I usually don't close down the air to less than half, I like to keep it hot and not create creasalte how much wood am I wasting? At night I will load up at 10pm and still have hot coals at 5 am when I get up,plus I don't like dirty glass if I choke down.
plus I don't like dirty glass if I choke down.
If you're getting dirty glass when you close down your stove, most likely your wood is not at ideal MC.
With a shallow firebox you can probably get away with closing it down withhout smoking the glass. But with a deep firebox you are going to smolder the stuff in the back late in the burn and with the primary closed all the way there isn't enough airwash to overcome the smoke and you crap up the glass.
With every Jotul stove I have ever seen they loved about 1/4 air. In fact so does my big Englander.
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