Buck 21 defective?

[Loco Gringo]

Surely something is wrong with this thing. I can get a small fire started. The super cedars are incredible even using 1/4 of the disk. And I get a temp increase of 5 degrees in only 2 hours. And I burn less than one basket of wood to heat our 3 br home all night whereas it took at least one full basket just to heat the basement den before I could open the door to let the heat in. Then I would burn roughly 2 more baskets to get the upstairs warmed up. The kids were in their underwear this evening and I burned a 6 inch split of oak and a 4x4 chunk of cherry for 2 hours all the while maintaining 400 plus degrees surface temp. Is this what its like nowadays? Ill use 1/4 the wood I did in the 27000 and get twice the heat now. This is unbelieveable. This site is a lifesaver.

 

[pen]

I didn't see that big of a savings going from a fisher to an englander, but I went from burning 5.5 to 6 cord down to about 4 to 4.5.

Glad to hear the good results. What till you get that stove top in the 600-700 range.

pen

 

[BrotherBart]

The 21 is upstairs, right? That is a lot of if. Getting the heat in the area where ya live instead of waiting for it to come up from the basement.

 

[Loco Gringo]

Your damn right bart.

 

[scoooter]

Pen, I have the same stove, Is it safe to run the stove that hot, or would that just be the top end of a reload?

Scott

 

[PLAYS WITH FIRE]

I have a model 74 that I regularly run to 650 stove temps ( meter just above the door(insert)). I like to keep it at 625 but At that temp it burns very nicely and uses very little wood.

 

[Loco Gringo]

PWF, I get totally different temps between where you have yours and the side of the stove, since I have it freestanding. I mean 100+ degrees. Hotter on the side than the front above the door.

 

[PLAYS WITH FIRE]

I sorry! My meter is about 5" down from the top, right beside the door. I meant right above the handle...... I used a buddies laser meter to find the hottest spot on the front. Right at this spot the laser went off the charts.

 

[Woody Stover]

Yep, it may be defective. It sounds like it's tossing way too much heat and could pose a fire hazard. Send it to me and I'll keep an eye on it until we can determine if it's safe. ;-)

Seriously, it's great to hear that your wood use has decreased so much and that everyone in the Gringo household is enjoying the toasty warmth. Have fun!