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Hit 500 hours on my main forge and it made me rethink my setup
I was cleaning out the firepot yesterday and saw the hour meter on my Johnson gas forge read 500 exactly. I always thought that was just a number, but it hit me that's a full year of weekends and evenings. The burner tips are shot, the insulation is thin in spots, and the whole thing runs about 50 degrees cooler than it did new. I used to think you just ran a forge until it died, but now I see the slow drop in efficiency. Anyone else track their forge hours and notice a performance cliff?
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corap2120d ago
You're right about the slow drop. My old forge got like that too. It just starts eating more gas for less heat. Replacing the burner tips made a huge difference for me, way more than I expected. The insulation is the real killer though. Once that goes, you're just heating the outside air.
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foster.jordan20d ago
Nah, I gotta disagree. I ran my old one into the ground and the insulation held up way longer than the burners ever did. Maybe @aaron740 sees it differently, but for me the tips were always the weak link.
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