Burn time Englander 30nch

I can usually get about 7hrs with mine. That is not full fire the whole time just a good amount of coals to get the next load going.

brother bart and anyone else would like to comment ?

8hrs reload time when its super cold, single digits
12-14hrs when its mild ~20-30s

Heating ~1800 sq ft.

After 8 hours its a big heap of glowing coals ready to take the next load.. after 12-14hrs its enough to get a good fire going again without kindling or anything.

about 8hrs, good enough to get another fire going. and not fully seasoned wood, i can get a little long out of my seasoned stuff

I haven't got it fully figured out mostly because my wood is not as good as it needs to be, but if it's rolling and load it up, I can restart in 6-8 hours with just the coals. That's loading NS, not EW. Can't really get EW to work well for me on long burns.

I am getting the "feel" for mine ( the 28-3500). But it does eat wood rather fast, I was aware when I got it. Anything other than truly well seasoned oak goes up like sawdust, and even the oak needs to be fed in 6 or 8 pieces, sometimes 10, to get four to six hours.

It'll totally depend on the type of wood you're burning.

If you're burning something like Oak, like BB said, 8-9 hours is no sweat with plenty of coals to relight off of. I've pushed mine to 12 hours before with coals to relight. Not a lot of useful heat after that amount of time, but at least I could relight without a fire starter.

-SF

SlyFerret said:

It'll totally depend on the type of wood you're burning.

If you're burning something like Oak, like BB said, 8-9 hours is no sweat with plenty of coals to relight off of. I've pushed mine to 12 hours before with coals to relight. Not a lot of useful heat after that amount of time, but at least I could relight without a fire starter.

-SF

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White Ash- 6-8hrs
Cherry 8-10hrs
Oak 8-10hrs
Black Locust 10-12hrs (Hot)

These are current times and full loads!


Last year before all my insulation, 26-low E windows,and insulated doors I would have to run it much harder.

My wood is also top notch this year! :coolsmile: Bigger splits that have close to 2 years of dry time behind them.

I was burning just under a face cord per week before......and now I'm burning 1/3 to maybe half of a face cord per week. I'm staying much warmer way longer. One factor is that this Winter has been milder than the last two. Its still an average Winter though, for the region.

I have a lot of respect for this stove as it really puts out the heat. In fact, I'm finding that sometimes it only needs a single split(7x7") every 4hrs to keep the 2120 sq ft house 72-74 °F during the day.

BrotherBart said:

I haven't gotten it broken in or figured out yet but I put three sixteen to seventeen inch 15 to 18 pound oak splits in it N/S on a coal bed raked to the front around eight to eight thirty at night and level it out at five hundred to five fifty and the stove top is between 250 and three hundred when I drag my old bones out of bed at eight or nine the next morning. With the wood burner's hold grail, coals to start a reload, laying there in the back waiting for me.

Been doing the same thing the same way with the 30 since 2006.

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boy i hope mine does that next year once my wood it a little better. I am burning oak that was standing dead for 3 years and cut and split back in august i at most get 5 hours of good heat and just enough coal left to start a fire after 7hrs. I load the stove up around 10 before i go to bed and at 5 i have just enough to get it going again with out kindling.

BrotherBart said:

A whole lot depends on the size of the splits, their dryness, and whether it is a N/S orientation of E/W. With smaller splits N/S and more of them it is going to burn hotter and faster. The very large three oak split burn for mine is norm because most of the time I don't have the heat requirement that a lot of folks here have. I just need the steady burn offered by the large splits N/S. Most people spread the coal bed and load on top of it. I rake the cold bed to the front and "cigar burn" the splits.

Going into the next three days of really cold temps I will probably go to a hotter but shorter five or six medium split setup for more heat but shorter burns.

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i have also found that to be the case. at night and when i will be away during the day i will use large splits like you mentioned plus throw in some smaller ones on the sides. Will the smaller splits make the larger ones burn faster? When i can be around to tend the fire and don't mind 4hrs worth of burn time i use up my smaller splits (had about a cord of small stuff from my parents stove) and get a hot fast fire. which is fine with me when i can reload in 4hrs. i think i will have better luck next year when the oak has 2 years worth of dry time.

Cold weather follow up!

Going through about the same amount of wood with lower temps in the house. Average temp is 70-71 °F with the bedrooms around 67°F .

2°F Low temp last night & woke up to 71°F this morning. Still not to shabby!

High today was 12°F

I left the house today at about 8:30am (as soon as the air was set and the stove was cruising). The house was 70 degrees when I left. I got home about 9:15pm this evening. The house had cooled back down to 64. After almost 13 hours. Low last night was in the single digits. High was about 20 today.

There were just enough coals to relight with. The stove itself was still warm to the touch but not hot.

You're mileage may vary though... my house is pretty new (built in '96). Insulated pretty well, and has proven to be pretty easy to heat with the stove. I do not use a blower on my stove.

I was actually amazed that I had enough coals left to relight with, since the wood I'm burning is mostly ash. The red oak last year was better for having good coals after a long burn, but the ash has proven to be better for not overheating the house as easily.

-SF