You wanna see blatant misrepresentation? Do the math on a 30 Ton log splitter of your choice. 30 tons...riiiight.How are these Stove companies getting away with misleading the customers and still in business.
You wanna see blatant misrepresentation? Do the math on a 30 Ton log splitter of your choice. 30 tons...riiiight.How are these Stove companies getting away with misleading the customers and still in business.
Hey Don, reading your posts and coming to the same conclusion others have, I would think its wet wood. Quad 5700s are normally a heat hammer. If you are fully loading that stove with seasoned well wood (45-50 lbs), that would be around 320-350K btus, times about 70 percent heating efficiency which would be around 250k btus. Over an 8 hour period, that is over 30K btus per hour, a pretty good heat output. 1700 sqft- does this include the basement? If not, is it a finished/cement basement? What size basement? Unfinished basements are always difficult. What size chimney are you using, ideally a 6 inch flue will bring the best performance. If you are keeping the ACC air open and have the primary air control open like I think you are saying you do, with dry wood, stovetop temps should easily exceed the ideal stove top temps (for that stove 350-750 degrees). Heavy coals with little secondary off-gassing and burning are also indicative of wet wood. Normal cruising settings should be around 1/4 to 1/3 primary air open, ACC closed, stove top temps 500 degrees or so. If that's not being achieved, wet wood or inadequate draft would be the suspects. Stay with it, you have a superior heater. BTW, here in the real world, burntimes should be around 8-9 hours normal heat output, around 6-7 heavy heat output, again controlled by the primary air setting, assuming good wood and a well drafting chimney. Good luck.
Don't be afraid to jack that stove top temp up to the 650F range. It will turn it into a whole 'nuther kind of heating beast and may help with your excessive coaling.I can get stove to get 500+ but the coals that are left over is the problem.
Just going to point something out...FWIW
Looks like in the brochure dated 11/14 they stated 15-21 burn times max, which has been the basis of argument here. Currently on QF's website and more recent brochure (dated 9/15), they've revised that down to up to 15 hours.
Hey Don, I have a quad 5100 that is new this burning season. I have found that I can burn through a load of wood very quickly if I don't follow the proper routine. For me, it is a must to run wide open for approximately the first 30 minutes. That means the ACC controls pushed in and the pulled out to engage the timer, and the top right air control all the way open. After 30 minutes, if I've used enough kindling (when starting a cold stove) I can start to slowly close down the air on the top right. Meaning maybe a 1/5 of the way about every 5-10 minutes. If the wood is good and dry, I can get my top right control closed all the way and still have good secondary action and maintain approx 400- 450 on the front of the stove. Closing all of the way like this will leave some black coals, in particular if I have used large splits (bigger than 3-4"). I have to run somewhere around 1/4 to 1/3 open on the top right to keep my coal bed from building up too much. FWIW I am heating a 2100 sq ft ranch and can do so easily as long as I load approx every 6-8 hrs. I was disappointed with my burn times initially as I wasn't getting very far past 3 hrs on burn time. There is a learning curve so don't give up yet. If you aren't getting a good secondary burn from your tubes you will never get longer burn times that produce heat. Those tubes should be getting red hot when you are burning efficiently. If you aren't experiencing this, you're not there yet.
Not true at all there are lots of cat stoves that easily burn that long and no new stoves do not have relatively short burn times when compared to a comparable sized old stove. Do a little research before you start making statements like that. Now not cat stoves i agree that i doubt you will get that long of a burn time but it is totally possible with a cat.
Blaze King, King. It ain't called the "King" for no reason.i'm in the market for one for our house and want to find one that easily burns 21 hours.