Magic Heat, Magic Heat Reclaimer "DISAPPOINTMENT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Installing a new magic Heat Reclaimer and it was missing the fan blade so I tac welded a new AC fan blade in place
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Thank you for taking the time to show how its works, how to install it and how it looks inside. I was wondering how it would work to clean inside, then you showed it. Great!
Thank you for watching!😁
...good save...
...I just installed our third Magic Heat and new stack on our stove after 37 years of use...
...our stack goes straight up through the roof and stays amazingly clean burning lodgepole pine and a little aspen wood...
...I wouldn't want a stove without a Magic Heat on it...
I totally agree even though this one was missing the fan blade I know how good they work and save a ton of lost heat!
@@WhitehouseFarmVet ...our first Magic Heat came with the house...
...the two replacements I bought worked well right out of the box...
...unfortunate that they let yours escape without the fan...
...poor quality control that day...
Yeah lol, if I didn't own one before I probably would of returned it and said forget about it! But they do work great!
Also thank you for watching!!! 😁
@@WhitehouseFarmVet ...I found your channel searching for n series Ford tractor videos...
...watched you snowplowing with your 2N...
Have you ever had a power outage where the fan couldn’t blow for an extended period of time? The reason I ask is because the owners manual says that without the fan blowing the heat buildup could damage the electrical components inside the magic heat reclaimer. Thanks for the video.
Yes plenty of times never had any issues the longest was 2 days, worked great for years that's why I stayed with it for the new one! Thank you for watching!!!👍😁
The granular creosote remover works good for changing the creosote to ash instead of sticky hard stuff. what aI use is called Rut;and Creosote remover for air-tight stoves and fireplace inserts
Thank you for watching!👍
yes did you put the close off baffle back in pipe some place - i think that would slow the exhaust flow -an help the heat reclaimer work better/close the damper a little at a time an find the sweet spot/watching temperature on piping-an done let your wood stove burn too fast/dose your stove have the secondary burn-epa rating/also seal all joints with stove sealant in a calking -at lowes/put the damper after the reclaimer/12 or more inches-this is my advice only /a epa wood stove burns less wood too/thanks much
Creosote is acidic, I think that's why your pipes had holes in them. I would burn really hot fires every weekend to clean that stuff out, hot fires burn up creosote. Sorry you had to go through that fan blade ordeal, I hope you got something back that made up for it. People pick on guys like me that hoard stuff, but hey, you just found out why it's a good idea. 🙂
Definitely!!! I try to hoard stuff too lol and I wasn't even thinking about it when I threw out the old one the day prior I was cussing myself out because I could of used the fan and had a back up cord! 😂 Thank you for watching and have a Merry Christmas!👍😊
seems like when all is considered I just opt for a simple, low cost fan behind the woodstove. The simpler the better. From a guy with over 50 years burning wood to stay warm experience. And when the grid don't work so what-my wood stove does!
They actually make heat sync fans that you set right on top of your woodstove! No batteries or electricity required!👍
Great job , overcoming missing pieces i. A Los of time and money . Yes magic heat should recognize and do something .
Yeah I was disappointed that the fan was missing, but they do work great! Thank you for watching!!!
Good info! I’m glad I didn’t just go off your heading, I would have though you were saying hear exchangers don’t work.
Lol , I wouldn't go without one that's how good they work!
Good to know! I have one of them sitting in my garage. I got it from an old house that was being demolished so I grabbed it. It’s in great condition and looks like it’s a very early model. Guessing 1960’s . Going to dig it out and clean it up and install it on my stove 😊
I would take automotive high temperature silicone and seal the pipes instead of buying a new one.
Definitely a cheaper easier fix your way might do that in the future! Thanks for watching!😊
Thanks for your video, I was always curious about how well those things worked. Have you ever thought of using stainless steel piping?
Thank you!!! They recommend black pipe on inside of house and stainless insulated on the outside! Thanks for watching!😊
Thank you for the reply. Hope you and your family have a great new year. @@WhitehouseFarmVet
Thank you!😊 Happy New Years!😊😊
Are you getting more airflow with the aftermarket fan than the stock? Or less?
I would say its about the same
I just installed my Magic heat and it will not run the fan. I will have to troubleshoot the problem now.
That sucks, double check the wiring and make sure the fan can free spin!!! Good luck to you!!
