Well it was cold enough this morning to get a fire up and going.
I always hear how hard it is to get the Everburn system in a VC stove going. So this morning I timed it. Had some elm branchs laying around put them in the stove, hit them with the old propane torch for about 3 minutes. Put the air on full open, by pass open, door closed.
Came back in 15 minutes flue gas temps where 600 and had a good start on a coal bed. Filled the box with some splits, some small ones first and then larger. Came back in 10 minutes and flue gas temps where 650 and fire was going strong. Closed the by-pass down and heard a nice rumble as the Neverburn started up. Left the air wide open for 5 more minutes to get the refractory package up to temp.
Closed the air down and went outside to see if there was any smoke coming out of the chimney,just a hint of white smoke.
So in a half hour the Neverburn was up and doing its job. In 45 minutes everything was stable Flue gas temps of 400. And the stove top
625.
Life is good in the Resiburner household again.
I always hear how hard it is to get the Everburn system in a VC stove going. So this morning I timed it. Had some elm branchs laying around put them in the stove, hit them with the old propane torch for about 3 minutes. Put the air on full open, by pass open, door closed.
Came back in 15 minutes flue gas temps where 600 and had a good start on a coal bed. Filled the box with some splits, some small ones first and then larger. Came back in 10 minutes and flue gas temps where 650 and fire was going strong. Closed the by-pass down and heard a nice rumble as the Neverburn started up. Left the air wide open for 5 more minutes to get the refractory package up to temp.
Closed the air down and went outside to see if there was any smoke coming out of the chimney,just a hint of white smoke.
So in a half hour the Neverburn was up and doing its job. In 45 minutes everything was stable Flue gas temps of 400. And the stove top
625.
Life is good in the Resiburner household again.