Hello all -
I have done forums searches and found a lot of helpful info, but it all varies on this question:
What is a typical "cruising" temperature for the stove top?
I know that this will be different stove to stove; I'm just hoping someone can tell me if it at least *sounds* like I'm burning well. My firebox is only about 1 cubic foot, so I have to use short logs, and I've been using two at a time N-S, but I could fit a third E-W. During the peak of the burn cycle, when I seem to be getting really good secondary combusion with the air supply almost closed, my stovetop thermometer reads about 550 - 650 degrees.
Does that sound right? What would adding the third E-W log do? I'm hesitant to do it because I'm not sure if the air will flow properly, or if it will burn just fine - and raise the temperature too much. If it would just make it burn longer at the same temperatures, that would be great... Right now I have to reload about every 90 minutes.
Thanks everyone for the help!!
~Ty
I have done forums searches and found a lot of helpful info, but it all varies on this question:
What is a typical "cruising" temperature for the stove top?
I know that this will be different stove to stove; I'm just hoping someone can tell me if it at least *sounds* like I'm burning well. My firebox is only about 1 cubic foot, so I have to use short logs, and I've been using two at a time N-S, but I could fit a third E-W. During the peak of the burn cycle, when I seem to be getting really good secondary combusion with the air supply almost closed, my stovetop thermometer reads about 550 - 650 degrees.
Does that sound right? What would adding the third E-W log do? I'm hesitant to do it because I'm not sure if the air will flow properly, or if it will burn just fine - and raise the temperature too much. If it would just make it burn longer at the same temperatures, that would be great... Right now I have to reload about every 90 minutes.
Thanks everyone for the help!!
~Ty