OK, I had a chance last night to watch almost the entire burn cycle of my Defiant (in spurts).....and, of course, it developed some questions.
I had the good coal bed, put some up near the shoe, loaded up and let her rip for awhile to get temps up and char the wood. Once that was done, I flipped the lever. There was a slight rumble so let her be and went to bed. I came right back down as my wife was sick and tossing and turning so slept in the stove room. When I came back, there was a glow in the firebox, no rumble but the temps were hanging at 600 or so. Im a light sleeper so awoke about 2 hours later to the rumble back (answering a question someone had once before if it can come and go...). As I watched it and started to doze back off, the rolling bright orange flame got larger and filled the firebox, similar to when I have everything open when I load her up. I got up and closed the air control a bit and eventually it settled down and was coals when I finally awoke this am.
My gaskets are checked and fine, when we had the 60* temps I checked them and also did the light test and that appeared fine so no apparent air leaks. Outside temps were mid 20's so the draft shouldnt have been exaggerated either direction.
The surface temps didnt fly off the handle and overfire and I stayed nice and toasty. Since Ive never stayed and watched the whole thing like this before, wondering if something is up or should I just ignore it as semi normal for the Great NC Defiant?
I had the good coal bed, put some up near the shoe, loaded up and let her rip for awhile to get temps up and char the wood. Once that was done, I flipped the lever. There was a slight rumble so let her be and went to bed. I came right back down as my wife was sick and tossing and turning so slept in the stove room. When I came back, there was a glow in the firebox, no rumble but the temps were hanging at 600 or so. Im a light sleeper so awoke about 2 hours later to the rumble back (answering a question someone had once before if it can come and go...). As I watched it and started to doze back off, the rolling bright orange flame got larger and filled the firebox, similar to when I have everything open when I load her up. I got up and closed the air control a bit and eventually it settled down and was coals when I finally awoke this am.
My gaskets are checked and fine, when we had the 60* temps I checked them and also did the light test and that appeared fine so no apparent air leaks. Outside temps were mid 20's so the draft shouldnt have been exaggerated either direction.
The surface temps didnt fly off the handle and overfire and I stayed nice and toasty. Since Ive never stayed and watched the whole thing like this before, wondering if something is up or should I just ignore it as semi normal for the Great NC Defiant?
