2018-19 Blaze King Performance Thread Part 2 (Everything BK)

[showrguy]

Howdy fellow BK burners, just a little friendly reminder to open your bi-pass for the summer, just in case a bird somehow gets into your system..
With the bi-pass closed, it can’t get into the firebox...
Happy cold stove summer to ya all !!

 

[Highbeam]

Howdy fellow BK burners, just a little friendly reminder to open your bi-pass for the summer, just in case a bird somehow gets into your system..
With the bi-pass closed, it can’t get into the firebox...
Happy cold stove summer to ya all !!

They’ll peck the heck out of your cat trying to escape too.

I like to open the bypass over the summer just to reduce the compression on the bypass gasket. I tend to unlatch the door for the same reason.

 

[jetsam]

Well, my big list of steel vs. ceramic attributes can now be updated.... steel is more bird-resistant.

 

[Ashful]

Well, my big list of steel vs. ceramic attributes can now be updated.... steel is more bird-resistant.

I would have guessed the opposite!

 

[Highbeam]

I would have guessed the opposite!

Me too. Ever seen what a pressure washer can do to radiator fins? Ceramic can chip but the thin steel can bend.

I don’t want to do the experiment intentionally so I’ll just leave the bypass open!

 

[showrguy]

I think a bird is getting blamed for a crumbling CAT.. ??

 

[jetsam]

I would have guessed the opposite!

Me too. Ever seen what a pressure washer can do to radiator fins? Ceramic can chip but the thin steel can bend.

I don’t want to do the experiment intentionally so I’ll just leave the bypass open!

But the steel bends back. I'll take that over broken ceramic.

It depends on the bird too... for example you should hope for a sparrow over a woodpecker, and a woodpecker over a vulture.

It does not scale linerarly with bird size; for example an ostrich would probably have trouble pecking the cat at all from inside the stove.

 

[Highbeam]

Or if the back is packed with ash!

 

[jetsam]

I'm just getting this boxed back up and I'll send it to you for testing.

 

[Ashful]

I'm just getting this boxed back up and I'll send it to you for testing.

You’re gonna need a bigger chimney.

 

[maple1]

 

[Highbeam]

Uh oh guys, the new princess 32 has hit the website. Old princess was a 2.6 gph smoke dragon! Now at 0.4.

They added a weird looking door latch, built in a mini convection deck, and a really tall flue collar. They finally flipped the ash lip up so that it collects ash! "Recommended" 15' chimney height. Oh, and just one layer of brick on the floor must be why it is now a 2.9 cubic footer.

https://www.blazeking.com/products/wood-stoves/princess-classic/

Wonder if the cat is the same. Or how the heck they cut emissions by 80% without changing output range.

 

[begreen]

That is a big change. Still no beauty, but she's very clean. What does the 32 stand for?

 

[Ashful]

Looks like a cropped section of pipe in the photo, not sure it really has a tall collar.

 

[begreen]

Looks like a cropped section of pipe in the photo, not sure it really has a tall collar.

It definitely is a cropped section of double-wall stove pipe. Here are shots from the manual without the stovepipe.


PS: Kudos to BK for great documentation that keeps getting refined.

 

[begreen]

Hmm, I note that the BK website page for the Princess 32 shows the old hamburger box style cabinet with the bulging sides, but the manual for the PE32 doesn't show this. Instead, all versions look like the better looking Princess Ultra with straight sides and convection deck. Maybe the website is still showing the old Princess? The door handle, ashlip and top deck are different too.

 

[Highbeam]

Hmm, I note that the BK website page for the Princess 32 shows the old hamburger box style cabinet with the bulging sides, but the manual for the PE32 doesn't show this. Instead, all versions look like the better looking Princess Ultra with straight sides and convection deck. Maybe the website is still showing the old Princess? The door handle, ashlip and top deck are different too.

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I just read the owner's manual. The new princesses are all ultras. You simply bolt on the pedestal, legs, or classic base. The older models like mine have the pedestal welded on. The 32 model's convection deck is much smaller than the optional deck on the old princess that wraps around the entire flue collar.

 

[jetsam]

But how is it with birds?

 

[begreen]

But how is it with birds?

The cat takes care of them

 

[MissMac]

Hey fellas, anybody have an idea of what would cause a very distinctly yellow fine ash colour on the metal cat shield piece? Cleaned up the stove yesterday and swept the chimney, and when i removed the cat shield plate, it was covered in a very fine yellow ash - just never seen yellow ash like that before. I was burning jack pine and birch this winter. Thanks for suggestions!

 

[jetsam]

Hey fellas, anybody have an idea of what would cause a very distinctly yellow fine ash colour on the metal cat shield piece? Cleaned up the stove yesterday and swept the chimney, and when i removed the cat shield plate, it was covered in a very fine yellow ash - just never seen yellow ash like that before.

Canaries.

 

[MissMac]

Canaries.




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Nailed it.

 

[Highbeam]

cat pee?

 

[BKVP]

Rust....

 

[webby3650]

Nothing to worry about.... sweep it off and continue with life.