Hi......this looks fantastic.......would you kindly explain(hope I’m not putting you to too much trouble) the BASIC PRINCIPLES of how this device works????....TIA
It's engineering wizardry at its best. The basic idea is to direct the smoke generated in the upper chamber down through the base of the fire to the lower chamber, where a secondary burn takes place. This essentially incinerates the smoke particles a second time and has two benefits - it creates additional heat, and there are less unburnt particles escaping up the chimney ( and therefore fewer emissions than a standard burner). When my fire is running, there is no visible smoke coming out of the chimney, and almost all the wood fuel is completely burned rather than creating ash. I only have to empty my ash pan about once every 3 months or so.
Yes the fan has two speeds and it activates automatically when the fire reaches a set temperature. The low speed is best for continuous use as it's very quiet. The high speed is very loud however it blasts the room with hot air to heat the room very quickly. I hardly ever have to clear the ash - due to the very high levels of combustion and the secondary burn chanmber, very little ash is produced. In the middle of winter when I'm using the fire for several hours every night, I tend to only empty the ash once a month or so.
This was one of the very first models of ultra low emission burners. One of the downsides of these early ULEBs is the need to add fuel more often than a conventional log burner. One of the difficulties is that the more fuel you add at once, the more the fire will rage - it won't really burn longer, it just burns hotter. Once my burner is up to temperature, I put about 1 log per hour on. It will maybe burn for 75-90 minutes at most before it dies out. New ULEB designs have come on the market in the past year or two that allow you to bank the fire down to burn overnight, which is obviously more convenient. The key to getting the most out of the early designs is to have a well insulated house. In winter I run my fire from around 5pm to 9pm and then let it die out. The insulation in my house is sufficient to retain the warmth from my fire right through until the next morning.
It depends on what country you are in. They are readily available in New Zealand where ULEB burners are mandatory for new build housing in many urban jurisdictions but I am not sure about other countries sorry.
I'm not too sure sorry - I don't know if these are commercially available in Canada or not. You could try googling Ultra Low Emission Burners and see what comes up for your area.
This looks like a cheap copy of the Rais Bionic Burn. Interesting that Masport needed to add a fan to make the stove function properly whereas the Rais original does not. I know which one I would be relying on during a power cut on a cold winter’s night!
This fire is way bigger than the Rais Bionic. The fan is not required to make it operate - it merely assists radiant heating by providing a boost with convection to throw the heat further away - an excellent feature for heating the house extremely quickly straight after lighting the fire. The Masport functions perfectly well without the fan - I've used it several times during power cuts and there's virtually no difference in heat output.
I used to have a standard log burner at my old house and have found it uses around the same amount of wood. In fact I have found that because this fire produces such a huge volume of heat, I tend to let it burn out earlier in the evening, thus actually saving me wood. I fill my woodshed for around $200 and it lasts the 6 months of the year that I need it to. Prior to installing this fire I was using a wall mounted heat pump, but that was costing me $500 per month in electricity to run. Since installing this fire, my winter power bill is less than $100 per month + around $35 a month for wood averaged out.
I don't know much about coal - it's been outlawed for domestic use in my city for as long as I can remember (and I'm 45). On the west coast of New Zealand many people still burn coal as there are many coal mines over there and so a plentiful supply, but I think local authorities are trying to wean people off coal. With regard to this model burner, I have been told that coal would burn far too hot and would cause damage to the unit as a result.
Masport provided me with a free pair of fire gloves with my ULEB. I suggest you ask where yours went!
Hello. May I ask you show air supply system inside stove?
Hi......this looks fantastic.......would you kindly explain(hope I’m not putting you to too much trouble) the BASIC PRINCIPLES of how this device works????....TIA
It's engineering wizardry at its best. The basic idea is to direct the smoke generated in the upper chamber down through the base of the fire to the lower chamber, where a secondary burn takes place. This essentially incinerates the smoke particles a second time and has two benefits - it creates additional heat, and there are less unburnt particles escaping up the chimney ( and therefore fewer emissions than a standard burner). When my fire is running, there is no visible smoke coming out of the chimney, and almost all the wood fuel is completely burned rather than creating ash. I only have to empty my ash pan about once every 3 months or so.
Does the fan blow hot air into the room?
Do u have to clear the ash out all the time?
Yes the fan has two speeds and it activates automatically when the fire reaches a set temperature. The low speed is best for continuous use as it's very quiet. The high speed is very loud however it blasts the room with hot air to heat the room very quickly.
I hardly ever have to clear the ash - due to the very high levels of combustion and the secondary burn chanmber, very little ash is produced. In the middle of winter when I'm using the fire for several hours every night, I tend to only empty the ash once a month or so.
If you load up full how long does the fire last? Over night? 10 hours?
This was one of the very first models of ultra low emission burners. One of the downsides of these early ULEBs is the need to add fuel more often than a conventional log burner. One of the difficulties is that the more fuel you add at once, the more the fire will rage - it won't really burn longer, it just burns hotter. Once my burner is up to temperature, I put about 1 log per hour on. It will maybe burn for 75-90 minutes at most before it dies out. New ULEB designs have come on the market in the past year or two that allow you to bank the fire down to burn overnight, which is obviously more convenient. The key to getting the most out of the early designs is to have a well insulated house. In winter I run my fire from around 5pm to 9pm and then let it die out. The insulation in my house is sufficient to retain the warmth from my fire right through until the next morning.
any links to where to purchase this unit ??
It depends on what country you are in. They are readily available in New Zealand where ULEB burners are mandatory for new build housing in many urban jurisdictions but I am not sure about other countries sorry.
Where can i get one in canada?
I'm not too sure sorry - I don't know if these are commercially available in Canada or not. You could try googling Ultra Low Emission Burners and see what comes up for your area.
This looks like a cheap copy of the Rais Bionic Burn. Interesting that Masport needed to add a fan to make the stove function properly whereas the Rais original does not. I know which one I would be relying on during a power cut on a cold winter’s night!
This fire is way bigger than the Rais Bionic. The fan is not required to make it operate - it merely assists radiant heating by providing a boost with convection to throw the heat further away - an excellent feature for heating the house extremely quickly straight after lighting the fire. The Masport functions perfectly well without the fan - I've used it several times during power cuts and there's virtually no difference in heat output.
so its an gimick its unbarable to use them
you pay 1000 extra and use 2 times the wood i use
Blödsinn was du sagst. Besserer nutzen vom holz. Höherer Wirkungsgrad.
I used to have a standard log burner at my old house and have found it uses around the same amount of wood. In fact I have found that because this fire produces such a huge volume of heat, I tend to let it burn out earlier in the evening, thus actually saving me wood. I fill my woodshed for around $200 and it lasts the 6 months of the year that I need it to. Prior to installing this fire I was using a wall mounted heat pump, but that was costing me $500 per month in electricity to run. Since installing this fire, my winter power bill is less than $100 per month + around $35 a month for wood averaged out.
so why cant you burn coal this way?
Das ist das holzvergaserprinzip.
I don't know much about coal - it's been outlawed for domestic use in my city for as long as I can remember (and I'm 45). On the west coast of New Zealand many people still burn coal as there are many coal mines over there and so a plentiful supply, but I think local authorities are trying to wean people off coal.
With regard to this model burner, I have been told that coal would burn far too hot and would cause damage to the unit as a result.