OWB live Wednesday night

[Butch(OH)]

Well, almost live. Pics are our 3 year old 4400 Woodmaster firebox. 38"x44" for those not familiar with the make. This morning it was zero here, about 15 now. This morning at 530AM I filled the back of the box near the top with wood cut to about 20" so about half a full load. Just came in with the pic at 730 so 14 hours into the burn. Heating 1945 1 1/2 story house to 75, 22x24 shop to 60 and domestic water for 4. Fuel was about one half oak and one half sycamore (thus all the ashes) both two years old and under cover. I have no complaints with my unit or fuel usage.

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[KH-1958]

Nice pic's,looked like mine tonite, I am real happy with my Woodmaster 4400 too! I am heating 2500 sq ft and DHW not insulated very well and I am heating the basement too!

 

[beerman6]

I'm going on 16 hours now.
Looks a lot like my fire box.

 

[November Wolf]

Looking good. Those OWB are getting a good workout in these temps. Supposed to be even colder tonight.

 

[rx7145]

Good deal I got about 14hours with my 4436 filled with pallets. 1300sqft 1850 farm house to 75*.

 

[J.W Younger]

As luck would have it I am into the worst wood in my stack just when I need it most.Calling for temps in the low 20s tonight and possible single digits tommorrow night and I just worked my way in to some sweet gum. About 8-9 hrs burn time is it for this stuff. Oh well I,ll throw some in before bedtime and some more on the way out in the morning and wifey whos not working can feed it tommorrow. Most intelligent people would just move ahead in the stack for better wood but my OCD won't allow it.

 

[Butch(OH)]

Most intelligent people would just move ahead in the stack for better wood but my OCD won't allow it.

I cant say much. Worst of winter and I stacked the sycamore in perfect position to burn now. Oh well we wil have plenty of two year old Oak to heat the domestic water in May LOL

 

[WVwoodsman]

Tha looks almost like my Mahoning did tonight. I filled it 3/4 full at 6:00 am and got home around 7:00 pm. I checked it and there were a few small pieces left and almost a 3-4 inch coal bed that I raked out. I burned a mixture of oak and maple and lowered the t-stat in the house to 67 while we were at work. That's about a 13 hour burn time for me. Keep feeding those wood hungry beasts that keep us warm!

 

[MATTYB11]

Most intelligent people would just move ahead in the stack for better wood but my OCD won't allow it.

I'm the same way! I thought is was just me that was weird but I guess not.

 

[HUSKYMAN]

Butch thats how my 4400 looked last year. This year coming on at 155 and off at 175 I dont have as much creosote on the surfaces as yours has in that pic. Wood usage is the same, but definitely less creosote.

Yeah I would suckin hard on the propane this week if not for the Woodmaster

 

[myzamboni]

Butch thats how my 4400 looked last year. This year coming on at 155 and off at 175 I dont have as much creosote on the surfaces as yours has in that pic. Wood usage is the same, but definitely less creosote.

Yeah I would suckin hard on the propane this week if not for the Woodmaster

OK, good. I thought it was just me that noticed all the creosote.

 

[Butch(OH)]

It is now at factory settings on 160-off 170. Last winter we ran it 170-180 to help our overtaxed domestic loop keep up with demand and it was much cleaner inside, but sure seems like it burned more wood. The domestic problems are now fixed. The creosote coating comes and goes depending on demand. If she had been washing cloths all day and thus making it work harder the inside is quite a bit cleaner. It is amazed me how many BTUS a properly working domestic loop pulls from the OWB. It pulls the temps down faster than the house and shop heat exchangers combined when the shower is running or washer is filling.

 

[IPLUMB]

Post some FULL fire pictures!!! Jealous I Have the stove cranking though. Full of dead ash. -12 here:jawdrop:

 

[Jon E]

-3F here overnight. I loaded my typical 1/4 load in the front of the woodbox (CB5648) yesterday afternoon at 4 pm, checked it this morning at 10 am and there were still a few small chunks burning and one large piece of a 16" pine round that I had thrown in on Monday. So I got 18 hours and probably could have gone 24 but it was just starting a new burn cycle on the low end and I wouldn't have has so much as a few coals to speak of by this afternoon.

Every time I go out to the OWB these days, I think to myself just how much money I'm saving on propane.

 

[Mister Twister]

-3F here overnight. I loaded my typical 1/4 load in the front of the woodbox (CB5648) yesterday afternoon at 4 pm, checked it this morning at 10 am and there were still a few small chunks burning and one large piece of a 16" pine round that I had thrown in on Monday. So I got 18 hours and probably could have gone 24 but it was just starting a new burn cycle on the low end and I wouldn't have has so much as a few coals to speak of by this afternoon.

Every time I go out to the OWB these days, I think to myself just how much money I'm saving on propane.

I think of the same thing no propane burning here. I have a small well insulated house and get 24 hour burn times easy without even filling mine. It was real cold here last night so I loaded it up good at about 6 Pm when I checked it this morning a 7 AM there was still a lot of wood in there. I usually only check it at 6 PM each night.

 

[LTREES]

Wednesday morning I woke up and It was cold in the house. I thought some one bumped the T stat as that happened before. As I go check the T stat in the hall at 04:15 hrs. my feet start to hurt like pins and needles. The french doors in the dining room are wide open, blown open by the wind, papers all over the floor. I saw the 5 year old open that door earlier that day. Anyway, I just thought of all the OIL I just saved and smiled. The 5036 was down to coals and at 150 deg. No harm done, just lost 1/2 a wheel barrel full of wood.