Hi ya'll. So I'm just starting my first fires in the new Austral, and I'm wondering if I can burn it in, cure the paint and all, within one day, so that I can have a nice overnight burn... Any suggestions?
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Do at least one small fire to drive moisture out of the firebrick. Two would be better. Then have at is with a decent sized fire, maybe a half load until you get used to the stove.
Just do what works for you. Some people like "em" and some don't. Try it for a while and see. I don't see big gains with a blower and they make noise.
The Austral came equipped with a blower, but I've never used one.
You'll have to try burning with and without the fan running to see what best suits your needs. I found that keeping it running on low seemed to work best for me. I picked up the thermodisc kit at a Home Hardware and installed it.
http://www.homehardware.ca/en/rec/i...fZ67l/Ne-67n/Ntk-All_EN/R-I5531793?Ntt=drolet
When I got my Austral last month I removed the blower and stored it. One I never used a blower and Two I really did not feel like doing some electrical wiring. My house heats fine without the blower. You probably do not need it, JMHO
It really depends on the house design and how well heat will convect naturally from the stove location. If the stove is located centrally where the heat is needed then it could do fine without a blower. If it is at one end of a house in a big room with a high ceiling, a blower may be helpful.
I would think it would still work, sometimes I use the blower - other times not - it is far from the quietest and I dont really notice a difference either wayI was quite successful at establishing a thermal convection loop with the old stove (no blower) by putting a fan on the stairs blowing down into the basement where the stove is (I also removed the header and sides around the door in the basement to facilitate warm air movement upstairs). So given that this method worked quite well with the old stove, I don't know if I need to bother using the blower with the new stove.....
I would think it would still work, sometimes I use the blower - other times not - it is far from the quietest and I dont really notice a difference either way
By allowing the top of the stove stay hotter easier should be a more efficient burn. (maybe
Well I was able to shut down the air completely on the stove for the first time this morning (without starving the fire to the point that it was going out) and I was rewarded with some beautiful secondary burning going on. I'm thinking that if I turn on the fan I might cool off the stove and lose the secondary burn???
(The stove top was around 725 F, flue around 300 F)
Here's a short clip of the burn:
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if your top was 725 I bet the side near the top where even hotter radiating more heat, the top and sides above the firebrick radiate alot
Turning on the fan when the stove is that hot should not kill the secondary burn.
wow that things got awesome secondaries. Will be fun to sit and watch.
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