Been lurking. Bought a Quadrafire Voyageur Grand insert. No problems burning. Thanks to this forum.
First post:
My question is for day time burning during shoulder season, when full stove output would overheat my room:
When outputting the same amount of heat (assuming a hot stove with good secondary burn), is it more efficient to burn a smaller amount of wood with primary air control fully open, or burn a fuller stove with primary air control set lower?
My thoughts:
I know I get a cleaner burn with the primary air control fully open which sounds like more efficient wood burning, but I'm concerned with losing more heat up the chimney burning that way.
First post:
My question is for day time burning during shoulder season, when full stove output would overheat my room:
When outputting the same amount of heat (assuming a hot stove with good secondary burn), is it more efficient to burn a smaller amount of wood with primary air control fully open, or burn a fuller stove with primary air control set lower?
My thoughts:
I know I get a cleaner burn with the primary air control fully open which sounds like more efficient wood burning, but I'm concerned with losing more heat up the chimney burning that way.
