The past few days I have been doing a test. My conclusion is that the biggest contributing factor to excessive coals is wet wood.
I had been burning slab wood. It's mixed wood, some hard some soft, but alot of poplar. The stuff is great. Drys out fast, burns hot, burns fast, and with the Summit dampered down, it will burn slow too.
I brought a cord or two up and put on the back porch this fall. It was really dry and burnt well. It didn't coal over much. I had enough for restarts after 8-10 hours but not a loaded fire box.
I recently brought another load up to the back porch. This stuff is the same wood, except it has been out in the elements and is damp. It still burns well, lighting almost instantly when I put it in the stove. It does his a little bit, or atleast some pieces do. The problem is it coals over like you wouldn't believe now. I have brought it in the house and let it dry in front of the stove for a few hours and the coaling problem is less.
My conclusion is. Moisture has more to do with it than anything.
I had been burning slab wood. It's mixed wood, some hard some soft, but alot of poplar. The stuff is great. Drys out fast, burns hot, burns fast, and with the Summit dampered down, it will burn slow too.
I brought a cord or two up and put on the back porch this fall. It was really dry and burnt well. It didn't coal over much. I had enough for restarts after 8-10 hours but not a loaded fire box.
I recently brought another load up to the back porch. This stuff is the same wood, except it has been out in the elements and is damp. It still burns well, lighting almost instantly when I put it in the stove. It does his a little bit, or atleast some pieces do. The problem is it coals over like you wouldn't believe now. I have brought it in the house and let it dry in front of the stove for a few hours and the coaling problem is less.
My conclusion is. Moisture has more to do with it than anything.
