So I was home for the weekend . I've been working outside in the rain and snow, hauling equipment, and I've been looking forward to soaking my bones and my house with some wood heat. I've had the PH for about a year, and usually burn a small fire, turning on the cat after the stove pipe reaches 250 , and turning down the air so that I just see flames
This weekend I thought let's try something new. After the first bed of coals, I filled the stove, kept the air on until the logs lit, and then turned the cat on (closed the bypass) , waited a bit till splits were chared, and tamped the air down all the way. In this mode there are no flames visible,though the bottom coals glowed red. Worked just fine, and left a bed of coals to start over in the morning.
This mode of operation really extends the burn time. The only downside is it's not half as much fun wattching black logs as it is watching the fire cavort
This weekend I thought let's try something new. After the first bed of coals, I filled the stove, kept the air on until the logs lit, and then turned the cat on (closed the bypass) , waited a bit till splits were chared, and tamped the air down all the way. In this mode there are no flames visible,though the bottom coals glowed red. Worked just fine, and left a bed of coals to start over in the morning.
This mode of operation really extends the burn time. The only downside is it's not half as much fun wattching black logs as it is watching the fire cavort
