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rox5488
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I believe the smarter man always "admits" his wife is smarter even if he knows better! That is common sense though... Maybe not intelligence?
Hehe. J/K.
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DLS
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| Posted:Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject |
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My wife tells me I should like pedicures....
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Corny
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| Posted:Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject |
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This post began in the following thread authored by Pstores.
http://forum.iburncorn.com/viewtopic.php?t=3386 .
See the Pstores thread for additional details.
Here's temperature measured at the front of the grill during a ramp up from temperature setting #1 to #8. 2 runs were done before a cleaning. Some of the side holes in the burn pot were crusted over before the cleaning. The air holes in the lower paddle were all clear before the cleaning. The vent was cleaned, too, but yielded only a few tbsp of soot. Heat exchanger was cleaned thoroughly. The 3rd run was measured after cleaning.
Temperature is slightly higher after the cleaning. Reaches the higher temperature sooner after cleaning. Additional runs would be needed to determine if these results are significant.
Corny
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CoolCorn
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| Posted:Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:40 am Post subject |
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I like you Corny...how geeky can you get! 
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Corny
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| Posted:Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:05 am Post subject |
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I'll take that as a compliment, Cool; and, I suppose, ditto to anyone who appreciates this kind of stuff!
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Pstores
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| Posted:Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:51 am Post subject |
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Wow great job... Graphs, Charts nice..... Next time can we get a Power Point Presentation.. lol lol Really though very nice. Thanks for taking the time.
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rox5488
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| Posted:Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:09 am Post subject |
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GO Corny
Very nice job! Cleaning makes a difference I can see! I USUALLY try to keep mine at 1 week but sometimes I slip til 2 weeks. Cleaned yesterday ahead of all this cold air.
Winter here was slow to start but seems to be making up for it the last 3 or so weeks!
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DLS
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| Posted:Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject |
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Nice job, corny! MicroSoft would be so proud!
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Corny
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| Posted:Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject |
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Thanks guys. The data isn't as clean as I'd like. I wrote what I saw, observing the cycling that JET mentioned earlier. Several additional and longer runs (ideally with a datalogger  ) would be needed before making too many conclusions. At the 100 minute mark, for example, temperatures are effectively the same before & after cleaning (i.e., the spread between runs is no greater than the variability between duplicate runs #1 and #2). .
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DLS
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| Posted:Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:56 pm Post subject |
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Just a bump-up for the new forum members, make it easier to find. There has been some output temp discussion again lately....
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Jane Deere's Hubby
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| Posted:Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:37 am Post subject |
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Question for Dave Shaw:
Why do you run your feed trim at +5?
Wouildn't it be easier to reprogram the drop rate for the levels you need extra on instead of using the trim?
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DLS
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| Posted:Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject |
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JDH, I'm not sure I fully understand the second part of your question, but I think I can provide you a good answer anyway.
My theory is this: The Bixby stove is a heater. It's purpose is to provide heat to keep your house warm. I'm looking for the most heat I can get on any given heat level, the exception possibly being level 1. Big fire = max heat. More fuel = big fire. +5 feed = more fuel. Make sense? The only time I might back away from +5 feed, is on level 1, on a mild day, just looking for a trickle of heat. I adjust the temperature in the house by selecting the appropriate heat level. My wife likes mid 70's, so I keep the stove on whatever level it takes to maintain that temperature. This, of course, is based on outside temps, and amount of sun, as our home also utilizes passive solar.
+5 feed is simply a means of getting the maximum available heat out of any level.
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Jane Deere's Hubby
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| Posted:Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:28 am Post subject |
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MY question is why don't you just reprogram the feed rate in the Maxfire's memory. Increase the feed rates to where you want them in the program .....so you don't have to be taking the side off of the unit all the time. Wouldn't that be easier?
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JET
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| Posted:Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:14 am Post subject |
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That can only be done with the cable and software, which is not available to end users.
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Jane Deere's Hubby
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| Posted:Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:35 am Post subject |
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I was asking Dave, Jason
Isn't he a dealer?
He should have the cable.
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