How Long Has Your Fire Been Going for Since Last Relight?

 
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Post by captcaper » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 7:24 am

I last started mine Nov. 1st and has been going strong since. It still shakes nicely and has an even fire all threw it. I notice the colder it is the nicer it shakes without wanting to jam. I haven't jammed it since Nov.
It was 3 below this morning and it was going strong. I burnt 3 1/2 tons already. about 1 to 2 bags a day (40lbs. Blascheck) depending on temps of course. The coldest we got was 23 below 0 F. We had about 2 months below 32 F were it didn't get above 32F.
I almost lost it when I went away for 2 days. But before I left I got it going good then poked and shook the heck out of it to get rid of all the ash and just have coal in it. Then I piled it on and turned the Manual Damper down and shut the air intake down low of course. When I came back there was a section still going. Opened up the air and damper and it came back from there...


 
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Post by Devil505 » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 7:36 am

Mine has only gone out once since October & that was due to jamming...not intentional. Since I don't need to clean fly ash from my vent pip;es until Spring each year, I never shut my stove down & still manage to keep the ash cleaned out as it's running.

 
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Post by oliver power » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 7:39 am

In the house, since I first lit the stove in fall. In the shop, I start it quite often. Only when I'm going to work out there.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 8:00 am

I burned from Nov to mid January without a relight, shutdown to clean out the firebox and remove flyash from the stovepipe. I've been burning steadily since then.

 
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Post by Paulie » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 8:31 am

Fired on Nov. 17, has not gone out yet. I have cleaned the stove and pipe 3 times and have not lost a fire....This stove
is my friend. :junmp:

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 9:25 am

Relight?
Just once... after it goes out for the summer!

 
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Post by Richard S. » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 9:26 am

What year is it? :P Been going since about 1983ish and down for few days/weeks maintenance. We have it set up now you don't even have to shut it down for cleaning the flue really but we still do.


 
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Post by Cyber36 » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 11:36 am

Let mine go out once in January - been running mid November till I shut her down, prolly sometime in mid April. :)

 
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Post by EasyRay » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 11:43 am

I've been burning since October 6th and will shut down sometime in April depending on the weather.

 
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Post by captcaper » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 11:57 am

I see there is a bunch of pros here :) Even though the price of oil is down. To "He**" with the oil companays and their buddys..That's what I say.

 
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Post by Jeddbird » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 1:27 pm

I keep mine going all winter too.

 
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Post by bksaun » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 3:04 pm

Nov 1st......Probably need to shut down and clean the pipes........I think I will tell the Wife to clean the pipes and see what happens. ;)

Bk

 
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Post by tvb » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 3:24 pm

Early Dec (the day I installed it) until mid-January when I went out of town. Relit the evening I came home and it's been burning since. I have a tee at the elbow so I don't even let the stove go out for cleaning the pipes. I just make sure I have a window or two open to vent the CO and then I work fast.

 
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Post by Jim503RI » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 3:54 pm

Stoves been burning since sometime in November. one week after I purchased the Hitzer insert, I decided to pull the stove and run a full stack pipe with cap for a good draft , and it's been running ever since.

 
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Post by Freddy » Wed. Feb. 18, 2009 3:59 pm

October 21st.


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