2019-20 Blaze King Performance Thread Part 1 (Everything BK)

[begreen]

No kidding. This has got to be the warmest winter I can recall since I moved down here. We are saving a ton of wood, but OTOH I don't hear the fat lady singing yet..

Winter is coming.

 

[Jacub]

I just had my Ashford 30.2 in brown enamel installed today. Could anyone let me know how long it takes for the smell/smoke to go away as the paint cures? I am burning it at around 300-350F (stove steel shell) at present. Thank you.

 

[Tron]

I think that the blower is out of the equation, the wife objects to the aesthetic aspect (or the lack thereof) of a power cable running from the stove across the hearth. She has a point there.
But we do have a ceiling fan less than 10 feet from the projected stove location, that may actually be enough.

 

[Holiday]

I think that the blower is out of the equation, the wife objects to the aesthetic aspect (or the lack thereof) of a power cable running from the stove across the hearth. She has a point there.
But we do have a ceiling fan less than 10 feet from the projected stove location, that may actually be enough.

In my house I start running the blower if it gets to around freezing or colder. Anything warmer and I find it's really not necessary

 

[Woody Stover]

What part of indiana you from?

He works at a stove shop as well, and can get you all kinds of great deals with his employee discount.

 

[Highbeam]

We don’t use the blowers unless catching up a cold house to warm like when you fail to properly predict the weather or reload. It’s for those high output times that are maybe once a month for a few hours.

On low, the fans are about as loud as a refrigerator or a little louder. Not silent but much quieter than some others.

It’s nice to have the option of using them.

 

[webby3650]

He used to have "southern" in his location. I opined that it was a stretch. I live about ten miles from KY..that's southern.

No kidding. This has got to be the warmest winter I can recall since I moved down here. We are saving a ton of wood, but OTOH I don't hear the fat lady singing yet..

I’ve got a full wood box and 1200lbs of coal in the basement just Incase it gets cold!

 

[webby3650]

He works at a stove shop as well, and can get you all kinds of great deals with his employee discount.

I’m happy to get a deal when I can! I don’t mind having a few extra stoves sitting around either!

 

[Ashful]

Hm, not sure about that.

There may be substantial variability in these fan sets, from one unit to another. I bought two pairs, for my two Ashfords, on the same date / same order. However when they arrived I found one could be run nearly silently... very, very low speed, and the other could not be burned down nearly as low. I was able to adjust the low setting so the fast one would match the slower one, but I'll warn you that I somehow managed to blow up one of the rheostats in the process, so be sure you use a plastic screwdriver on the trimmer if you do this.

If you find your fan noisy on low, it's possible yours just doesn't turn down as far as most, even if the same part number.

 

[DuaeGuttae]

I think that the blower is out of the equation, the wife objects to the aesthetic aspect (or the lack thereof) of a power cable running from the stove across the hearth. She has a point there.
But we do have a ceiling fan less than 10 feet from the projected stove location, that may actually be enough.

Did you say you’re building an alcove for the stove, or will it be entirely open to the room? If an alcove, I might rethink having the blower and work an aesthetically more pleasing power solution into your construction. With your large square footage a blower on low will help distribute air better to the farther reaches, I would think, but that may not be necessary.

 

[moresnow]

I think that the blower is out of the equation, the wife objects to the aesthetic aspect (or the lack thereof) of a power cable running from the stove across the hearth. She has a point there.
But we do have a ceiling fan less than 10 feet from the projected stove location, that may actually be enough.

Betcha end up adding the fans. Mostly in a alcove setting.

 

[MissMac]

Got to -39*C here last night. I had the fire turned down to my low setting so that it wouldn't go out overnight, and ran the fan on low. This worked to keep the house between 16-17*C with the furnace turning on about 10min/hr starting around 02:00. When i got up this morning, i reloaded the stove, and after prepping the load, set it at a med-high setting with the fans on a high setting. i was able to get the house up to 26*C in the stove room, and 19*C in the furthest corners of my house within half an hour. Check 2 for the fan. Neither of those things would have been feasible without the fan to move the air off the stove. And I do have a ceiling fan in the stove room, but it doesn't do what the stove fan does - not even close.

With that being said, i'm fairly confident that some of you fellas don't see -40*C...

 

[Diabel]

Got to -39*C here last night. I had the fire turned down to my low setting so that it wouldn't go out overnight, and ran the fan on low. This worked to keep the house between 16-17*C with the furnace turning on about 10min/hr starting around 02:00. When i got up this morning, i reloaded the stove, and after prepping the load, set it at a med-high setting with the fans on a high setting. i was able to get the house up to 26*C in the stove room, and 19*C in the furthest corners of my house within half an hour. Check 2 for the fan. Neither of those things would have been feasible without the fan to move the air off the stove. And I do have a ceiling fan in the stove room, but it doesn't do what the stove fan does - not even close.

