Portage & Main Outdoor Water Furnaces

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Reviews2012-01-12 12:51:28 This is my first winter with a Optimizer 250 furnace. I formerly had a Heatmor for 12 years. It ran great but was smokey at times and less efficient. So withe the 250 I'm impressed by its efficiency and construction, etc. It took me a while to learn how to run it. I learned these Rules. Rule 1: the wood has to be dry. Rule 2: Don't use even slightly moist wood since it causes creosote issues with the air control mechanism in the back of the furnace. Rule 3. When cleaning the firebox, don't get a lot of fine ashes get into the slot to the gasifer. The ashes mess up the dynamics of igniting the gasifier. Now that I know theses rules, my furnace is running fine and is very efficient and runs like a Swiss clock without creosote issues. I would not hesitate to suggest getting one of these to another person. Plus I am burning a lot less firewood. |
Stats
Daily | Unique PVs | Total PVs | Unique In | Total In | Unique Out | Total Out |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Today | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yesterday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
December 07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 |
Weekly | Unique PVs | Total PVs | Unique In | Total In | Unique Out | Total Out |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Week 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Week 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 66 |
Monthly | Unique PVs | Total PVs | Unique In | Total In | Unique Out | Total Out |
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Average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
This Month | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Month | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
October 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
September 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
April 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
March 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 163 |
Unique PVs | Total PVs | Unique In | Total In | Unique Out | Total Out | |
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Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,305 | 3,463 |