I have my ac fan on about 3 or 4. It's probably close to twice the air movement of the oem fan for reference. On 3 its half the noise of the oem fan that comes in the kit.
Zero Clearance Help - FP 30 install
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I survived the artic blast with ease! I've been doing night loads like pictured. A couple hours after reload on Saturday I checked the faceplate temp right above the door and it was just over 600F. It had been blasting secondaries for a solid hour at this point. Is there any other place I should check temps instead? I've been mixing Burr Oak, Mullberry and Ash and have plenty of red coals 8+ hours later to get it going in the morning. OAK is taped half off but still just dangling into the basement while I wait for warmer weather to cut a hole in the house. Maybe I'm just not familiar enough with how an EPA stove should run with the secondaries, but it seems like the fire just ROARS.
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Our Fp30 behaves similar, I've never been able to get just a lazy flame and secondaries. It's generally a fairly turbulent fire box with the air turned right down. Noted that there is a drastic difference of air wide open to air fully closed inside the firebox. I'm not concerned enough with the burn time we get, to start choking down the 6" chimney at the cap, to try and achieve a slower burn. I can make 8hrs+ burntime work for our lifestyle to completely heat 6200sqft of house. We just had a few nights of -22 Celsius plus windchill and the house was +22 at our thermostat when I put the night load in and was still +22 in the a.m. when I reloaded.
I am happy with that. The furnace did not come at all. Its set to 17. We are down to one basement dweller at home and they never complain about the temperature downstairs. Whenever I put a thermometer down there it has been withn a degree or 2 less than the thermostat upstairs in the hallway. Our heat is extremely even heat throughout the house. I generally run both fans at the same time when it's this cold (main stove fan on medium and ac infinity always on 3 in the basement)
I think your on the right track 👍
I am happy with that. The furnace did not come at all. Its set to 17. We are down to one basement dweller at home and they never complain about the temperature downstairs. Whenever I put a thermometer down there it has been withn a degree or 2 less than the thermostat upstairs in the hallway. Our heat is extremely even heat throughout the house. I generally run both fans at the same time when it's this cold (main stove fan on medium and ac infinity always on 3 in the basement)
I think your on the right track 👍
The load looks good. Turn down the air as soon and far as possible without losing the flame entirely. A flue thermometer helps here, especially if digital, but this would require drilling a hole in the chimney pipe.
Have you had a chance to read this thread?
Starting a fire and running an EPA stove
Questions about starting a fire and avoiding a runaway stove come up so frequently I decided to document starting our stove. This is a Pacific Energy Alderlea T6 with about a 3 cu ft firebox. The stove is connected to a straight-up, 20' interior flue. The outside ambient temperature is 34ºF. The...
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Yes I have read that thread. I love that method for cold starts. With burning 24/7 now I'm almost always reloading on coals and rarely open the air up at all.The load looks good. Turn down the air as soon and far as possible without losing the flame entirely. A flue thermometer helps here, especially if digital, but this would require drilling a hole in the chimney pipe.
Have you had a chance to read this thread?
Starting a fire and running an EPA stove
Questions about starting a fire and avoiding a runaway stove come up so frequently I decided to document starting our stove. This is a Pacific Energy Alderlea T6 with about a 3 cu ft firebox. The stove is connected to a straight-up, 20' interior flue. The outside ambient temperature is 34ºF. The...
I did set the temp probe up on mine, but it’s kinda finicky with mine being on an exterior wall. The natural temp just changes a lot in that dead space with the outside air temp. Overall I am glad I set it up though.
Where did you place it and what’s the temp at which it activates?
I think I may just get readings first and later can pick a temp.
I am also on an exterior wall, but inside the house and insulation will go behind it.
Mine is kinda halfway up the side of the stove. Would be best to get it above the stove with special care to hang the cable where it won’t rest on any excessively hot surfaces.
I have to adjust my temp around depending on how cold it is outside. Mine is also “inside”, with exterior insulation behind it, but being in a dead space of the chase it doesn’t get any airflow from the homes hvac so lags well below or above indoor air temp. You’ll just have to play around with it depending on how your temps end up being without a fire going.
I have to adjust my temp around depending on how cold it is outside. Mine is also “inside”, with exterior insulation behind it, but being in a dead space of the chase it doesn’t get any airflow from the homes hvac so lags well below or above indoor air temp. You’ll just have to play around with it depending on how your temps end up being without a fire going.
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