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Regarding Blaze King Efficiency Ratings
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON
In an eNews article sent out yesterday, we published a press release from Blaze King that brought forth a few rough comments, and some frustration.
It seems some folks had trouble with the link we provided to the EPA site where efficiency results are listed for some wood stoves. If you had such trouble, try typing the following into Google search: "List of EPA Certified Wood Stoves." That will bring you to the EPA website. On the first page of listings you will see the Blaze King stoves with the tested efficiencies stated.
Blaze King's Alan Murphy, vice president of Business Development, responds to reader comments and concerns:
"I agree that only a few companies have taken the time to test their efficiencies to be listed on the EPA website. Some stoves are cleaner, but not many and by a very small margin. Does that detract from our achievement? I don't think so and here's why.
"Under the Low Heat Value test protocol for the tax credits that were introduced three or four years ago, Blaze King stoves have the highest efficiencies. In the past, under the default settings that EPA gave stoves, Blaze King had higher efficiencies. This is because they were catalytic stoves, over non-catalytic stoves. I suppose what I am trying to say is that Blaze King has had the highest efficiencies for every test over time. It is no different today.
"I'm sure other stoves will come closer to the efficiencies of a Blaze King stove as more firms test to the B415 method now being posted by EPA. With the newer technologies being introduced today, some of the other manufacturers may even beat us. I hope they do because I love the challenge and the competition. But for now, Blaze King is number one.
"In answer to one reader's comment, Ravelli is a pellet stove and not a wood stove. Our statement is about wood stoves."
- Alan Murphy |
