Let's see your Jotul F55!!!!

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Creekheat

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Feb 2, 2014
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image.png Gotta love this secondary combustion.

Oak and ash. Seasoned 18 months. Cruising at 517 stovetop.
 
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Had to use this one. Couldn't control myself.
 
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I have found that with this stove if I load north-south it burns hotter but faster. If I burn east-west I get a slower longer burn. However I can fit more splits in going N-S. Maybe it's a wash.
 
I mostly do north/south but once in a while I do east/west.
Easier to pack tight with n/s.

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I always prefer N/S. When my wife wants just a few logs she tends to do E/W.

Historically I seem to remember Jotul touted their N/S style "cigar burn". It definitely does work that way as it burns.
 
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I'm curious how other people with f55s run their stoves. I typically gradually shut the air down until the stove top is at 500 to 550 degrees which is usually two thirds to three quarters closed (takes around 45 minutes). It then burns like that for 1.5 to 2 hours before gradually settling into the coaling stage. I usually reload after 7to 8 hours and the stove top is between 200 to 300.
 
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I'm curious how other people with f55s run their stoves. I typically gradually shut the air down until the stove top is at 500 to 550 degrees which is usually two thirds to three quarters closed (takes around 45 minutes). It then burns like that for 1.5 to 2 hours before gradually settling into the coaling stage. I usually reload after 7to 8 hours and the stove top is between 200 to 300.
Yeah - that's pretty much what I do. Burn it rapidly up to around 425 and start bumping the primary air back to hit the sweet spot at 500 or above where it will cruise before falling off. Of course, every load of wood is a little different, and so are the ambient conditions. I don't reload above 350. Sometimes I put a piece of pine or birch on the coals at 400 to help burn them down to something I can do a full reload on.

If you search around there's a thread from last winter with F55 owners discussing operation. Weren't you part of that (or is my memory going even worse than I thought)?
 
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Caught from coals still live from yesterday evening's fire. Wife and kids are out of town at a baby shower. I'm enjoying being able to actually hear the fire tonight. What a rare treat.
 
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