I've read in a review for my insert that if a stove is ran wide open it will heat the house faster, and if the door is allowed to remain open will heat the house even faster (I probably wouldn't do this). I thought this seemed wasteful and counterintuitive. I can get the stove just as hot with secondaries and the flue closed. I asked a friend about it and he agreed it happens.
Is this because the larger fire requires more air, and the cold air is converted faster to warm air once it's either sent up the flue, or made hotter through radiation and convection of the insert? Meaning that even though it's more wasting more BTU's the waste helps to get rid of the cold air faster?
Is this because the larger fire requires more air, and the cold air is converted faster to warm air once it's either sent up the flue, or made hotter through radiation and convection of the insert? Meaning that even though it's more wasting more BTU's the waste helps to get rid of the cold air faster?
