Since I actually got our wood stove installed (newbies)! We are looking at hitting below zero temps.....stove is full! I'm actually excited for it to be cold!
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A week old stove with below zero temps!
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Yep I did that last week when I first used it. But it's been going 24/7 since Tuesday!
Thislilfishy
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It'll take a while to get used to it. I have the 1400pl version of that stove(same firebox). It does NOT like wet wood, and it's taking me a while to get the most from it. I think it takes a bit longer to settle in, the dealer said you won't see the best from it until all the nooks and crannies are filled with ash. I am thinking he was right. Realistic burn times seems to be about 6 hours, with some small useful coals left at 8 hours for restarting with. Currently heating my two story drafty farmhouse with it, it's a bit cool on the second floor but perfect for sleeping. Typically the furnace kicks on in the morning before I go down to reload, now that it's just touching -10 at night here.
For the price I think it's a very good, simple woodstove.
Ian
For the price I think it's a very good, simple woodstove.
Ian
Yes I know what you mean, I wish burn times were a bit longer but it's been long enough to fill up before I head to work so the wife still has a toasty home, which she adds a few pieces through out the day. Sounds like we has the same house. We has a 1900s story and a half farmhouse 1600 sq ft and the worst of all is underneath the main floor, all uninsulated. Which I may have to take care of soon but otherwise the stove works great and keeps the house warm!
Mellery
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Real sheepskin slippers! We get ours from a sheep rancher's wife in Colorado. Hand makes each pair : )
(And nothing else keeps our feet warm). Some days, I wish I could wear them out lol
Like Ian, I run a 1400p and really like it. With quality wood I get burn times of 6 to 8 hr with temps in the upper 20s. The only time I really need to push it,
and consequently, get shorter burn times is when temps are in the teens.
I would think with a 1900 you would get longer burn times.
How are you loading your wood? With the ends running side to side or front to back? I tend to load my front to back.
Additionally, my baffles cracked and I replaced them with fire brick. I didn't notice a increase in burn time however I noticed a decrease in ash.
As a reference, I have a 2400 sqft well insulated house.
and consequently, get shorter burn times is when temps are in the teens.
I would think with a 1900 you would get longer burn times.
How are you loading your wood? With the ends running side to side or front to back? I tend to load my front to back.
Additionally, my baffles cracked and I replaced them with fire brick. I didn't notice a increase in burn time however I noticed a decrease in ash.
As a reference, I have a 2400 sqft well insulated house.
What is considered burn time ? Does it mean when the coals are gone? Maybe my does have longer burn time,
loading n-s so yes front to back with larger splits so ideally it would last longer, get the stove up to temp and slowly adjust the air control to eventually it's in the low poistion.
Last night got down to -8 and I woke up at 3:30 after going to bed at 9:30 so 6 hrs and I put a few more splits in cause the house had a little chill but I still had a nice coal bed, I probably load the stove for the night around 8:30ish
The wood we are burning now is seasoned (2 years) oak and maple. I have about 2 cords of that but I need to get into the woods and start cUtting some more.
We just moved into this house so I did not have much time to get wood together!
Loading e-w will usually last longer. Harder for the air to get to the back of the stove that way.
Ok that makes sense but I never thought of loading it that way since I can fit longer splits n-s. Thanks for the tip
Thislilfishy
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You're not far off. I put my last load in about 10pm. Go to bed with the kitchen at 25 degrees roughly and wake up (last night was about -9ish) with the furnace on at 17.5 degrees at 8am. Typically I can find plenty of coals to restart with. Also, the type of wood I load up with at night greatly determines the amount of coal left over, wet wood leaves big chunks of coal, dry maple leaves a small amount of coals just large enough to restart with. Also leaving the air open a bit (about 1.5 looking straight down the front) helps to burn everything down to small coals. If I close it right down to low then I end up with larger coals left over. It really needs a lot of experimentation. Watch this stove with really dry wood, she will take off! Keep some wet wood handy if she takes off on ya, throwing in a chunk of wet wood will bring temps back down in about 10 minutes. I just now touched a flue temp at 900 degrees (probe) and tossed a chunk of wet black walnut in there, temp back at a more comfortable 600. I had a load of very dry maple in there sitting on a bed of hot coals, she caught me not looking and wanted to see if I'd notice I guess....
Ian
Thislilfishy,
I think you're talking indoor temps in degrees Celsius, but stove temps in Fahrenheit, right?
I think you're talking indoor temps in degrees Celsius, but stove temps in Fahrenheit, right?
Thislilfishy
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Thanks for the tip, I tried it this morning and it seemed to last longer loading e-w
wildwildwest
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wildwildwest
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we just did the same thing with an Englander, too cold for more break in fires. Hoping both of us end up ok and haven't damaged our stoves.
Last night I loaded up the stove with "larger overnight" splits as 930. Shut the supply air off at 945. Stove top was around 750 or so. I got up a 515 the stove top was at 300.
The house was at 65 and the outside temp was 19.
The house was at 65 and the outside temp was 19.
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