I rolled out my fine Englander 30-NCH last night, peeled off any factory stickers from it, removed the protective film over the gold trim, put a 3 ft section of stove pipe on it vertically up with a 90 degree elbow at the top (just to make it look more like a trucker's exhaust stack), tossed in a super cedar broke in half, tossed in a few small splits and a match.
The stove lit-off great. I added a bit more wood and let the stove slowly rise in temperature. It didn't take much to get to 250 and 300, though I had to keep the door cracked to keep the flame lit as there was much smoke and not much draft with my short stove pipe stack. I eventually let the temperature rise as high as 650 degrees over the next few hours and during the peak of the fire could close the door tight as I guess once the stove got the pipe really hot, it induced enough draft to operate the stove.
I mostly ran the stove on primary air, but if I shut the damper down, I got some really strong secondaries. The secondaries worked as advertised, but there was not enough draft closed down to sustain the secondaries and I didn't want to stay up all night waiting for what looks like a very efficient stove to burn down the wood. I probably had the woodstove 1/3 full. I was also burning a mixture of oak and pine scraps. Once the temps hit 450ish, the paint begin curing and what ever oil residue was on the stove started smoking off. This would have smelled pretty bad if confined inside my house.
The stove has a pretty big window. Setting in the dark, all you could see was the flames in the firebox and I was thinking no difference in looks from my easy on the eyes Woodstock...
With a little help from my 16 yr old son (he's getting stronger than me these days) and a good stout dolly and the pedistal installed on the stove, this Englander is pretty easy to move around.
Burning this Englander made me think a lot of my Dad who some 30 years ago was burning a new Englander back then. Aside from being a smoke dragon, that stove was probably the best stove he ever burned. I know it churned out some serious heat.
I've got high hopes for this Englander and it's heat output potential. I look at it as more of a furnance than a hobby woodstove. I am going to get the side shields and blower for it once I get the addition to my house finished (which is very close) and the stove installed. I've got a lot of super seasoned oak and locust firewood waiting in the wings with moisture content in the low teens ready to go. I think between the Englander 30 and my Keystone, we should be right toasty in this house for the winter.
One last piece of business..... WHERE'S MY SHIRT ??????
and I want one for my Dad who was a near charter member of the Englander club...
Thanks everyone!
Bill
The stove lit-off great. I added a bit more wood and let the stove slowly rise in temperature. It didn't take much to get to 250 and 300, though I had to keep the door cracked to keep the flame lit as there was much smoke and not much draft with my short stove pipe stack. I eventually let the temperature rise as high as 650 degrees over the next few hours and during the peak of the fire could close the door tight as I guess once the stove got the pipe really hot, it induced enough draft to operate the stove.
I mostly ran the stove on primary air, but if I shut the damper down, I got some really strong secondaries. The secondaries worked as advertised, but there was not enough draft closed down to sustain the secondaries and I didn't want to stay up all night waiting for what looks like a very efficient stove to burn down the wood. I probably had the woodstove 1/3 full. I was also burning a mixture of oak and pine scraps. Once the temps hit 450ish, the paint begin curing and what ever oil residue was on the stove started smoking off. This would have smelled pretty bad if confined inside my house.
The stove has a pretty big window. Setting in the dark, all you could see was the flames in the firebox and I was thinking no difference in looks from my easy on the eyes Woodstock...
With a little help from my 16 yr old son (he's getting stronger than me these days) and a good stout dolly and the pedistal installed on the stove, this Englander is pretty easy to move around.
Burning this Englander made me think a lot of my Dad who some 30 years ago was burning a new Englander back then. Aside from being a smoke dragon, that stove was probably the best stove he ever burned. I know it churned out some serious heat.
I've got high hopes for this Englander and it's heat output potential. I look at it as more of a furnance than a hobby woodstove. I am going to get the side shields and blower for it once I get the addition to my house finished (which is very close) and the stove installed. I've got a lot of super seasoned oak and locust firewood waiting in the wings with moisture content in the low teens ready to go. I think between the Englander 30 and my Keystone, we should be right toasty in this house for the winter.
One last piece of business..... WHERE'S MY SHIRT ??????
and I want one for my Dad who was a near charter member of the Englander club... Thanks everyone
!Bill
