nojo said:
Hiram Maxim said:
nojo said:
I may not have a perfect draft though. I have a 33 ft tall chimney, but its 11x7 tile.
If I did have more a draft wouldnt I be over burning when my air is all the way down?
Also how do you find your blazeking burns different form your englander?
I'm thinking it may be over drafting when hot and under drafting when it cools? That was my thought. Just a guess!
But Brother Bart's description is right on the money. If the wood is not dry It will burn hot and then coal like a SOB with low heat output. Dry wood burns hot and for a longer period of time.
The Englander 30 is designed to have a 6" chimney/liner not 11x7.
The Blaze King vs. Englander 30 is an entire story in and of itself. Your talking a completely different animal :vampire: in every respect.
$1000.00 stove vs. a $2750.00 stove.
A free standing stove in my fireplace vs. a free standing stove out in the open.
Secondary air gasification vs. CAT
Radiant stove vs. convection stove.
From my very limited experience with the BK (been running for around 2 weeks) Here is what I can tell you.
Disclaimer This is in my house with 2 of the bedrooms and guest bathroom doors closed. My house is 2120 sqft total and its a single story 1950s ranch with both stoves located in the middle of the home and a fuzzy red dog.
Englander 30 burns 8 to 10 hours on a single load of seasoned hardwood.
Blaze King burns 24 to 32 hrs on a single load seasoned hardwood.
My wood last year was 18 months seasoned.
This year its 30 months seasoned.
Englander Chimney 6" about 15ft tall liner.
BK chimney 8" 15ft tall chimney insulated double wall.
In all reality in a 24 to 32 hour period they may(grain of salt) burn about the same amount of wood. However it definitely
seems like the BK's efficiency is certainly much much higher. Its to hard to tell at this point how much more as its way to early in the season.
The advantage the BK has over the Englander is without a doubt the T-Stat and the automatic damper, the ability to go low n slow and very even consistent inside temps.
However I do miss watching the fire burning.
I have been running the T-stat mainly in the "1" position. Heats the house to an even 72°F to 75 °F average.
The Englander puts out a ridiculous amount of heat for its size and gets up to temp faster.Heats the house to an uneven 72°F to 75 °F average.
I cannot imagine running the BK in the "3" position for a very long time as it would blast me out of here.
But in all honesty and fairness to both the stoves I will need to burn for a few months to get a better feel for what is actually transpiring here. The real advantage is that it looks as though I will be loading the stove once a day instead of three times a day and no babysitting.
Way way to many variables...just to early in the game.
Cheers,Hiram :cheese: