I have been using a PE Summit for this winter, and I believe its one of the best stoves on the market. However I think that it could be better if the interior of the stove combustion chamber had a means for utilizing the natural air flow of the stove. In watching the primary air, I see that it enters above the cermaic glass, flows down the glass, moves along the bottom toward the back, up the back of the stove, and then across the top picking up secondary air and out through the baffle above the combustion chamber and out the pipe.
The problem, if it could even be called a problem, is that the air is usually stopped by the wood. PE recommends putting the wood in with the ends front to back, but this is not always the most effective to get a really hot burn when you need a really hot burn.
I have devised a set of upside down slotted pieces of angle iron. I used two right angle pieces and one flat piece. The two angle piece go together to make and inverted T, and between the long part of the T, I put the flat piece so that it does look like a T. When I decide to use these, I put one on one side and one on the other. Then I put wood pieces side to side on top of them. Because the are slotted plenty of air goes all around them, but also air moves under the wood front to back.
I used to use a couple of big longs on the sides but eventually they would dissolve and then I would lose the front to back movement of the air blocked by coals, and will tno way to get the air to the back coals.
I'll continue to try using the metal pieces at different times in the burn to see if they really work or I am just imagining it.
The problem, if it could even be called a problem, is that the air is usually stopped by the wood. PE recommends putting the wood in with the ends front to back, but this is not always the most effective to get a really hot burn when you need a really hot burn.
I have devised a set of upside down slotted pieces of angle iron. I used two right angle pieces and one flat piece. The two angle piece go together to make and inverted T, and between the long part of the T, I put the flat piece so that it does look like a T. When I decide to use these, I put one on one side and one on the other. Then I put wood pieces side to side on top of them. Because the are slotted plenty of air goes all around them, but also air moves under the wood front to back.
I used to use a couple of big longs on the sides but eventually they would dissolve and then I would lose the front to back movement of the air blocked by coals, and will tno way to get the air to the back coals.
I'll continue to try using the metal pieces at different times in the burn to see if they really work or I am just imagining it.