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A thread from a WG user got me to thinking . . .
One of the claims I think of the GW and presumably other RMND units, were that the fuel would reignite from the heat held in the refractory. The pyrotechnics of that could be debated for hours. BUT . . . I do not think I have EVER had the fire go out because of long off-cycling. As long as I don't use SFW (crap 4 wood) I have never had the fire go out with wood in the CC.
If I over-remove ashes, or I put uglies in (root balls), then sometimes the fire will burn up, away from the floor of the CC and go out. But other than that, when the flap opens, the fire re-ignites and will continue to do so until the fuel is gone.
Is there a possibility that the WG really does shut the air off so much that it kills the fire? whereas the GW and others let more air through, thus keeping the embers alive??
Jimbo
One of the claims I think of the GW and presumably other RMND units, were that the fuel would reignite from the heat held in the refractory. The pyrotechnics of that could be debated for hours. BUT . . . I do not think I have EVER had the fire go out because of long off-cycling. As long as I don't use SFW (crap 4 wood) I have never had the fire go out with wood in the CC.
If I over-remove ashes, or I put uglies in (root balls), then sometimes the fire will burn up, away from the floor of the CC and go out. But other than that, when the flap opens, the fire re-ignites and will continue to do so until the fuel is gone.
Is there a possibility that the WG really does shut the air off so much that it kills the fire? whereas the GW and others let more air through, thus keeping the embers alive??
Jimbo