Hass said:
HotCoals said:
Hass,
On your overnight burn,was the stove filled up pretty good?
Not really, I would say about half full... it was burned down quite a bit by the time i got it down to 1. It's all softwood so it turns to ash quick.
HotCoals said:
On my stove you have to have the t-stat set right at where it closes ..if you move the knob back and forth kinda fast you should be able to hear a click ..that's where it is shutting.
Don't turn it any lower if you expect it to open up for air to boost the fire once a good part of the wood is gone.
For me that is close to 2.
If I turn it down to one it may not open enough to get the fire going.
I have found that adjusting that takes some trail and error.
I still have a feeling you burnt your wood up to much before going to bed.
Ahh yeah, I hear it clunk at about 1 1/2 or so... I figured it changes depending on the temperature though. I thought the idea was to burn up the wood good and get it charred before you shut it down?
If I'm loading on a bed of good coals and stove top is near 250-300 I just give it enough air to get decent flames.
I start doing this about 45 mins before bed.
Then I watch the cat temp slowly climb...and maybe give it a little more air or a little less or just leave it alone.
To me the idea is to get the wood charred so it will feed that cat fuel (smoke) after I turn the air down for the night...not burn up half my wood.
If the wood is not charred enough the cat could stall..but that would not be the end of the world..the t-stat usually will kick the air latter and make things good...if set right.
I want to leave as much of the wood as possible in the stove before I call it a night.
If it's going to be real cold at night I'll bring the house temp up some 2 or 3 hours before I do the overnight load.
Maybe I'm reading into your post wrong ..but it sounds like you are burning half your night load before you go to bed in that hour or two.
I see the Chinook has a 2.75 box..I'm closer to 4.2 so that alone makes a big diff.
You're right btw..the t-stat closed position will depend on potions of the setting.
But that said it would have to real hot in your room for it to close at 3...it may never close at 3.
1.5-2.25 is where I set mine.
I don't think the t-stat is sensitive enough most of the time..needs a little work.
I think it stays to warm under that hood for to long a time..just my opinion.
But even if it never opens during the night to let more air in it does not seem to be a problem...at least not for me.
My draft is real good and my wood is at 12-16mc.
Your results may vary..lol.
If you out gas all your wood before you go to bed there will be very little to feed the cat.
The previous chimney was great. They cut through a ceiling joist, and cut out a rafter to fit the chimney up the roof. Adding support and neither of the locations. There was a huge vertical crack up the whole length, and some horizontal ones as well. I really thought the chimney was just going to fall down. It looked to be poured concrete. It EASILY fell apart piece by piece by tapping it with a small 4lb sledge. above the roof line, it didn’t even need to be hammered apart. It was held together by some type of silicone based product… We just pulled it apart. <<
BTW burning lots of small stuff will make cat stoves puff especially pallet wood.. Larger wood always burned best in my CDW.. So far the T-5 hasn't exhibited any signs of puffing so apparently it's more of a cat stove thing? Look forward to seeing the Chinook in action darn nice looking stove!
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