Backwoods Savage said:Nice show Pen.
mywaynow said:Is my older VC Defiant able to do this? Or, is it only newer catalytic stoves?
mywaynow said:So the exhuast redirect baffle in the VC I have does not accomplish any reburn? It is just a means of holding the hot air within the stove longer, as opposed to the top exhaust? Just for clarification, the exhaust on the VC Defiant can be routed to the bottom of the stove, opposite the air inlet.
mywaynow said:Thanks for the info. I believe I am getting a secondary burn once the temps rise and the wood has "settled" into a consistent burn. Most of the time the exhuast is very light to no smoke, after the original load come to a nice burn. I do hear a rumble when I am initiating a new load. Typically, I am loading on top of coals only. I use a method I read about on the forum called "zipper" method. Lining the coals up lengthwise from the side door towards the lower exhaust. Two split logs either side of the coals, and then a "lid" log, flat on the side facing down that creates a tunnel over the coals. I never need to add kindling doing this. It may take a couple minutes, but eventually the ignition starts, and within a minute you hear what sounds like your oil burner. The air is being sucked down that tunnel creating some serious heat. I let this go for a couple minutes, and then change the exhuast to straight out the top. This allows the flames to spread a bit more. Then it's back to the lower exhaust, load a couple more logs and shut the door. I am good for 3-4 hours at 50-60% of the box loaded. If I load it full and slow the air I can get 6-7 and still have a coal bed. The Cape is over 70 degrees with the outside temps in the 20s, no oil burning. I am content with that.
mywaynow said:Is my older VC Defiant able to do this? Or, is it only newer catalytic stoves?
Over 30 years ago, I heated with a top loading round vertical wood burner that employed two hollow channels in the firebrick as downdraft reburners. It even had a bi-metal thermostat. Unlike the modern EPA stoves, that one didn't need the wood to be seasoned for years in advance. I wish I could remember the brand. It was made in Quebec. It was already an old stove back then, and the sheet metal "cylinder" portion was all rusted away. A friend made a new one out of much heavier sheet metal.CTYank said:More than a few pre-EPA-compliant stoves had provision for secondary burning, without any pricy goodies like cats...
RenovationGeorge said:Thanks Battenkiller, for a great read. Very cool.
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