HK-H18 - March 10th, 2007

Notes

• Large maple. Medium warm heater. 49lbs
• Previous fire: 36 hours.
• Grate air closed. Ashbox door open (similar to old HeatKit air)
• Slow start after kindling burned.
• Low opacity (particulates), medium CO, medium efficiency.
• For a lukewarm heater with this air supply, the fuel was too large for the load size. A better burn would be had with smaller fuel, or more fuel.

Animation

2 minute intervals.

Flue Gas

Opacity

• Ohm reading: 250 start, 261 finish. Likely 11 ohm drift from deposit on the mirror, or lamp fading.
• At 24 minutes, reading was 273 ohms, and a very slight amount of blue smoke was visible from chimney exit.
• At 34 minutes, reading was 265 ohms, and no smoke was visible.

Fuel stack

Resources

• Excel Data File: testoH-18.xls
• Fueling Excel Data File: fueling-07-HK18.xls