Stove just reached 700 degrees!

Backwoods Savage said:

Yes, it is cold outside....but not inside. Our stove top temperature just topped out at 700 degrees! That is considered maximum for our stove so no worries. I had put 2 splits in the stove around 4:00 am and then went back to bed. When I got up the stove top was at 525. I started getting a little cool later so put 4 splits in (I usually burn 3 in the daytime) when the stove top reached 400. Those 4 splits (all ash) really did their thing! I have to admit, that heat feels great! Yes, the flames are dancing very nicely too. Great show!

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Love hearing those nice long burns you guys get from your Fireview's and Woodstocks in general. I'm planning on moving my Quad 5700 to heat my garage next year and invest into a woodstock stove. I'm thinking about almost sticking with the Fireview instead of the new stove, as they seem to have had such a good track record. A fine example of KISS. I love the heat retention everyone seems to get. Seems to me , you get the most bang for your wood

Backwoods Savage said:

Well we surely noticed a big bang! When we used to go through an average 6 cord every winter and now our tops has been 3, that is worth a lot!

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No doubt! That will certainly sell the wife, as she helps with the wood too.

I was just about to post a similar experience and saw this new thread! I loaded up a couple hours ago but this time one of my splits was a
HUGE Todd and Dennis sized split of soft maple, rather than my usual small splits. The stove top is now cranking past 680 (and still rising) for the first time this year! I have burned smaller splits of soft maple at a slightly lower draft setting (0.75) and never got much above 550F. recently I am burning at 1.0 but until today I was barely getting to 600F. Why do Bigger splits give higher temps??? I thought split smaller gave higher temps???

Dennis: what kind of flame activity do you get when you are hitting 700 stovetop and what is your draft setting?

fire_man said:

Dennis: what kind of flame activity do you get when you are hitting 700 stovetop and what is your draft setting?

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Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHplTSY-mog

My steel heater is impossible to keep below 700 with this cold. The draft is awful strong right now and I'm burning this really seasoned wood I got from a really nice guy. :lol: I'm an hour + into a load, air shut down and it's still in the 740 range. It's getting a little warm in here for my taste!

Well Dennis, between you, BrotherBart, and I (and probably a bunch more), I think we're contributing to global warming. Not because of the particulates, just the heat.
I had a pot of stuff on the Ashley a little while ago, and it was in front of the thermometer (couldn't see it). I added 2 med. splits and 2 smalls, got it going, turned down the air (not quite all the way), and started doing something else. I noticed the house was warming a little bit (this is good), since I woke to about 65.
Looked at the thermometer and it was at 800 stove, and 400 flue. Took the pot off the stove since it was done, and closed the air all the way. Stove went back down to 650 after a few, but that's the hottest it's been this year.
There is still some residual air getting in past the door gasket, I think. I can usually keep it around 650 max, but that medium sized load just took off.

Todd said:

Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust

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Todd, after watching that video, I dislocated my hip kicking myself in the ass for not buying one last fall. :shut:

That thing would definitely do the job for me burning like that. Much nicer to look at than the smoldering burns I usually see in a cat stove.

Battenkiller said:

Todd said:

Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust

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Todd, after watching that video, I dislocated my hip kicking myself in the ass for not buying one last fall. :shut:

That thing would definitely do the job for me burning like that. Much nicer to look at than the smoldering burns I usually see in a cat stove.

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:lol: Sorry about the hip, but yeah, most people brag about those long smoldering cat burns and many don't realize you can actually turn up a cat stove and get gobs of heat. It's never too late, Woodstock always has a sale going on, quit beating yourself up and get one.

:lol: :lol:

Todd said:

fire_man said:

Dennis: what kind of flame activity do you get when you are hitting 700 stovetop and what is your draft setting?

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Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHplTSY-mog

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Your making me drool :lol:

Todd said:

Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHplTSY-mog

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Mighty pur-tee, Todd! Is that the cat peaking from above the baffle? That's the first time I've seen that on a Woodstock.

(Curious) George said:

Todd said:

Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHplTSY-mog

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Mighty pur-tee, Todd! Is that the cat peaking from above the baffle? That's the first time I've seen that on a Woodstock.

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Yeah, I tried to catch the orange glow of the cat but it's kind a hard to position the camera to that angle.

Todd,
Thanks. That was like being home for a minute. I spend way too much time at work. Fire here would be bad! My wife teases me that I obsess over the stove when I am home. Of course I do. I read about wood heat all day and night at work. When I get home, I want to play.

Sounds like I need to invest in a Fire View. My hearth Stone Heritage never exceeds 450F. Good seasoned White Ash is the only wood I have lol.

Well, today was second time this year we hit nearly 700. I did the same thing as Dennis's wonderful non-ornery wife and bypassed the cat till things settled down. I can't figure out why sometimes we don't get much over 500, other times spike to 700. Same wood, same settings, I guess it's just the nature of burning wood. It could be that Arctic front moving in, high pressure barometer and all.

Todd: That was a great video of your inferno. The thing I found amazing was the firebox did not seemed packed full when it was hitting those temps.

I called Woodstock yesterday to find out a little more about the new stove. I was told it will not have a thermostat. Darn.
I'm also trying to figure out if the ashtray is a good thing or a bad thing - it's available both ways. If you get the stove with no legs, you don't get an ashtray. If it has legs, you get the tray, but I wonder if you can order it with legs and no tray? To me, the tray means one more gasket to worry about, but I might want the legs. Just pondering.....

Wow, on my third year with our Lopi, and I am still learning....usually get it up to settle at 500-525.....and since last nights scare I have been experimenting with getting it to cruise up to 625-650 or so (with the air cut back all the way)What a difference it makes in putting out the heat and burn times....especially with these cold temps.
Last night, it was 73 in the room with the stove, 70 at the opposite end of the house, and 63 upstairs in the bedrooms...-2 outside....all on my little Lopi.
I can only imagine what a blaze king would do in my home, it would be like a kiln in here

Todd said:

fire_man said:

Dennis: what kind of flame activity do you get when you are hitting 700 stovetop and what is your draft setting?

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Here's an old video of my stove cranking away at 650 with an air setting of 1. Full load of Black Locust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHplTSY-mog

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Thats one purdy stove Todd. Thanks for the vid

That little Lopi Answer will put out a lot of heat if you know how to run it...a full load of hickory or sugar maple and these temps and I can easily get 700 stovetop temps for a good hour or so. It can take it, but I usually turn up the blower to cool it down and get the heat into the room faster.