Here's What I Got Burnin Tonight

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Todd

Todd

Minister of Fire
Nov 19, 2005
10,345
NW Wisconsin
Fired up the Fireview this evening with a load of Oak shorties. This is 3 hours into the burn after engaging the cat. Stove top 550, stack 250, air set at .75. Sorry video turned out darker for some reason, still good looking fire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhbmEkBcC_Q
 
Still too warm here...supposed to get to 39 tonight! Going out tomarrow to get some more oak cut up for 2yrs stash. The fire looks awsome!!!!
 
Nice looks good thanks for post.
 
Looks great. That stove must have a great tee in the pipe. :lol:

But we have seen that sucker. Go up stairs and light the new guy!
 
Looks great. Been warm, humid and wet here all week. Looks like this weekend is going to be nice fall weather and perfect for getting out the saw. Can't wait.
 
I can't believe you've got a fire going tonight. You're not that much north of me!
 
I was hanging around the new insert, longingly looking at it. My wife caught me and said, "no way are you lighting a fire
tonight." House is 70. Supposed to crash cool overnight. Maybe I'll get a fire tomorrow night.

Your fire looks great, Todd. Think I talked a buddy of mine into buying a Woodstock this afternoon. Perfect for his application.
 
The projected high tomorrow is 52 with a low of 32. There will be fire.
 
wendell said:
The projected high tomorrow is 52 with a low of 32. There will be fire.
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When that happens there will be a fire in this joint too. I wouldn't mind that being around Christmas Eve but it will probably be in a week or two.

Who knows? There was one year when I had to mow the grass on Thanksgiving Day. That was a long time ago.
 
Yeah, yeah...rub it in, Todd. Today was the last day of the sale and I was too busy pumping out my basement to remember until just now.

Looks real nice. I may be starting the first fire of the season tomorrow. Not for the heat, just need to dry out 1000 sq.ft. of wet basement floor. :lol:
 
Overnight lows will be in the 30's this weekend. Let there be fire! At least during the night.
 
Get ya a Fireview. Come over from the dark side. ;-)

Do you see anything on the glass in that video.
 
wendell said:
I can't believe you've got a fire going tonight. You're not that much north of me!
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I just follow orders. When the wife says it's cold in the basement the Fireview comes to life and when she says it's cold upstairs it's the Keystone's turn.
 
Don2222 said:
Hello

Very nice Fireview stove
fireview specs >> http://store.woodstove.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16133

My Dutchwest glass always got caked up with sticky creosote.

Does the airwash keep the window clean?
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I've burned many stoves and this one has had the cleanest glass ever, even with a low smouldering burn. It could have something to do with the double pane glass? I might have to wipe off a light white haze once a month or so and all it takes is a damp paper towel.
 
Battenkiller said:
Yeah, yeah...rub it in, Todd. Today was the last day of the sale and I was too busy pumping out my basement to remember until just now.

Looks real nice. I may be starting the first fire of the season tomorrow. Not for the heat, just need to dry out 1000 sq.ft. of wet basement floor. :lol:
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Call them tomorrow, I bet they will give you the sale price.
 
boy does that look nice. you can see the cat is really doing its job well. pete
 
Todd what do you think the stove temp would be if you had it at 1.5 instead of .75
 
dr.drew said:
Todd what do you think the stove temp would be if you had it at 1.5 instead of .75
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I never burn it that hot but I don't think it would be much more than 600 but then the rest of the stove would be much hotter as well. Funny thing about this stove is you can get a 700 degree stove top temp with a smouldering fire, turn up the air and the temps will drop but the whole stove will heat up instead of just the top where the cat is located. Woodstock says the most efficient burn is when you set the air til the flames start to lift off the logs, for me that can be anywhere from .5 to .75 and if I want a hot fire I go to 1 or a smidge above that.
 
Todd said:
dr.drew said:
Todd what do you think the stove temp would be if you had it at 1.5 instead of .75
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I never burn it that hot but I don't think it would be much more than 600 but then the rest of the stove would be much hotter as well. Funny thing about this stove is you can get a 700 degree stove top temp with a smouldering fire, turn up the air and the temps will drop but the whole stove will heat up instead of just the top where the cat is located. Woodstock says the most efficient burn is when you set the air til the flames start to lift off the logs, for me that can be anywhere from .5 to .75 and if I want a hot fire I go to 1 or a smidge above that.
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If you turn the draft too high the air will force the smoke through the cat too fast to have time to burn it all so then it just goes up the chimney.
 
~*~vvv~*~ said:
looks pretty but not as pretty as Layne69 burn in my sig.?
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Eyes of the beholder I guess. Those burn tube fires look like a cheap gas grill fire.
 
Todd said:
~*~vvv~*~ said:
looks pretty but not as pretty as Layne69 burn in my sig.?
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Eyes of the beholder I guess. Those burn tube fires look like a cheap gas grill fire.
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how does acheap gas grill fire differently from an expensive one?
 
Backwoods Savage said:
Todd said:
dr.drew said:
Todd what do you think the stove temp would be if you had it at 1.5 instead of .75
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I never burn it that hot but I don't think it would be much more than 600 but then the rest of the stove would be much hotter as well. Funny thing about this stove is you can get a 700 degree stove top temp with a smouldering fire, turn up the air and the temps will drop but the whole stove will heat up instead of just the top where the cat is located. Woodstock says the most efficient burn is when you set the air til the flames start to lift off the logs, for me that can be anywhere from .5 to .75 and if I want a hot fire I go to 1 or a smidge above that.
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If you turn the draft too high the air will force the smoke through the cat too fast to have time to burn it all so then it just goes up the chimney.
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Good point Dennis. It also doesn't take much of an air ajustment on these stoves to make a difference. The air slide goes from #1 to #4 and you would think 1 would be a low burn and 4 a high burn but that's not the case. Only time I use #4 is durning a cold start or rekindling and that's for a short time til she gets going, then it's down to #2 or less and after engaging the cat the air goes down even more.
 
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