Last evening I fully loaded my englander for an attempt of an over night burn. I loaded about 8 splits of mixed seasoned and some mm readings between 22-25. The stove temp was at 250 with a small startup fire of dimensional wood. The englander really started to stretch its legs and the temp quickly shot to 650 -700. At that point i closed air control down to about half within 30 minutes. At the two hour mark I could actually hear the draft going up the single wall black pipe like a freight train. And the fire was really blazing inside the fire box. I opened the door and could hear some of the logs hissing moisture, and I lowered the air control another 1/4 to slow the flames down some more. This all began around 8:30 pm. The blazing was about 10:30, and by 3:30 there were no flames just coals and stove top temp of 350. At 8:30 am there was a slight warmth to stove, and when I moved some ash around there were some coals.
My question, is that a good thing or a bad thing that I could hear the draft sounding that powerful?
Is that situation explained above and the burn time considered normal with marginal wood?
And for the second time on a re light, because of some wetter wood when I opened the door a small amount of smoke escaped. There was a lot of hissing both times I had a small amount of the smoke come out. Is that due to the poor fuel or could that be a draft problem? Or something else all together?
My question, is that a good thing or a bad thing that I could hear the draft sounding that powerful?
Is that situation explained above and the burn time considered normal with marginal wood?
And for the second time on a re light, because of some wetter wood when I opened the door a small amount of smoke escaped. There was a lot of hissing both times I had a small amount of the smoke come out. Is that due to the poor fuel or could that be a draft problem? Or something else all together?
