The other day i took the heater out and checked everything out. The combustion chamber is fine, intake and exhaust was clean. Put it all back together and ran the house for like an hour and i felt OK. So while i cannot pinpoint the issue, i think for now i am just going to run the house and see what happens. The house has only been used a couple times, so maybe theres something with the heater being new that threw me off… hard to say.

I got a new CO and LP detector for safety, so now we just need some damn ice so i can use and test this setup out.

Travis wrote:

Brian, it’s “Boots!”

NICE boots..

Well i took the heater apart last night and shes clean as can be in there. It’s also actually the 20000 btu heater not the 16 like i thought they put int here. Thinking maybe it’s just eating some of the oxygen even though it’s vented.. 20k seems a little big for a 6×12 house. ive been running the house with the hole covers on and windows shut, so perhaps itll be diferent on the ice. Getting a new CO and LP detector beceause the one in there is “EOL”. They only have a certain life before they arent effective, then need to be replaced.

I was hoping that this would be a common issue in Ice Castles or others with this furnace, and there would be some trick to fix it, but that doesnt seem to be the case.

Nick Cox wrote:

Many of the pro-staff from In-Depth Outdoors were able to make a presence at the 2015 St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports show. If you didn’t get the chance to say “hello” or you weren’t able to visit with reps from some of the best brands in Ice Fishing, we were able to capture some photos for you. Hope to see you in Milwaukee!

Going to Milwaukee too huh? Twin trips for Nick Cox…

all ice castles have co detectors, i dont think theres an LP detector tho.

Asian beetles huh. i was looking for a mouse nest, but beetles are just as likely i guess.