Never tried a full load of BL yet...gonna have to do that this season. Maybe I should work my way up to it, but I think my cat would be easier to reign in than a secondary stove. I've also had some Hedge lying around for several years that I haven't even split yet. Maybe I'm scared of it.Weenie.
If I feed a load of locust into the stove I know things are going to warm up as soon as those blue flames appear.
Just wondering what the limits might be on this beast,at the temps I described it was throwing massive amounts of heat,granted the temps were only low 30's. I used a Kintrex infrared thermometer and hit the dot right on the cat thermometer,650ish,the stove front next to the door was in the low 500's. I had So much heat out put still at my disposable it made me wonder.With the front door open three feet and about 15 feet from the stove it was more than warm. And only using red fir which feels light as a feather to me.
The stoves door is 100% tight all around it's new been burning about a week ,I probably had more air that I realized probably at about the 5 O"clock area,only had 3/4 loaded with red spruce.Now when I want a show I lay 3 splits east west,and 3 north south plenty of flame going on with this criss cross stack.Incidentally when I turned the stat down to 2 the load burned for 20 hours ,cat thermostat at 11.Nothing to complain about here for sure.The air control on this thing is mind boggling the sensitivity of it.