I have some videos on UA-cam about the Consolidated Dutchwest wood stove and the Magic Heat if you're interested. I've had my Magic Heat for probably 50 years probably. My MH was used on an oil stove in a garage and then on a gas fired furnace in the basement of my 100 year old house and boy did that make a difference!!!!!!!. I brought it with me to my new house and installed it on my wood stove and its been great all these years. Alas I had to remove it this year because something happened to the pipe scraper. Its not creosote buildup that's causing the problem, but rather the plate cocks on the rod and binds up and there is no way I can get in there to fix it. Now I'm running my stove with just the blower and a one of those passive fans like you have.
I may buy a new one, but I just wanted to mention that my old MH had 14 tubes instead of just 10.
You have a catalytic stove there. When's the last time you checked the catalytic combustor? It seems like the stove may have been overfired a number of times to cause that much damage to the Magic Heat and the pipes. I never seen that happen before.
Nice video!
Awesome thank you, yeah I need to check the combuster at some point, they definitely do make a big difference, thank you for watching!👍
This is a wonder "full" video with very detailed information. Thank you! A+
Thank you, and thank you for watching!2😁
Glad to see you still have a strong “get er’ done” mindset
Got so much stuff to do , cant push off anything and it is a good sense of accomplishment when it's all said and done!
I've had my Magic Heat for 3 years, but this year it's leaking a small amount of smoke. Is there a cure for this, besides buying a new one?
Where is the smoke coming out of?
You did good. Probably a better fan that came with it
Thank you!!! And it's still running great today!👍😊
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Great
Thanks for watching!😊
Great little production. Could you have used Locktite? Is that a 6 or 8" unit. I bet you have a larger fan than the original.
It's the 6 inch, I'm not sure if locktite would work good idea though!! Thank you for watching!👍
Burn safe everyone!! ua-cam.com/video/nRTrRWy9cz0/v-deo.html
Should never use color flyer paper in a Vermont Castings stove.
That's interesting, I was always told it was OK but not the glossy colored flyer paper or laminated? Thanks
Nice work.
Awesome thank you and thank you for watching!👍
How do you remove creosol from blower
There is knob in the middle you pull out and back which removes creosote and I do mine after burning a creosote log it works really good!
@@WhitehouseFarmVet then what do you you do to get rid of creosote
I clean out my fireplace it drops down the pipe and it's just like doing regular cleaning!
I was wondering what that flue thermometer typically reads and if your magic heat cycles on and off during a normal burn. How far are you leaving your air dampers open?
The flu thermometer is normally in range its labeled and color coded, I leave my damper open, once I have good coals I fill my woodstove and let it burn with dampers closed, the magic heat has a built in sensor with a switch you can leave it on or let it cycle, I leave my switch on so it's always blowing especially when it's cold because it still pushes hot air that you would be losing with fan off, hope this helps, thanks for watching!👍😊
@@WhitehouseFarmVet I commented on your video about a month ago and I said that I have a set up very similar to yours. I have Dutchwest FA264FL which is the smaller brother of what you have. My concern is that white pipe just above the MH. It looks like it was running super hot, and that's after the MH which really seems scary to me. My MH took a dive because the pipe cleaner won't function anymore. It's a mechanical problem and not due to creosote and I can't get in there to fix it so I decided to run the stove this year without the MH. It actually works surprisingly well. Now here's the rub. My flue thermometer never gets into the correct temp. range. I have a cat temp. probe, (it looks like you have one too). The cat temp. can be up to 1300 deg. but the flue temp is still way low. The stove is throwing heat all over the place, but the flue thermometer says the pipe is too cool. Thermometer is new BTW.
When I had my MH operating, it would cycle depending on how hot the fire was, which is what it's supposed to do. The on temp. for the switch is 180 deg. and the off temp is around 140 deg. If you leave your MH running constantly, you would be cooling the gases way low unless you had the air dampers wide open and the cat door in bypass. You said that the temp is in the normal range after the MH which really has me wondering especially after seeing the condition of your old MH! It looked like a crispy critter!
