Hello all,
This is my first post and I thought I would see if someone else has the small Dutchwest 2477 model non cat stove. I have seen many, many threads on the medium and large models, but didn't see anything yet on the 2477. The manual says you can hit 8 hour burn times with Everburn. Here's where I need your help.
Before getting this stove, I ran a Pacific Energy Summit (cat) that ran great, but only got me 3-4 hour burn times. I have burned wood for four winters and am able to completely heat my home with wood. My backup is electric baseboard heat, so you can imagine the savings is HUGE....like 700-800/month savings every month.
I just got the dutch west 2 days ago. I did my 4 "break-in" fires and most of the smell has dissipated. Last night, I was able to build up a little bit of coals (maybe an inch) by poking at the logs to get them to fall apart. I moved the coals to the back of the stove and tried to center them so I could engage the Everburn. The first time I tried to close the damper, I heard the rumble right away, but then it fell off. I figured I needed to get the stove to warm up some more.
After letting the air control stay open all the way, the fire heated up, I engaged the everburn and it stayed running for about 30 minutes and then stalled. I did start to choke down all the way on the primary air control (I'm not sure where to keep the lever once Everburn starts). I didn't see any of the black smoke from the chimney when the Everburn stalled because it was so dark last night. It could have been dark smoke though.
Anyways, I let that fire burn down to coals and put another, bigger fresh load of wood in. Waited 20 minutes with air control on high, and then engaged Everburn. It ran at least an hour before I headed to bed, but this time, I left the air control on high.
When I woke up this morning (6 hours later), there were no coals and the stove was just barely warm. The fire had been out for a while. I think that leaving Everburn on with Primary Air control on high (open all the way) basically kept the same burn rate as if I didn't engage Everburn. So....it seems like if you want the Everburn to work efficiently, you need to choke down on the primary air control after the everburn starts. Is this right? If so, do you need to lower the air control gradually, or can you just put it down to 1/4 primary air control.
I had a stove top temp guage and it seems that I needed to get temps up to around 450 for the Everburn to kick in. I'm guessing that the higher my temp is when I engage Everburn....the longer lasting the secondary burn would be?????
Thanks for any help.
This is my first post and I thought I would see if someone else has the small Dutchwest 2477 model non cat stove. I have seen many, many threads on the medium and large models, but didn't see anything yet on the 2477. The manual says you can hit 8 hour burn times with Everburn. Here's where I need your help.
Before getting this stove, I ran a Pacific Energy Summit (cat) that ran great, but only got me 3-4 hour burn times. I have burned wood for four winters and am able to completely heat my home with wood. My backup is electric baseboard heat, so you can imagine the savings is HUGE....like 700-800/month savings every month.
I just got the dutch west 2 days ago. I did my 4 "break-in" fires and most of the smell has dissipated. Last night, I was able to build up a little bit of coals (maybe an inch) by poking at the logs to get them to fall apart. I moved the coals to the back of the stove and tried to center them so I could engage the Everburn. The first time I tried to close the damper, I heard the rumble right away, but then it fell off. I figured I needed to get the stove to warm up some more.
After letting the air control stay open all the way, the fire heated up, I engaged the everburn and it stayed running for about 30 minutes and then stalled. I did start to choke down all the way on the primary air control (I'm not sure where to keep the lever once Everburn starts). I didn't see any of the black smoke from the chimney when the Everburn stalled because it was so dark last night. It could have been dark smoke though.
Anyways, I let that fire burn down to coals and put another, bigger fresh load of wood in. Waited 20 minutes with air control on high, and then engaged Everburn. It ran at least an hour before I headed to bed, but this time, I left the air control on high.
When I woke up this morning (6 hours later), there were no coals and the stove was just barely warm. The fire had been out for a while. I think that leaving Everburn on with Primary Air control on high (open all the way) basically kept the same burn rate as if I didn't engage Everburn. So....it seems like if you want the Everburn to work efficiently, you need to choke down on the primary air control after the everburn starts. Is this right? If so, do you need to lower the air control gradually, or can you just put it down to 1/4 primary air control.
I had a stove top temp guage and it seems that I needed to get temps up to around 450 for the Everburn to kick in. I'm guessing that the higher my temp is when I engage Everburn....the longer lasting the secondary burn would be?????
Thanks for any help.