With that being said, i'm fairly confident that some of you fellas don't see -40*C...

That is crazy cold. We are in the same province and this morning it was 7*C or 45f

 

[MissMac]

That is crazy cold. We are in the same province and this morning it was 7*C or 45f

ya, you're in ottawa, and i'm less than 100km from the ON/MB border. we definitely get different weather!

 

[MissMac]

that southern ontario winter damp i find to be more bone chilling than a nice dry -40 up here

 

[Diabel]

that southern ontario winter damp i find to be more bone chilling than a nice dry -40 up here

I 100% agree with you. Once you spend few days in -40 then the body gets used to it. The wind however not so much.

 

[Tron]

Well, not really an Alcove, more like two built in cabinets on both sides about 60" apart. Those are about 2' deep until 3' high, and 1' deep until they top out at about 7' up. The ceiling is about 14' high.

 

[Diabel]

Well, not really an Alcove, more like two built in cabinets on both sides about 60" apart. Those are about 2' deep until 3' high, and 1' deep until they top out at about 7' up. The ceiling is about 14' high.

Fans give you an option

 

[Indiana wood]

Got to -39*C here last night. I had the fire turned down to my low setting so that it wouldn't go out overnight, and ran the fan on low. This worked to keep the house between 16-17*C with the furnace turning on about 10min/hr starting around 02:00. When i got up this morning, i reloaded the stove, and after prepping the load, set it at a med-high setting with the fans on a high setting. i was able to get the house up to 26*C in the stove room, and 19*C in the furthest corners of my house within half an hour. Check 2 for the fan. Neither of those things would have been feasible without the fan to move the air off the stove. And I do have a ceiling fan in the stove room, but it doesn't do what the stove fan does - not even close.

With that being said, i'm fairly confident that some of you fellas don't see -40*C...

Not sure anyone could get used to -40c. I think im gonna die when it gets -15f here and a high of -2f.

 

[Woody Stover]

I do have a ceiling fan in the stove room, but it doesn't do what the stove fan does - not even close.
With that being said, i'm fairly confident that some of you fellas don't see -40*C...

I imagine every setup works different, but at my MIL's, in a small stove room at one end of the house, with two doors, the ceiling fan disrupted the natural stratification of hot air to the ceiling, pushing that hot air downward and roasting the stove room.
It also disrupted the natural convection loop out of the room, where hot air rises and exits the top of the doorway and cool air comes in the bottom.
No, I've never seen -40. In a few -25s that I've experienced, I didn't "see" 'em for long. At that point my eyes started watering from the wind, then froze over completely.

 

[AlbergSteve]

Supposed to be -11c here Monday night, apparently a low we haven't seen in 20 years!

 

[Highbeam]

Supposed to be -11c here Monday night, apparently a low we haven't seen in 20 years!

im just south of you but at 750’. Looking forward to the cold. Expecting teens Fahrenheit

checked mc on my Doug fir fuel today and it’s 13-14%. my cat has passed 12000 hours and is not doing the job on medium/low settings so this cold snap will allow me to run it hot enough that the primary combustion can shoulder the load.

will get a new cat on order this week.

 

[AlbergSteve]

im just south of you but at 750’. Looking forward to the cold. Expecting teens Fahrenheit

checked mc on my Doug fir fuel today and it’s 13-14%. my cat has passed 12000 hours and is not doing the job on medium/low settings so this cold snap will allow me to run it hot enough that the primary combustion can shoulder the load.

will get a new cat on order this week.

We're seeing lots of new snow in the hills around us over 700 feet, but lots of rain locally.
Unfortunately I'm in the same boat, but I have barely 2 seasons on the cat and it's stopped working, can't get the needle past the 11 o'clock mark unless it's blasting - bit disappointed really. I randomly checked about 10 pieces of Dfir and it's all under 15%. I'm religious about getting the wood dry before it's put away. Fir I'm burning now is 3 years old and was under 20% before it went into the shed.

This is 8 weeks of burning...


And this is 3 1/2 weeks of burning...



That last picture is 4 1/2 feet above the stove!

I have 20 more pics like this one...

 

[AlbergSteve]

Somebody asked me what brand of tires I was burning so they could avoid them...

 

[showrguy]

Somebody asked me what brand of tires I was burning so they could avoid them...

That was me...
I don’t think it’s the brand as I first thought..
I think now that it’s where you’re harvesting them,,,, you must be getting them from tire shops,,,, stop doing that
You need to find an old salvage yard, get the ones that are dryrotted/seasoned.
Much less goop in them !!