BCC,
I am looking forward to solving this problem. How easy is it to break one in half with your fingers/hands?
Thomas
I am looking forward to solving this problem. How easy is it to break one in half with your fingers/hands?
Thomas
Sounds like enough paraffin for sure. I cannot believe a bad draft would keep these from burning though. They have a rough edge on the top side which will help the light off quicker. I would love to see a video if you can supply one.Thanks Thomas. It requires some force to break one in half, about what you would expect from the way they look and feel. I'm not particularly strong and they break apart with a nice snap after they get loaded with a little force.
I'll report back tonight after burning a piece or two outside to see how they burn on their own.
Whoa,Sounds like enough paraffin for sure. I cannot believe a bad draft would keep these from burning though. They have a rough edge on the top side which will help the light off quicker. I would love to see a video if you can supply one.
Do any members use Super Cedars at 7,800 elev? I feel foolish not knowing the performance at this altitude. I have been told in the past that they worked well at top of Mt Washington though. Someone once left them up there for a year and went back and reported they worked well.Whoa,
7800 feet elev. with a bad draft could cause issues.
Thomas
Sounds like heaven to me. Try this procedure, remove wrapper and hold puck in hand while INSIDE the firebox on edge. Light rough edge and watch the flame spread upward while turning puck to get 50% of edge burning before setting down on burn surface. This will give it a kick start hopefully.This a copy and paste from my draft related thread, but the general topography around my place is not conducive to strong drafts.
No dryer installed yet, no exhaust fans running either. I think some of it has to do with temperature and pressure gradients where I live. My house is very well sheltered by tall pine trees, so unless the wind is blowing I get little air movement across the top of my stack.
I am in a canyon bottom that is about 1/2-3/4 of a mile wide, with peaks on all sides that reach up to 10,000-11,500 feet. Especially on clear, calm evenings, like last night, where there is substantial snow cover up high I imagine we must get strong down drafts coming off the peaks and settling the cold into the bottom. Had an outdoor temp drop of about 12-14 degrees in one hour last night around nightfall.
Please keep the puck INSIDE the stove when lightingI definitely held the lighter to it for 10 or so seconds, ensuring it was fully lit. I will try lighting a piece in my hand before putting it into the stove. I'm definitely not trying to slag this product, I just want mine to burn like other people's. All the advice is greatly appreciated, obviously my ultimate goal is to burn as cleanly and efficiently as possible given the constraints of my setup, and obviously faster, cleaner starting is a substantial part of that.
BCC,I definitely held the lighter to it for 10 or so seconds, ensuring it was fully lit. I will try holding (while wearing a fireplace glove) and lighting a piece inside the stove before placing it down. I'm definitely not trying to slag this product, I just want mine to burn like other people's. All the advice is greatly appreciated, obviously my ultimate goal is to burn as cleanly and efficiently as possible given the constraints of my setup, and obviously faster, cleaner starting is a substantial part of that.
Burning one in my fire pit revealed that the Super Cedar was burning as they should. Maybe with slightly less ferocity than at sea level, but still a good long, hot burn that got a campfire started easily.
I mentioned it in my smoke spillage thread, but I climbed up on the roof this weekend and it appears that my landlord had the chimney cap wrapped in windowscreen fine mesh that was largely clogged and suffocating the fire. This super fine mesh was not visible under a wrap of slightly larger (1/8'' mesh) that he had put on top of it. Removing this preposterously fine mesh allowed me to get a nice burn out of the stove and my Super Cedar. Another satisfied customer.
...my landlord had the chimney cap wrapped in windowscreen fine mesh that was largely clogged and suffocating the fire. This super fine mesh was not visible under a wrap of slightly larger (1/8'' mesh) that he had put on top of it.
The fatwood pitch burns like plastic in my opinion. It does not require a lot of oxygen once ignited.I'm surprised he didn't cover that 1/8" with a 3rd layer of sheet metal. Sheesh.
Curious - why did the fatwood perform better under these conditions? Anyway glad you got that chimney cap situation resolved.
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