the flue.

 

[Highbeam]

For comparison, on low burn cruise my flue temps run 400_600 in double wall measured with a probe meter. 200 is crazy lo. The cat should be over 500 to be "active".

 

[BKVP]

Just got a 15 hr burn out of my SC20 with about 1/4 load of the mill ends. I checked them and they are reading 12-15% MC (split) after sitting outside for the summer. Mostly maple, oak, and mahogany.

Question: What is the matching Stove Bright paint for the steel Sirocco? I got the bright idea to put a tea kettle on it and it seems to have taken a small spot of paint with it... Apparently it wasn't fully cured yet. I have flat black for my Duravent stove pipe.

It's not StoveBright. Several manufacturers are now using Crossroads. Your dealer can order it for you.

 

[dh1989]

It's not StoveBright. Several manufacturers are now using Crossroads. Your dealer can order it for you.

Would you be able to tell me which color it is? I see satin black, flat black, and brushing black.

 

[Rossco]

If you achieve 250F on the outside of ICC Ultra then it's bound to be sound.

 

[Joe dirt]

For comparison, on low burn cruise my flue temps run 400_600 in double wall measured with a probe meter. 200 is crazy lo. The cat should be over 500 to be "active".

This is after 8 hours with half load of bass wood. Wondering if the flue probe may be off and I'm getting a wrong reading off it?

 

[aansorge]

Finally burning It is 34 outside right now and the house is down in the mid 60's so it is finally time. High today in Minnesota is still in the 60's, so it may get a little warm in here but I couldn't wait any longer!

One problem: I bought a rheostat that the blaze king fan can plug into and tried it out. I put the fan on high and then adjusted with the rheostat and set it at a low setting. Soon after the fan died. I let it sit for a while and tried it again. Same result. Do the fans not like the low amp setting supplied by my rheostat?

Edit: seems to be fine now.

 

[sequoia]

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Everything's installed and works awesome. Wife loves it compared to the Napoleon 1400 we had. This thing rocks! I'm 17' straight with the 8" outside. It is level with the peak of my roof. Draft is good but wondering if another 2' would do anything. It would be difficult to add the 2' but can be done. (Have a bunch of 2' sections left over. Bought used.) Only reason I'm asking is that off my stove I couldn't go the 36" straight shot that the manual asks for. I'm double walled inside with 3 yes 3 45's. Not ideal but everything is working good. Running the stove at 3 o'clock (don't have numbers) with flue temp at 200*.
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Could it be that your wood isn't dry enough?