Can't believe I did it...

I think most of us have done this at one time or another, but other than getting a short, less efficient burn, nothing should go wrong.

Yup, done that. Luckily for only 10 extra minutes or so. But, if I left my stove wide open for a long nap, I'd be in trouble. I'd have an overfire. I've taken to setting my cell phone alarm when I do my last load in the evening. I'm usually sleepy and on the couch. I set the alarm for 10 minutes after I fill the stove. After my first check at 10 min, I keep hitting snooze on the phone, and usually check the stove after every other 'snooze' until the stove is settled down and cruising. Doing this gives me piece of mind, since I KNOW I'm going to drift off to sleep while the fire is taking off. Cheers!

I have to admit, and I'm certainly not bragging, but that has never happened in this house. We have a couple times gone a bit past where we wanted but nothing hair raising. Let's hope it continues this way for everyone.

FireAnt said:

Got home late last night and loaded the stove. I then fell asleep with the air wide open. Everything looked okay when I woke up on the couch. There was no cherry red stove, just not a lot of wood.. Anyone ever do that and could anything have happened to the stove?

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FireAnt I did just the opposite last year, the wife went to bed and I was going to reload the stove (-10 out) I then went to sleep in the recliner. It was about 58 in the house when we woke up.


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Yup that's mostly why we can't get a cat stove...can't stay awake long enough to shift gears.

FireAnt said:

Got home late last night and loaded the stove. I then fell asleep with the air wide open. Everything looked okay when I woke up on the couch. There was no cherry red stove, just not a lot of wood.. Anyone ever do that and could anything have happened to the stove?

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Never falling asleep . . . but I have loaded the stove, left the air open and taken a shower . . . and have come out to find the temp in the flue dangerously high . . . so I would guess damage to the stove could be a remote possibility, but not likely since a lot of the heat would go up the flue . . . possible damage to the chimney, but if we're talking Class A Chimney they can take a short time exposure to high heat.

That said . . . I would not make this into a habit . . . if nothing else you don't want to burn through your wood this quickly.