I am running a King Ultra, loaded the stove with very large splits of hard wood. I have an inside temp of 72* (area that the stove is in) and 69* in the farthest bedroom. The outside temp is 10* the thermostat is on 2 1/4 and the fan speed is in the middle or medium, stove top temp is 500*. What are your settings and how long should this burn before a reload? Usually when stove-top temp drops to 350* the house temp begins to fall a couple degrees with this cold it will be noticeable quicker. I will then reload to bring the house back up to temp. I am heating just with the king.
blaze king owners what settings and inside temp and outside temp
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SolarAndWood
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learnin to burn
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Stove setting on 2.5, no fan, stove top 650. Stove in largest of 3 basement rooms. Stove room is about 80, main living area upstairs is 68, farthest area is 64, farthest area is over an uninsulated unheated outer basement which is about 40 degrees. Outside temp is 7 degrees although TWC is reporting 15.
learnin to burn
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loaded up around 7. should last until 5 when I get up for work. Now set at 2.25 fan on low, same inside temps, outside dropped to 0.
SolarAndWood
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my temp will drop to about 250-300* stove top temp and the room will drop to 64* if I waited that long. I will probably throw some splits in around 11:30 and try to sail throught the night then put some in at 5 am burn it hot so the house gets warm for when the kid gets up.
I have my King in my shop. 40'x40' with 20' ceiling. There is a 12'x16' with 8' ceiling built off the shop where the stove is located (was built to back a semi truck's drivers into, with the cab in the shop). At -40 it stays ~50 in the shop, and I burn 2.5-3 full loads of mostly white spruce per day. The only other heat in there is whatever the boiler looses on standby. I'm burning at 2.5 or 3 with blower on high. It has average insulation for our area. 6" fiberglass in walls, 16" or so in the ceiling, insulated slab.
Straight up and down on the dial or in the very coldest temps (-20*), #1 to maybe a touch over #1. Fan stays on low. Holds the house at 70-75* without any trouble.
If I let the stove run at 2-2.5 I would have to open the windows!
Right now the stove top is ~200* from wood I put in there 24hrs ago. House is 72*. Now it is quite warm out though, almost 30*
If I let the stove run at 2-2.5 I would have to open the windows!
Right now the stove top is ~200* from wood I put in there 24hrs ago. House is 72*. Now it is quite warm out though, almost 30*
bogydave
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Now:
Stove"'stat" setting 2.25, 26°f OAT with 20 to 25 mph winds out of the N, fan middle.
House 72.
2/3 loaded a 11PM, will add 2-3 splits tomorrow around 2 or 3 PM.
Unless it gets colder but WM says about same or warmer for a while.
Stove"'stat" setting 2.25, 26°f OAT with 20 to 25 mph winds out of the N, fan middle.
House 72.
2/3 loaded a 11PM, will add 2-3 splits tomorrow around 2 or 3 PM.
Unless it gets colder but WM says about same or warmer for a while.
I have to wonder what is so special about my setup that I can burn so low and yet have a nice warm house??
I don't have super insulation or anything nuts like that, just built to min code, R-21 walls and R44 ceiling, R10 floor. House is 3 bed/2 bath, ~1400 sqft.
Have been burning since October and have burned about 1.5 cords of wood.
I don't have super insulation or anything nuts like that, just built to min code, R-21 walls and R44 ceiling, R10 floor. House is 3 bed/2 bath, ~1400 sqft.
Have been burning since October and have burned about 1.5 cords of wood.
fdegree
Feeling the Heat
House = 2300 sq. ft.
Night temps = 10*
Day temps = 30*
Fan setting at night = low
Fan setting during the day = none
Winds = 20 MPH from NW
T'stat setting = 2 1/4
House temp = 72*
Load the stove full at 8:00 pm...would have to reload around noon the next day. But, due to work schedule I usually put 4 - 6 splits in at 6:00 am and this will get me to about 6:00 pm
Night temps = 10*
Day temps = 30*
Fan setting at night = low
Fan setting during the day = none
Winds = 20 MPH from NW
T'stat setting = 2 1/4
House temp = 72*
Load the stove full at 8:00 pm...would have to reload around noon the next day. But, due to work schedule I usually put 4 - 6 splits in at 6:00 am and this will get me to about 6:00 pm
SolarAndWood
Minister of Fire
NATE379 said:
Nothing earth shattering if you are comparing to mine: 40 degree outside differential in your favor, half the size, guessing much less glass given what I have read about AK buildings in the past few weeks and most importantly most of my shell is plywood with fiberglass stuffed between the studs and windows in with 4 screws and fiberglass round them. The stove is also the only source of heat. In fact, I'm kind of surprised I have only burned three times as much wood as you.
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