I am wondering about smoke output on an EPA non-cat stove with secondary burning tubes. Is the smoke output the same/equal/or less than a cat stove when "purring" at a steady optimal heat output temp? All this talk about inexpensive NC stoves at HD has me thinking I may consider something such as this for the guest home and possibly for me so I can watch cave man TV in the main house.
When my Englander 24 (20 year old stove) is running steady at 400-550 degrees, there is little smoke output and mostly I see the heat waves coming off the pipe. When I look at the Hearthstone II (non-epa) running at the same temps, it varies from minimal smoke to pre-Krakatoa smoke eruptions (it is difficult to control the air intake on it and have a consistent fire).
Is the difference between the Englander 30 NC and say... some of the more elegant looking NC stoves at 3 times the price primarily aesthetics or is there engineering making the stoves more expensive, other than the soap stones. For example, I wear a Timex Iron Man watch from Walmart I bought on sale for $19.00 about 2.5 years ago. My collegue wears a much nicer looking watch of which he paid much > $19.00. They both show time, are shock resistant/water resistant to 100 m/and have a back light (mine has more features than his). Of course, I don't think mine looks as good with a suit and tie as his, but it works and keeps working.
thanks for humoring the questions.
-Ray
When my Englander 24 (20 year old stove) is running steady at 400-550 degrees, there is little smoke output and mostly I see the heat waves coming off the pipe. When I look at the Hearthstone II (non-epa) running at the same temps, it varies from minimal smoke to pre-Krakatoa smoke eruptions (it is difficult to control the air intake on it and have a consistent fire).
Is the difference between the Englander 30 NC and say... some of the more elegant looking NC stoves at 3 times the price primarily aesthetics or is there engineering making the stoves more expensive, other than the soap stones. For example, I wear a Timex Iron Man watch from Walmart I bought on sale for $19.00 about 2.5 years ago. My collegue wears a much nicer looking watch of which he paid much > $19.00. They both show time, are shock resistant/water resistant to 100 m/and have a back light (mine has more features than his). Of course, I don't think mine looks as good with a suit and tie as his, but it works and keeps working.
thanks for humoring the questions.
-Ray