2016-17 Blaze King Performance Thread (Everything BK) Part 2
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lsucet
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Niko
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lsucet
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How often do folks dump ash? I'm a month into using the BK and I may have 1.5". Burning d-fir and lodgepole. It's been in the single digits so I'm only getting 12-14 hours on lodgepole. But I'm keeping the house at 78 too 
. Never been happier or more impressed with a stove.
. Never been happier or more impressed with a stove.
How often do folks dump ash? I'm a month into using the BK and I may have 1.5". Burning d-fir and lodgepole. It's been in the single digits so I'm only getting 12-14 hours on lodgepole. But I'm keeping the house at 78 too
Not often, think I've emptied them twice this season. Of course that's almost a full 5 gallon bucket each time. Can't beat the deep belly!
Niko
Minister of Fire
lsucet
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You see we all have our ways. We were talking about BK performance and stove temperature.lol
How often do folks dump ash? I'm a month into using the BK and I may have 1.5". Burning d-fir and lodgepole. It's been in the single digits so I'm only getting 12-14 hours on lodgepole. But I'm keeping the house at 78 too
Burning Doug fir I only remove one bk ash pan full about once per cord. That's less than 2" on the bottom. Pretty silly. Soft woods excel here.
I think I'm about 1/2 cord a month so far. Probably would be 3/4 if I was burning all lodgepole.
Poindexter
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My Ashford is running good. I was home sick today, I think my second or third sick day in the eight years I have been with this company. You probably heard on the news, -50dF last night, looking for -50dF again tonight. I think it got up to about -40 today when I headed to Kroger's for more chicken noodle soup and a bag of oranges around midday.
The rhythm of my day has been load the stove at T=0. At T +4 hours, reload the Ashford that is running at wide open throttle from wood on the hearth. At T +8 hours go start the truck (parked outdoors, I am building another boat on my side of the garage). I digress. At T +8, go start the truck, carry up wood, load the stove, carry up more wood for the next load, turn off the truck, reset T.
Been running 4 hour burns of good dry spruce at wide open throttle back to back to back for 30 some hours now (fan kit on high), cold snap might break tomorrow. Stove room is at +88dF, some 138 degree difference compared to outdoors. Furthest bedroom is at +76dF and 8%RH. I may have to add a second humidifier next year, I am dumping about three gallons daily into the one humidifier I have running.
My biggest problem is choosing what team to pick for for the SuperBowl in the office pool now that the NFL is down to four teams. All my salmon fillets are in the toolshed in the yard, 10-12 hours at -42dF kills everything so I have about 50# of wild caught shashimi out there waiting its turn on the table.
The wife is in her better nightie, and smiling. Thank you Blaze King. Gotta go.
The rhythm of my day has been load the stove at T=0. At T +4 hours, reload the Ashford that is running at wide open throttle from wood on the hearth. At T +8 hours go start the truck (parked outdoors, I am building another boat on my side of the garage). I digress. At T +8, go start the truck, carry up wood, load the stove, carry up more wood for the next load, turn off the truck, reset T.
Been running 4 hour burns of good dry spruce at wide open throttle back to back to back for 30 some hours now (fan kit on high), cold snap might break tomorrow. Stove room is at +88dF, some 138 degree difference compared to outdoors. Furthest bedroom is at +76dF and 8%RH. I may have to add a second humidifier next year, I am dumping about three gallons daily into the one humidifier I have running.
My biggest problem is choosing what team to pick for for the SuperBowl in the office pool now that the NFL is down to four teams. All my salmon fillets are in the toolshed in the yard, 10-12 hours at -42dF kills everything so I have about 50# of wild caught shashimi out there waiting its turn on the table.
The wife is in her better nightie, and smiling. Thank you Blaze King. Gotta go.
lsucet
Minister of Fire
I will like to be in a weather like that at least for a weekend just to see how it feels. That's awesome. Sincerely, all my respect to you.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
I average 2 full pans every week.How often do folks dump ash? I'm a month into using the BK and I may have 1.5". Burning d-fir and lodgepole. It's been in the single digits so I'm only getting 12-14 hours on lodgepole. But I'm keeping the house at 78 too
Run some soft Maple and Cottonwood. Get the ash bucket ready! E.W. Pine on the other hand seems to burn down the pile nicely. The pine on my place went from being a dirty burden to a true blessing. Getting mucho btu's from it in this stove. Cleaning a few scoops every 2 weeks.
Mine doesn't have an ashpan. I know my Osburn has a 1.8cuft fire box, burned pretty much the same type of wood other than some Russian olive. I would have to empty weekly. Never burned any white pine (protected and dead/down ones are few and far between here) i try and not go out of my way for p-pine or w-fir. Starts rotting about 30 seconds after you fall it. I think there's about a 4 month window from seasoned to punky! But lodge pole pine is a whole other animal.
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About 60% of my firewood this year is red maple and the other 40% was a mix of beech, red/white oak and hard maple. The red maple was not mixed with the other stuff because it was in a different pile of logs I bought and so it got CCS and moved up to the house without getting mixed. It's not bad heat but I do go through more of it compared to the higher btu hardwoods. Some weeks I empty almost 3 pans full of ash.
Had a "that was stupid" moment! A while back I was questioning smoke roll out when I did a hot reload. Happened to me again today but I happened to look up as I was reloading 
. My ceiling fan sits about 4 ft to the side and 8ft about the stove. It's running in reverse and I never shut it off. Turn the darn thing off and no roll out! I think I'll still put another foot or so of class a up there but I think I greatly minimized the problem just by turning the fan off when I reload. DOH!
. My ceiling fan sits about 4 ft to the side and 8ft about the stove. It's running in reverse and I never shut it off. Turn the darn thing off and no roll out! I think I'll still put another foot or so of class a up there but I think I greatly minimized the problem just by turning the fan off when I reload. DOH!
Had a "that was stupid" moment! A while back I was questioning smoke roll out when I did a hot reload. Happened to me again today but I happened to look up as I was reloading
I might have to try that too. My ceiling fan blade tips are almost directly above the hearth and it is blowing up on the super slow speed all winter. It's really slow and energy star rated at 6 watts at this speed. I wouldn't have thought it to be at fault but worth a try!
With the warmer weather we've been having, mid 40s overnight, draft is noticeably weaker. I had to bump up the stat setting just to maintain flue temps at my low cruise setting.
Anyone tried an Auber AT100 digital cat monitor in a King/Princess ??
I bought a Condar from a member here but it went whacky a few nights ago..
I bought a Condar from a member here but it went whacky a few nights ago..
Many of us VC guys use the at100. Great little meter.
On the VC the probe hole is at the back of the stove, not sure how esthetically pleasing will the wire look look like sticking out of the top plate of your BK.
I saw that, but did'nt figure I should ask in that thread, for some reason us King owners get a bad wrap...
I don't really care if the probe/wire is sticking out the top, I just want to see my CAT temp better and on live time..
You will not be disappointed, it is extremely responsive and inexpensive.
VC guys are a good bunch....
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