Okay all, here is the question. During a reload how much smoke puffs out the ol' stack? More than you would like to see? Can you see it when you look out your window and say... jeez i gotta get this thing up to cruising speed fast!
north of 60 said:I worry more about smoke from my truck on a cold start than the stove on a reload if its concerning the neighbor's. :lol:
grommal said:Depends on the coal bed and firebox interior temperature. If the coal bed is hot, and the stovetop is still north of 300, I get secondaries (and vanishing of smoke) in like 5 minutes. On a top-down cold start, I get a small wispy plume of smoke for about a half hour until secondaries catch. The worst is a warm restart where the coals are wimpy and the stovetop is under 200, which could get me a fair amount of smoke for 15-20 minutes.
grommal said:Depends on the coal bed and firebox interior temperature. If the coal bed is hot, and the stovetop is still north of 300, I get secondaries (and vanishing of smoke) in like 5 minutes. On a top-down cold start, I get a small wispy plume of smoke for about a half hour until secondaries catch. The worst is a warm restart where the coals are wimpy and the stovetop is under 200, which could get me a fair amount of smoke for 15-20 minutes.
I now close the by pass as soon as I'm done loading as long as the cat temp is 1/3 or better.Backwoods Savage said:It is a fact that there will be smoke when you put in fresh wood. Even on a cat stove because when you reload you bypass the cat. But it depends on the coal bed and much of it depends upon what you are putting in there. Some wood will smoke more than others, especially if it is not seasoned well. It also depends upon how much fresh wood you put in. Fill the firebox only 1/3 or 1/2 and you won't get as much as a full load, etc.
Backwoods Savage said:Some wood will smoke more than others, especially if it is not seasoned well.
HotCoals said:I don't understand why some cat owners think they have to char the wood first.
HotCoals said:Backwoods Savage said:It is a fact that there will be smoke when you put in fresh wood. Even on a cat stove because when you reload you bypass the cat. But it depends on the coal bed and much of it depends upon what you are putting in there. Some wood will smoke more than others, especially if it is not seasoned well. It also depends upon how much fresh wood you put in. Fill the firebox only 1/3 or 1/2 and you won't get as much as a full load, etc.
I now close the by pass as soon as I'm done loading as long as the cat temp is 1/3 or better.
I find I get way less smoke out of the chimney...I don't understand why some cat owners think they have to char the wood first.
Thing is when reload and don't kick it up to get flame it doesn't release a lot of moisture at one time.Backwoods Savage said:HotCoals said:Backwoods Savage said:It is a fact that there will be smoke when you put in fresh wood. Even on a cat stove because when you reload you bypass the cat. But it depends on the coal bed and much of it depends upon what you are putting in there. Some wood will smoke more than others, especially if it is not seasoned well. It also depends upon how much fresh wood you put in. Fill the firebox only 1/3 or 1/2 and you won't get as much as a full load, etc.
I now close the by pass as soon as I'm done loading as long as the cat temp is 1/3 or better.
I find I get way less smoke out of the chimney...I don't understand why some cat owners think they have to char the wood first.
When you reload there will be lots of smoke and also some steam as the remaining moisture is evaporated. If you wait 10-15 minutes before you engage the cat you will not have to replace that cat nearly as often.
You can indeed leave the cat engaged if you so choose but it is not recommended.
It would seem to me even with the by pass open the cat is still getting hit with it..I dunno.Backwoods Savage said:The idea is to release the moisture....before engaging the cat. Moisture is a cat killer, or at least for the ceramic cats. I have yet to try out the steel cats so will be anxious to see the difference. The reports so far sound good.
HotCoals said:It would seem to me even with the by pass open the cat is still getting hit with it..I dunno.
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