SF250 With Reducer Pictures

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 12:17 am

Hi guys,

Hope no one was holding their breath for these pictures. Finally got it all assembled and fired up today in anticipation of some snow and colder weather later this week. The reducer is shown in place. I think this puppy is going to put out some serious heat. Enjoy the pictures. By the way I paid $2,900.00 for it and the collector. Enjoy the pictures in it spartan setting!

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 3:58 am

Looks very nice!!!

Is that a window at the upper left of the stove? With all that shiny new black paint on the stove and pipe, you will get some smoke and odor when you first lite this puppy off. Suggest you lite it with a small fire to "bake out" the paint and don't be surprised to get smoke and odor on the first firing.

Larry

EarthWindandFire · Post by **EarthWindandFire** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 6:32 am

That American flag is a nice touch!

SteveZee · Post by **SteveZee** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 7:37 am

Hey Snuffy,

That's a beauty! Great looking rig.

buck24 · Post by **buck24** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 8:31 am

snuffy..... Nice stove. You will be getting all the heat you need this winter with the SF250. She will be getting tested in a couple more days. Stay warm.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 9:32 am

Spartan is good my friend--looks good

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 10:49 pm

Thanks for the comments. I was hoping that Chinese fellow from last year (the new pot design) would bring his contraption to market - guess money's tight over there too!

I added the American flag as this was 100% made and assembled in the USA.

I took out the first load of ashes today - man, that pan is huge and not to mention I need to now buy a longer ash scoop shovel with a light on it.

2001Sierra · Post by **2001Sierra** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 11:06 pm

Just realize those concrete walls will absorb a fair amount of heat before your coal "Train" gets running. Be patient and let the room warm up before cranking it to make up, to make sure the thermal mass around has time to absorb the heat. I used to give my old hand fed Buderus a full day in my basement before I cranked on it.

Post by **franco b** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 11:34 pm

CapeCoaler had a suggestion I thought was a good idea and easy to do. Just put a heat shield behind the stove and before the cement wall. It will stop a great deal of the radiation from heating the wall.

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 11:45 pm

That is the only concrete section exposed. The rest of the basement has a sheet of 3/4 R-5 foam. I know from my Mark III that the wall does get pretty warm. It is 100% underground on that wall. I was wondering whether you guys thought that the concrete would expand and crack from the intense heat? Thanks for any input.

By the way, neighborhood stray cats seem to like the window well in the winter because it so warm there.

mkline · Post by **mkline** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 11:47 pm

Ahhh that new stove smell! Looks good.You'll be staying warm this winter

Mike

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 11:53 pm

snuffy wrote:That is the only concrete section exposed. The rest of the basement has a sheet of 3/4 R-5 foam. I know from my Mark III that the wall does get pretty warm. It is 100% underground on that wall. I was wondering whether you guys thought that the concrete would expand and crack from the intense heat? Thanks for any input.

By the way, neighborhood stray cats seem to like the window well in the winter because it so warm there.

A 2 layer heat shield will keep most of the heat off the wall...
You could then insulate that wall and keep even more heat in the house...
The cats might be mad...

Kielanders · Post by **Kielanders** » Wed. Oct. 26, 2011 12:26 am

Not to preach because I'm a newbie, but we just fired-up our SF-250 a few days ago. Easy does it on the primary damper control - one turn is good, if we go two turns and above we're at 500/600 degrees within minutes, literally. It may be because we are not burning anthracite.

Are you going to do a water coil?

Anyone have any idea how much the coil runs?

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Wed. Oct. 26, 2011 10:52 pm

I have the Reducer in place at the moment. I have the draft wide open and the stack temp is about 150* before the damper. I suspect the the Reducer is allowing more draft to bypass the fire. The fire look more like the Mark III @1/3 of a full turn. I'm not complaining though since the entire house is at a comfortable 74. The next few days may determine just how well the Reducer really works.

I may talk to my plumber about hooking up a hot water coil. My EFM oil burner look like it's crudding up around the tankless coil seams. Hoping it only needs cleaned up and a new gasket.

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Wed. Oct. 26, 2011 11:41 pm

WOW I never realized how BIG that firebox was!! I almost had that same unit, but settled for the Mark III so I wouldn't have had to wait until Feb. '09 for it to come in. The III is working great here, so turns out the 250 would have been overkill for this place, even as drafty as it is. I'd imagine that thing has to do 80lbs a day just idling along ...

Can imagine the heat!

SF250 With Reducer Pictures

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