Hi;
Cold December evening here.
I started up a fire with birch kindling (from a previous bed of coals), in a PE Super 27, set on 'Start'.
Once it was going nicely, after about 15 min I stoked in 4 pieces of split maple.
Then, I got distracted.
After about 20 min of adding the maple, I glanced back, the stove was roaring, secondary burn in full flight, and the stove top, around the chimney pipe, was glowing dull red.
So, I turned back the draft (10-15 min later than I should have), and within 5 min, the stove top was no longer visibly glowing.
So: Is this error likely to do permanent damage to the stove, or can they generally tolerate a few rounds of over-firing?
Cold December evening here.
I started up a fire with birch kindling (from a previous bed of coals), in a PE Super 27, set on 'Start'.
Once it was going nicely, after about 15 min I stoked in 4 pieces of split maple.
Then, I got distracted.
After about 20 min of adding the maple, I glanced back, the stove was roaring, secondary burn in full flight, and the stove top, around the chimney pipe, was glowing dull red.
So, I turned back the draft (10-15 min later than I should have), and within 5 min, the stove top was no longer visibly glowing.
So: Is this error likely to do permanent damage to the stove, or can they generally tolerate a few rounds of over-firing?