I'm not sure after we get a good base of coals it's easy to keep our fire thermometer at the burn zone or normal range! And we have black pipe above and below the heat reclaimer I think the "white pipe" which your referring to was a pipe guide on top of the heat reclaimer its oxidized zinc the sacrificial coating that's supposed to protect steel from corrosion because our stove is in our basement where its humid, that's why you can see and I tell in the video how the air tubes in our heat reclaimer starting rusting out and I tried patching it with a piece of sheet metal! But definitely not burning too hot because if that was the case I wouldn't of had the build up of creosote like you see in the video too hot a fire wouldn't allow creosote to build up like that and the bottom black pipe before the heat reclaimer if it was too hot would be the first to go if it was running too hot not the top!
@@WhitehouseFarmVet Yeah I 'spose. This is definitely a learning curve thing! There are so many variables, one size never fits all!
Honestly it depends on how cold it is outside and if its windy and what type of hardwood I'm burning there really is no set way each setup is different and pipe size and location of the heat reclaimer on your pipes etc there are alot of variables you really need to play around with your setup to figure out what burns best at your house I wish I could just say do steps a b and c and it will be perfect but unfortunately it really is a trial and error of what you think does the best at your place and setup!
Hi, thank you so much for video, did you measure same place before and after on and off fan
Yes I had to only because I had to cut new piping to replace the old! Thank you for watching!
@@WhitehouseFarmVet sory about my english😄 I tried to ask did you measu celcius of pipes, before anr aftar open the fan
No problem your doing really good! Yes I'm not sure exactly but I know even with a low fire its blowing out at 160f or around 71c!
@@WhitehouseFarmVet thank you so much for yor kindness and answers
Anytime! Thank you for watching!😁👍
I believe you got bit by minimal workforce during covid.
Definitely something! lol thanks for watching!👍
Why would you ask Amazon about parts for a heat reclaimer?? You should have called the company that built the Magic Heat.
Because I bought it on Amazon and was gonna return it but could not return it because box (original packaging) was destroyed! I did contact magic heat as well but because of how crazy covid was I was told I would not get the fan blade for a while I eventually got it but by then it was summer that's why I decided to find and fabricate a fan blade to fit and work! It was just bad timing with covid!
@@WhitehouseFarmVet I get it now.
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You should have your flu cleaned and inspected once a year, for safety. I didn't see you reinstall your flu damper.
Definitely I actually take my pipes apart in the spring and clean and brush them then do a creosote log burn! Also I didn't put the damper back in because I needed it on my old stove but this was a new Vermont castings that has a built in heavy duty damper so it was redundant to keep the one in the piping, thank you for watching have a Merry Christmas!👍😊
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Your title could push people away from enjoying the product generally.
Think about it, if someone doesn't buy because they just read a title without watching the video, do you really think they are the smartest to begin with, and definitely shouldn't be around fire!😂 Just like anything I buy, I do my research first, and I would want to know if there was any issues with that product!
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yeah, put the mask down AFTER you finish welding.
What you never did the no look tack weld! lol
"Magic Heat", don't send this guy sh#t!.. you bash a companies name with a title like that, then want free stuff? I'd send you a new fan... along with a bill !!!!!!!!. Almost 40 minutes long, really? 😖. Too many "you tubers" just ramble on and on. Short n sweet n get to the point.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about!!! And judging from the analytics you did not watch this video or read the comments or you would know I love the magic heat but this was a disappointment!!! When you buy a car do you buy one without the engine, maybe you do I wont judge, you do you lol, but when you pay for a product such as magic heat and it does not come with the main thing, ie the fan blade to blow the heat ,well yeah disappointment, and how can you ask for something free when you paid for something that should be with it to begin with! that's not bashing maybe just because you are a disappointment and your own self esteem maybe that's why you dont like the title! Anyways I digress magic heat works great and now alternate solutions to a fan can be made! Simple fact I am now disappointed that I wasted my time writing to someone who clearly has no idea how products or real life works! Thank you for skimming through and commenting have a great day!
I can't believe this "whatever" would say something that stupid!
I think it was a good real world example of what can happen when working on your wood stove and saving money on his heat bill. If the video was over in 5 minutes and you were using it as a reference, you would be made that the video did not show any mishaps. It just showed what can go wrong and how he fixed his issues. I enjoyed watching the whole thing.
Definitely too many videos make things look so simple and easy when in truth they are alot of work or something is wrong hopefully they are easy but I like to show what could possibly happen! Thank you for watching!👍😊
@@WhitehouseFarmVet don't pay any attention to the Negative people