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Pallet Pete
Guest
This stove is very nice and really throws the heat however it is a pain to start. I love the box size and the heat the TL300 throws however the other morning I went to load it and it ended up taking 45 minutes to get the after burner to kick in. This happened while I had a 4 inch bed of coals already there! The problem seems to be the stove is starved for air so it looks like I am putting an outside air kit in after all. I am in amazement that a house as drafty as mine (1800's house) doesn't provide enough air for the stove. I can burn a full load down and have a huge bed of coal but the issue now is that the huge bed of coal will stop burning and start to turn black. We opened a window near the stove an wooosh it came to life and started to burn flawlessly. This is very strange to me non of the other stoves we have had needed outside air I guess this guy is a monster. Overall I love it compared to our previous stoves and can say when all burns right this stove goes all day. My first burn with it was perfect in every way it burned for 14 hours without a load and still had big bed of coals. The second load went for 11 hours and had a lot of coals now I am having issues keeping coals hot unless a window is open. AAAAA the joys of figuring out the new stove!
Pete
Pete