In my search for longer burn times I have been checking out some other wood stoves and have noticed that some will list there full load times such as the Drolet Myriad and the Vogulzang Performer stating up to 12 hours, but some others I was interested in such as the Englander 30NCH and the U.S. Stove models 2000 and 2500 don't list any time, why? Is it because there are too many variables involved and it is safer not to? In response to the help you guys gave me on extending burn time for my Quad 3100 I thought about my wood supply of which it is usually a mixed bag, mostly hardwoods and not always seasoned. Also if I am loosing too heat up the chimney. But even so, probably the most time I could stretch out of a load of wood was 8 hours, and that is closed down and so no secondary burn, meaning more smoke and more creosote as well as not much heat. Am I expecting too much from my stove?, it does heat the house but at a reloading rate of 3 or so hours at its worst. If I am loosing too much heat up the chimney and I could keep some of it then I could turn down the air supply extending time somewhat but it would not make for a great difference. I looked into a stove pipe heat reclaimer from Vogulzang but don,t know that much about them and I know I could also use a damper but am not sure if you could use a reclaimer and damper at the same time. And like you said I could also install a blower to move the air more efficiently up stairs. A blower and heat reclaimer would be over $200., which would be nice to put toward a new stove along with a possible tax credit. I also need to replace the ceramic blanket and primary air timer that the 3100 has and that would be another $100. I could get an internal pipe temp guage and stove top model as well but would need to know what the temps should be to be burning efficiently for my stove which I'm sure you guys could help me with. Do you have any opinions on the stoves I have mentioned above good or bad?
John
John