Having a little trouble with the old buck

[Osagebndr]

I'm having a little problem keeping the reg. buck I'm burning going hot enough for the fan to stay on. The wood is 18-20% and I'm trying not to chock it down a lot, but if I don't I'm losing a lot of heat up the flue . I had this figured out pretty good last winter tho it took awhile but I'm thinking maybe outside temps or something. Any thoughts would be gladly appreciated

 

[bsruther]

Maybe you're not getting a good enough bed of coals going. With my buck, I found that there needed to be a good hot bed in the back before the blower would engage.

 

[gzecc]

The fan being thermostatically controlled, will cycle on and off depending on the temperature it senses. I use pine this time of year for a short hot fire. The fan comes on after significant heating. It then cylces on and off when cooling down.

 

[Osagebndr]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Appreciate it, had to put the summit install off til the beginning if dec. so gotta make it another month with the ol' girl