There is a dealer in Virginia , Yoder out door Stoves, who has a KZfaq channel that explains how to use the C- series Heat Master and everything about the stove. I live in Pa. but have called this dealer for help a number of times on my G 200 stove because he is so much better than anyone closer to me. I have gotten parts and advice from him, the man knows what he is doing I highly recommend him. Just my two cents. Hope you have good luck with your new unit and a great day!

It looks like once you get to know her, she will preform magnificently. I think you are doing the best thing for your machine by feeding it dry wood. All of the people who complain about using the machine to dry its own food like to clean up the mess left behind. One of my uncles did an experiment by mistake. The findings were self evident. No matter the type of wood the dryer the more heat, finer ash, and less creosote. The accidental experiment was he installed a boiler with no stockpile of dry wood. He now cuts three or four years ahead. His pieces are quite a bit larger than the stuff you will be burning on a regular basis. Hence the long drying time. He does claim that using dry wood is about twenty percent more efficient. You and yours have a great day.

Congratulations on the smooth sailing so far. Glad to hear that pump was an easy fix and it is living up to or exceeding your expectations. Thank you for the update 😊 I'm excited to see how it works out as you ramp up to full operating capabilities.

Long live the CLASSICS!

You definitely made a great decision based on your heat load and your ability to quickly dry your wood when you want since you own a kiln. As far as heat recovery goes I can tell you why other than the obvious size difference. Your g series wasn’t running at the same efficiency it was when you bought it. As I had said before, the problem with the self cleaning gasifiers is the turbulators don’t “can’t” scrape the tubes clean to bare steel. No matter how many times you pull on the handle a day, it still leaves a crust inside the tubes. And that little bit of crust makes a big difference in heat transfer. You have to remember, by design a gasifier doesn’t heat the water through the firebox. The firebox is designed for incomplete combustion. Its sole purpose is to make the gas. So if the tubes are crusted you are loosing a lot of heat transfer. IM NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE LINKAGE APART REGULARLY AND DRILL YOUR TUBES OUT. That would be ridiculous. But the fact is, you loose a lot of heat transfer when those tubes are crusted. And the gasifiers with the lever and sliding turbulators are not easily kept clean. When I built mine the tubes are horizontal and have a 2ft access door at each end. I have 20 tubes. I can run a drill through them with a scraper head every few weeks. It takes about half an hr. But keeps them shiny steel. In between scraping I run a brush through every Sunday morning. It takes about 7 minutes. This is how the original units on the market were designed, but they went to the linkage for a consumer selling point. With this conventional boiler, it is setup with the primary heat transfer in the firebox, so the fire is more turbulent and hotter. With your load, and ability to dry you made the right decision. I’m not saying this in a bragging way, but it’s unfortunate they don’t sell smaller units like I built. Companies do manufacture units just like mine but they are big and very expensive. About 10 times the size of mine. which is a little larger than your new unit. And they are $80,000 +. They usually burn coal and are used in huge factories, hospitals etc. Again, this new unit should work great for you!

Not surprised at your findings with the new conventional system at all. Glad to hear everything is working as it should with no worries.

Hi Matt Sounds like the boiler is a Hit ! Good on your decision ! I had a LOL when you said it was Tight getting your shelves out ! A few video's ago when you talked about getting them out i was thinking lucky your not a 300 pound guy ! LOL

Great stats Matt, KEEP BURNING.

I don't have a heatmaster but I think you're really going to like how easy the conventional is to maintain vs the gasser. As far as wood goes, a mix of small and big chunks seems to preform the best for me.id lean more towards the big stuff since you're going to have a constant load.You're smart, you'll figure out what you do and don't need to need to worry about as far as cleaning goes. You're well on your way to having the most quantifiable information based boiler channel on KZfaq. I really enjoy your videos and have learned a bit. Enjoy your day.

Sounds like she is treating you very well so far!

Great video Matt, I mentioned to you awhile back about the gentleman retiring and selling his tree service equipment. I went to his shop talk to him he priced some equipment to me. He was on the fence with just having an auction. Well auction is the route he chose. It’s June 1st. Matt my numbers I’m about to give you could be not accurate. He built a 90-100 ton wood splitter splits like 32 pieces of wood in one push. The hydraulic lines look like 2 inch or slightly bigger. There psi rating are way up there. The wedge is in a fab shop I guess done ready to be reinstalled. The cylinder ripped it off in a push. This machine is a beast huge diesel engine. I hope I get the chance to see it run. Your boiler rocks. Thanks for sharing the sensors. Will definitely check those out. Have a great weekend.

I like hearing about the no smoke, that is my one reservation on switching from G4000 to a C250. Just because my wood situation has changed, I suddenly find myself flush with wood -- some of it not being the best though.

I’m sure this new boiler will be a lot more efficient than the other one and now you could do your driveway heat and not worry

What temp does your kiln get up to when you run it wide open for the last two days?

I remember a video of the shop area and how man hot water storage tanks you had. Do you think you would be reducing that down to 1/2 the size because of the ability of this OWB to heat quickly?

Not an expert but, since it holds 550 gallons of water that large amount of water does not drop as quickly compared to your old burner when the circulators kick on. Sounds and looks like you got exactly what you need.

Turn on ur driveway and see what happens..