Woodstock PH burn time?

snaple4 said:

Those of you who have one, what burn times on low do you get? Do you still have a visible flame on low?

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No visible flame on "low" air handle all the way down but burns all the wood. A tad up - yes flames as Woodstock said to run it at. Burn times are relative, the stove is plenty warm for 8 hours with a full load, just coals remain. I have an outside air intake which may effect things (frigid air vs warm air - cooling the stove faster) a topic for discussion.

I have a strong draft so mines turned all the way down. Sometimes I have flames other times it's dark like a blaze king, it goes back and forth. I'm getting 10 hours with ash, did get longer with oak and hickory. I burn it at 500-550.

Burns longer if you fill it up..

In normal use, ~ 6 splits, it works overnight for me, say 8 to 10 hours.

At the very end, there's just a few coals, but the stove is still warm, say~250f

During these long runs, the splits are often black, glowing orange underneath

I rarely fill it to the brim, it's much too hot on all but the coldest nights

I get 8-12 hours on low. All depends on what species and moisture content of wood that I use. I don’t have a lot of draft. The low btu wood I’m burning is cottonwood and piss fir (sub alpine fir). I get 8-9 hours out of this. Stove top will be 225-250 and plenty of coals to reload.

Flames time depends a lot on what temperature I am reloading at. If I reload at 300 and shut it down, I might get 1/2 hour of secondaries. At 400 I might get a couple hours of lazy ghost flames. With this stove, giving it a tiny bit of air will give you nice flames.

I was hoping to hear some longer burns than this. That’s an awful lot of money for an 8 hour burn! I’m getting 8 hours out of my little Fireview.

webby3650 said:

I was hoping to hear some longer burns than this. That’s an awful lot of money for an 8 hour burn! I’m getting 8 hours out of my little Fireview.

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Sounds like it is working well for you. I am very happy with this stoves performance. It kicks out massive heat when I want it to and I easily get overnight burns with low quality wood. A blaze king isn’t going to get their famed 30 hour burns out of this wood. I can get 12 hours with the better wood and tight stacking. With my schedule, I rarely need to so I don’t bother.

I have got 14 hours out of a load of Russian olive, which is the closest thing I have to a hardwood around here. It is hard to get/ deal with so 8-9 hours it is. Lol

Joyboy said:

Sounds like it is working well for you. I am very happy with this stoves performance. It kicks out massive heat when I want it to and I easily get overnight burns with low quality wood. A blaze king isn’t going to get their famed 30 hour burns out of this wood. I can get 12 hours with the better wood and tight stacking. With my schedule, I rarely need to so I don’t bother.

I have got 14 hours out of a load of Russian olive, which is the closest thing I have to a hardwood around here. It is hard to get/ deal with so 8-9 hours it is. Lol

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In my climate I can get the 24/30 hour burns in my BK with low quality wood. Silver maple is about the crappiest wood we’ve got besides pine.

webby3650 said:

In my climate I can get the 24/30 hour burns in my BK with low quality wood. Silver maple is about the crappiest wood we’ve got besides pine.

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It's not a BK but 10 hour burns with the high heat output is good enough for me. I get 12 hours with better wood when it's not zero at night.

webby3650 said:

In my climate I can get the 24/30 hour burns in my BK with low quality wood. Silver maple is about the crappiest wood we’ve got besides pine.

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Pine is my good wood.

There is minimal to no flame on low in the PH. Your burn times will vary depending upon what type of wood and how much wood you are burning. Currently, I'm burning red oak and I get over 12 hours burn time with coals left at the end of this time.

Rearscreen said:

No visible flame on "low" air handle all the way down but burns all the wood. A tad up - yes flames as Woodstock said to run it at.

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They said to run it with flame all the time? I thought you could run the hybrids cat-only, with no flame..?

Burn time is relative depending on how much house you are heating, quality of insulation and air-sealing, type of wood you are burning, and outside temperature. With red maple and outside temps in the low 40s, I have gone 20 hours keeping 2400 sf at 70, with an easy relight from coals. Conversely, when it's -10 outside, and the PH is filled with black locust I have to reload every 6 hours to keep 70.