Lower efficiency too on those 30 boxes. I would rather have the higher efficiency and deep ash belly than the very slightly lower emissions. 0.8 grams difference, it’s not even the weight of a paperclip.
How I was I not paged?
I’ve done burns well over 30 hours (perhaps 36 hours?) on my Ashford 30’s (plural) running red oak. I’ve also done 4 - 6 hour burns on the same stoves, also with red oak. Set the dial for your desired heat output or burn time, let the thermostat do it’s thing, and enjoy even output over that duration.
I define the long burn times by how long I can keep the cat needle in the active range. I define the short burn times by how quickly I can get down to small coals (marble to golf ball) and reload.
I typically run one on 24-hour cycles, and the other runs 12-hour cycles during the week, sometimes stepping up to some sub-6 hour cycles on weekends. It’s all in the select-a-burn dial.
I did burn four cypress trees and one hemlock, recently, if that counts. I pushed them whole into a pile, and burned them in the back yard. [emoji41]Did you lay in some pine for this year? I am telling you, you will fall in love with pine in the coldest part of the year when you want to do a 4 hour burn and not end up with a stove full of coal.
A stove full of oak coals is fine if you want low heat or if you have a few hours to burn them down fast, but not so good if you want to pack the stove full of oak and go to bed!
For a better response, I'd post this in the BK Performance Thread. It's where all BK owners hang out. This thread is only being watched by a small faction of them, now.This is where the air damper is fully closed, the Actual cast surround is what stops it. It didn’t make sense because anything above this is still closed. I agree with the timing off comment. Can someone show me where it should stop. I’m starting to think my installer didn’t know what he was doing!
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For a better response, I'd post this in the BK Performance Thread. It's where all BK owners hang out. This thread is only being watched by a small faction of them, now.
I've had a cord of pine and hemlock in my racks for 5 years, one of these days I'm going to burn itI did burn four cypress trees and one hemlock, recently, if that counts. I pushed them whole into a pile, and burned them in the back yard. [emoji41]
I just split a walnut, and a hard maple, both of which fell in my next door neighbors yard and needed disposal. That’s about the closest to soft wood that I’ll ever take the time to split, with an essentially-unlimited supply of oak, hickory, and maple that I can’t find enough time to split already.
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Reading my own quote there, I meant to say "oak, hickory, and ash", not maple. Lots of ash dying here, the last 2-3 years. We're now where Michigan and Ohio were five years ago, with regard to EAB.I've had a cord of pine and hemlock in my racks for 5 years, one of these days I'm going to burn it
Just about all Ash has been dead here for 4 to 5 years.Reading my own quote there, I meant to say "oak, hickory, and ash", not maple. Lots of ash dying here, the last 2-3 years. We're now where Michigan and Ohio were five years ago, with regard to EAB.
That is very impressive. I can get 20h with my Princess with very ugly soft wood.Thirty hours is not unreasonable. We left the house yesterday at 0900 and returned today at 1230, about 27.5 hours. Temps out side were just above freezing overnight and 5C during the day. The house was still at 21C in the stove room and 18.5 C at the far ends of the house.
There was a small bit of unburned wood and lots of coals.
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