I'm sure some of you have already seen my earlier posts - I'm at the start of my first season burning with an EPA (non-cat) stove. I have a good amount of experience burning with an older, inefficient insert that ate wood like crazy but also did throw out some heat.
I've gotten the hang of things and am getting some great heat out of my stove and pretty good burn times. BUT, it hasn't been truly "cold" yet and I am wondering how I will squeeze a bit more heat of of the stove when I really need it.
I read on here about people "running their stove hard" or "when I'm burning for the cold days" and stuff like that indicating you are using a different method (potentially) for burning when you need to.
So, what are your methods?
More air?
More frequent reloads?
More wood?
Magnesium bricks?
I've gotten the hang of things and am getting some great heat out of my stove and pretty good burn times. BUT, it hasn't been truly "cold" yet and I am wondering how I will squeeze a bit more heat of of the stove when I really need it.
I read on here about people "running their stove hard" or "when I'm burning for the cold days" and stuff like that indicating you are using a different method (potentially) for burning when you need to.
So, what are your methods?
More air?
More frequent reloads?
More wood?
Magnesium bricks?