Wiseway GW2014 Steam Punk edition

[Flyer 304]

Good Evening to All,

Well I think I've got things sorted out with my Wiseway, since firing it up in April at what I thought was the end of the heating season. :-)

Stove drafts very well and have not had any smoke during any shut down.

 Looking to get a ICP Vacu-stack to replace my exisitng 6" chimney cap before next season as a precaution to reduce

for any puffback I may see with some of the winds we get in the stormy seasons. 

 

The stainless 4"  Olympus Rigid Rhino pipe used to to connect to the 6" Metalbestos chimney, almost gives the stove a steam punk look.

Well, had some heat sink materlial around, and figured I might add some more surface area to the stove for radiating heat.

So, attached is a pic of the Wiseway Steam Punk edition.Lol

I have also had good success with short (under 5 hours) burns using bevel plates I fabricated and fitted into the bottom of the feed tube.

These beveled plates fit over the cut out (ledge) of the burn tube directly below the feed tube, where this area creates a ledge where pellets hang above the burn basket and as they breakdown without falling into the burn basket, cause other pellets to get hung up. As many know sometimes this build up reduces the feed into the burn basket, the longer the stove is running.

It has been too warm to try doing an overnight burn (12+ hours continuous burn), but will report how that goes when the opportunity presents itself.

 As mentioned, the shorter burns have been positive in showing that these bevel plates are working as I thought they would.  

Looking to get pellets delivered and put away in the next couple weeks.

Sounds funny, but looking forward to winter, so stove can be run longer.

Sterling

[Flyer 304]

Good Evening to All,

Well last evening was cool enough to warrant lighting up the stove.

Ended up doing an overnight burn here in Connecticut. Used softwood pellets mixed with what I had left of a Fir blend that is not 100% Douglas. Have mixed these pellets before and have had clinkers build in the burn pot after only 4 to 5 hours and after shutdown also had build up on the ledges at the bittom of the feed tube, so a good fuel to test how the bevel plates do.

Adjusted stove to 600 degrees with draft slide opened a litte more than 1/4 of the way. Stove was burning from 7pm until I closed the feed door of the pellet hopper at 5 am this morning (6-7-17), Was up at 3:40am (cat decided to nudge me because something was bothering him, lol). Took a look at the stove and saw it had only dropped 50 degrees from when I had started stove. I looked through the daisy wheel and saw that  the burn basket closest to the daisy wheel was not aglow with the pellets as they had clinked up, but enough air was being drawn in, to keep things going. Did a quick rake from under the  burn basket rods, to clear the basket of what was clinking up and then saw the whole basket glowing again and stove went right back to 600.

Back upstairs, gave the cat a look and then, laid back down to get a few more winks in before my 4:45 am alarm rang.

Checking stove after returning home from work this evening, saw that it did well with the bevel plates installed, even with the pellet mix that has fouled the stove before. The pic I listed in the original June 5th post  title: "Bevel plate and feed tube after burn", was after 4+ hour burn using Patriot Pellet, that are listed as being 100% Douglas Fir. AS seen they burned pretty clean and removal of the burn chamber and basket had no clinkers compared to the fuel used last night. Looks like the bevel plates are a success even with non DF fuel, as there were no pellets sticking/stuck anywhere and minimal scraping with the clean out. 

Attached are pics from this long burn (11 hours including shutdown burn). Thanx for looking

[Claudio Guillard]

Hello friends. I have made a stove of these in my country ... I just can not understand the burner and its system of air fluid. Someone would be and shows as for the photos ... there are details and measures that I do not understand. Especially a plaque that goes diagonally in the second bedroom and has a partidura to the beggar. thank you very much.

[Claudio Guillard]

Hello dear friend. My name is Claudio Guillard and I live in Chile, I am a lover of building systems of handmade heating, I have looked at this stove on the internet but in Chile they do not arrive besides asking for it on the internet, it would make its value rise by the clouds only in the transport. And for that reason it occurred to me to make one for me, for my house, but some things of her are complex to find them on the Internet. I have built everything but I can not understand the system of the primary combustion chamber, which has an air intake and also between chamber 2 and 3 a diagonal structure with a cut. It would be great to kindly ask him to take some pictures for me. I would be eternally grateful. I do not know where else to turn. Thank you very much. My email is cgui...@hotmail.com

El lunes, 5 de junio de 2017, 20:43:26 (UTC-4), Flyer 304 escribió:

[heather mazzella]

Good afternoon Sterling, 

I just had my pellet stove put in a few days ago and have gone into a deep dive to figure out the best and most efficient way for it to run. I live in Westchester so I too have found that Douglas Fir pellets are not easy to come by and quite expense. 

The first burn I experienced a build up of charred pellets in the primary burn basket which in turn caused smoke to come out of the feed tube. Also there has been a significant amount of ash and half burned pellets on the side of the primary burn basket. I am a bit worried because I have only been able to get the stove to hover just below 500 and have a feeling this is due to the install, the contractor installed. All piping is double wall stainless but the configuration is a 3ft verticle pipe coming off the stove a 90' elbow connector into a 3ft horizontal pipe that terminates out the side of the house. At this point I am not able to change the installation so I am trying to figure out how to best run the stove with the current set up. After reviewing much of the feedback here I found your designs to be most favorable and was wondering if I could order a set of bevel plates and a burn basket from you? 

Thanks for all the information you have provided. Sharing your experience has been so much help. 

[Gary Wisener]

That chimney set up will not work  well not enough  draft

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[Monique Robert]

Hello Everyone,

You need to change the angle of your stove pipe as 90 degrees is not allowing for enough draft. You need two 45 degree angles instead. This was my direct problem with my stove too. Once I did that, everything was fine. I run my stove 24-7 from Sept to almost the end of April as I live in the sub-arctic. I walk around in the house in a T-shirt most of the time. Just sayin’: No more low heat problems ;)

Monique Robert

Yellowknife, Nt, Canada

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[its_rosegold]

Hi Gary, 

Thanks so much for your reply. That's exactly what I explained to them that the stove is all about physics and between the manual and the forums vertical or as close to vertical is necessary but I came home to this and until next winter it is what I have to work with. I attached a picture of the install which I know is counterproductive to the design. Speaking of design, absolute brilliance hats off to you. Everyone person I show this to is floored as it looks like a piece of art. Well done and congratulations on its success. 

Best. 

Heather

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[Gary Wisener]

You said that the stove chimney termonates out the wall that will not work since you have to use this configuration for now after the chimney goes outside take it vertical to above the roofline although it's not ideal it should get you through the Winter until you can make a vertical run straight up you can put 2 45 were you have the 90 That's the best you can do with this install but you must run vertical outside your house above the roofline

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[Heather Mazzella]

That’s correct, it does not go back up one out of the house. I’m going to print your email and maybe then they will listen. Thanks for the advice. 

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[Heather Mazzella]

Thanks Monique. I’m going to print out all the convo and maybe then the contractor will listen to me because he completely dismissed everything I initially said. I was shocked to come home and complete 90 was put in. Thanks again for the advice. 

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[Monique Robert]

Yeah, it made a world of difference for me. I had a 90 in it, and then I took it out and went straight through the roof. If you don’t want to do that, it needs to have at least the two 45’s to draw properly.

Good luck with it!

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