Alright, I have an old Fisher mid 70's era wood stove! It gives me heat 24/7 and works fine, but boy does it go through the wood. So here goes! Tonight at 6:30 I made a fire in the fisher with clean box. All this wood is standing dead, and when split open has moisture content between 1% - 3% my first three splitsof locus are north/ south 3" big, that would be 3 x 3 x 3 ! then I ball up news paper and put in between the splits. Then a little cardboard above that news paper which sits on top of the bottom 3" splits. On top of the three splits are 6" of red oak laid east west, there are 6 of these splits. Then I light! It starts quickly, in 10 mintues I am up to 550, then I turn down the air inlets to 1/8 inch gaps on both the air inlets. I leave home, and come back exactly at 2 hours, I check the stove. It has a temp of 350, and some coals. Enough to start a new fire with some cardboard and more wood! Its is 35 degrees outside, 68 degrees inside when I started the fire, and 70 degrees when I return 2 hours later!
So what I want to know. If I purchase a Summit classic, will it give me the same stove top temps, and hopefully for more than 2 hours? If it gave me 4 hours atleast I would use alot less wood. So I was just wondering if anybody else purchased a Summit, and saw some good comparisons with their old and new stove, and if they had less wood consumption, but the same heating capacity?
thanks
So what I want to know. If I purchase a Summit classic, will it give me the same stove top temps, and hopefully for more than 2 hours? If it gave me 4 hours atleast I would use alot less wood. So I was just wondering if anybody else purchased a Summit, and saw some good comparisons with their old and new stove, and if they had less wood consumption, but the same heating capacity?
thanks