12 Hour "Burn" from a 1.4 cu/ft Stove?

[WES999]

Well not exactly.

Yesterday morning at 6:00 AM I put 3 splits( that's all that would fit) of DRY elm in my little Regency. Got it going nicely and turned the air down, left the house about 6:30 AM.
Came home a little after 6:00 PM, the stove was cold and the furnace had just kicked on, BUT I was able to scare up enough hot coals to relight the stove, without using a match.

Not bad for a little stove.

 

[Todd]

Good job. I could never get my old small Regency to do that, I was lucky to see 8 hours. The Keystone however has had coals after 12 hours a few times.

 

[Creature]

Congratulations! I sure hope I can pull that off when my T4 install is finished. Should be done before Christmas (my present to me!).

 

[pen]

that regency keeps up that sort of work and your fisher will need a dust cover.

pen

 

[precaud]

Not bad, not bad, especially for a complete stocker. Small stoves rule!

(if only briefly...)

 

[n3pro]

Great job! Can't say I ever got that much but it is amazing sometimes how those coals snuggle in the ash and just need a little awakening.

 

[WES999]

Not bad, not bad, especially for a complete stocker. Small stoves rule!

(if only briefly...)

Well it is not completely stock, I added a 1/4" of Kaowool insulation behind/under the fire brick( it is the lightweight pumice brick).

The insulation seems to help maintain secondary burn, I can generally turn the air all the way down and have the secondaries burning nicly.

 

[ChillyGator]

I got the 7:00am to 6:00pm restart on good coals yesterday......7:00am reload I was able to add 4 oak pieces on hot coals & turn the air down to ~90%....I struggle to get 3 pieces usually.. I did not expect the good coals upon return.....they were not that hot today after a reload by my father @ 11:00am. Second year wood makes a huge difference since I can run the stove same temp with less air.

 

[leeave96]

We get easy 8 to 10 hr burns in our Keystone - not much heat after 4ish hours, but lots of hot coals. Don't know if we've been away from it more than that, but there are always a bed of coals left over to rekindle the fire.

Infact, one of the things that surprised me with this stove is how few matches we use. I've got a pile of old kitchen matches and a couple of boxes of long fire place type matches and lots of old newspapers. We can go weeks without having the fire burn out before we get a chance to throw some wood on it. Last time I let it go out was to dust off the inside glass.

Thanks,
Bill