So after looking at pictures of the NC 30 firebox in Danno's thread it seems there are three burn tubes with tons of holes all the way across them and it appears some Lopi stoves look the same. My PE baffle does not look that way at all! in fact there are probably more holes on one burn tube in the 30 than I have in my whole baffle? The T6 baffle has some holes that run from the front of the baffle to the back and then a row across the front of the baffle. Is that what makes the T6 such a slow and easy burner? Don't get me wrong this thing is a serious heater and I can have a 750° stove top if I want one but it will easily run at 600° for hours on end if I don't try to get 750° out of it. I did burn a three log load last night and it was running around 600° on the flue and right at 700° on the or slightly above on the stove top depending where you measured it.
The other thing I have noticed is my flue temps seem like the are pretty low even if I throw a load of oak in the stove on a deep coal bed with the stove top at 450° for extra heat it might burn slightly higher for a while (around 700° on a probe) but settles back down fairly quickly. Normal flue temps are between 500-600° for the most active part of the secondary and then slowly drop off for the rest of the load once the secondaries kick out. Before anyone asks about the chimney I Haven't cleaned it since last year when I put the stove in however I slid the telescoping piece up and looked through it this morning while it was cool and there is nothing in it except for a tiny tiny bit of very fine particles at the very top and does not need cleaned. I have always checked my chimney a couple times during the year but it is pretty common for me to not need to sweep it even with my other stove.
The other thing I have noticed is my flue temps seem like the are pretty low even if I throw a load of oak in the stove on a deep coal bed with the stove top at 450° for extra heat it might burn slightly higher for a while (around 700° on a probe) but settles back down fairly quickly. Normal flue temps are between 500-600° for the most active part of the secondary and then slowly drop off for the rest of the load once the secondaries kick out. Before anyone asks about the chimney I Haven't cleaned it since last year when I put the stove in however I slid the telescoping piece up and looked through it this morning while it was cool and there is nothing in it except for a tiny tiny bit of very fine particles at the very top and does not need cleaned. I have always checked my chimney a couple times during the year but it is pretty common for me to not need to sweep it even with my other stove.