Hitzer 30-95

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Post by John27elec » Fri. Jan. 27, 2012 8:55 pm

Hi Guys , got my new hitzer stove , I been burning it all afternoon , got my manual pipe damper about 7/8 closed and wondering some ideas what your suppose to see , like flame size , any suggestions anyone has I would like to hear it ... just what you guys have found works the best ? Thanks John

 
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Post by freetown fred » Fri. Jan. 27, 2012 9:36 pm

How's this sound? Tell us what you're doing & when & post a pix or two of the new set up. ;) You're going to love the 30-95 my friend. :D How are you doing your shake down & top off?? every 12 hrs?? MPD is set just fine. Sorry pix is a lil blurry, house musta been shaking. :clap: toothy 2nd pix is about 15-20 minutes after shaking & topping off tonight. :)

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Post by oliver power » Fri. Jan. 27, 2012 9:44 pm

Flame size.............While burning off initial gasses, you should see long lazy blue flames rising up in front of the hopper, brushing the heat exchanger (top of fire box). After gasses are burnt off, you will see glowing red coals, with black lines inbetween. The hotter the fire, the brighter the red gets. If your coals are burning hot enough to be bright bright orange, you're most likely over firing the stove. Over firing for extended periods of time can cause damage to your stove. The fire will also burn out long before it's time. A steady red, to bright red glowing bed of coals should go you an easy 12 hours of burn time. After 12 hours of burn time, it is time to tend the stove for another 12 hours. Rules of thumb are; 1.) After tending the stove, don't monkey with the fire. Simply leave it alone till tending time comes around again. 2.) Never Ever walk away from the stove with the ash pan door open. Oliver

 
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Post by duck » Mon. Jan. 30, 2012 12:42 pm

We love our Hitzer 30-95, when it came time to replace the last coal burner we read a lot of comments here and chose 30-95. Most important like Oliver said keep your eyes on it when refueling; the old mason that build our chimney in 1978 for a wood burning stove at that time said "keep an eye on this stove like you would a two year old they can get in trouble in two blinks of an eye".
You'll find winter/cold weather is the best time for burning, the 12 hour tend time works great for us, every stove (30-95's)performs just a little bit different to get the same results.
This morning at 0530 there was a nice red glow going, I just shook it down - fire turned to black with a few red patches showing. Topped off the hopper with 3/4's of a hod of nut, opened the ash door and exchanged with an empty pan, brought the ashes outside and dumped in a metal can w/tight fitting cover and came inside (1 1/2 minutes <>) already had some long blue flames curling up the side of the hopper. Shut the ash door and bule flames showed across the entire coal bed, got a damp cloth and wiped everything down, went to the kitchen for some coffee and kept an eye on the Hitzer making sure the blue flames still showing, We never fool with the air controls while refueling. We keep a table lamp on next to stove during refueling reminding us to keep an eye open, 15 minutes later things looked good the lamp was shut off and I left for work. with our stove the time after refuling is the most important. Too much draft and a big fire will create a lot of gas that has to be burned off some times causing a puff back soon after closing the ash door. Not enough draft and not enough fire will cause a delayed puff back that will be totally unexpected.
Good Luck lot's of folks with good experiences to share.

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