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 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Today | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yesterday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
March 03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
March 02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
March 01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
February 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
February 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
February 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
February 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
February 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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 | 12.3 | 13.5 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Week 07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 |
Week 06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 20 |
Week 05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 |
Week 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 |
Week 03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Week 02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21 |
Week 01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Week 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 |
Highest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 66 |
Monthly | Unique PVs | Total PVs | Unique In | Total In | Unique Out | Total Out |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 65.4 | 71.9 |
This Month | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Last Month | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 50 |
January 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 73 |
December 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 86 |
November 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 96 |
October 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 91 |
September 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 87 |
August 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 78 |
July 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 92 |
June 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 63 |
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 | 4,084 | 4,318 |