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I found the same thing with the magnetic thermometer on the stove pipe. I bought a Klein IR gun and found the Rutland was off about 150F too low/cold.
Alderlea T6 - First Weekend
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Hi New T6 owner,
I have had my T6 for a little over a year. When I already have a hot coal bed and then fill her up to the gills full of good dry oak/ash/hickory I quickly get up to 650-almost 700 temps. I wouldn't worry about the 725. I don't know what truly qualifies for an "overnight burn", but if I filler her up at 9pm and go to sleep (early to bed at my house), I usually wake up at 4AM to a real hot bed of glowing embers. So that is about 7 hours. Stove top temps still above 200 (sometimes the cats will park themselves on the little wings that pivot out at this point). I then load it up at 4 so when my wife gets up at 6:30 the downstairs is to her liking.
Its a great stove. I got an Outside Air Kit (OAK) for mine this year and can already tell that their are a lot less drafts in the old house this winter. I'm sold on the OAK.
Good luck burning!
PS. If you have a teakettle, when the stove is at full burn (700 is) it will boil water in like 3 minutes. Fastest tea in the east.
littlespark
I have had my T6 for a little over a year. When I already have a hot coal bed and then fill her up to the gills full of good dry oak/ash/hickory I quickly get up to 650-almost 700 temps. I wouldn't worry about the 725. I don't know what truly qualifies for an "overnight burn", but if I filler her up at 9pm and go to sleep (early to bed at my house), I usually wake up at 4AM to a real hot bed of glowing embers. So that is about 7 hours. Stove top temps still above 200 (sometimes the cats will park themselves on the little wings that pivot out at this point). I then load it up at 4 so when my wife gets up at 6:30 the downstairs is to her liking.
Its a great stove. I got an Outside Air Kit (OAK) for mine this year and can already tell that their are a lot less drafts in the old house this winter. I'm sold on the OAK.
Good luck burning!
PS. If you have a teakettle, when the stove is at full burn (700 is) it will boil water in like 3 minutes. Fastest tea in the east.
littlespark
Littlespark said:
Any water on the stove top will cause rust, "been there, done that" and if you walk away, the sound of a kettle boiling over onto a 700 degree stove top will scare the bejesus out of you-- also "been there, done that".
IMHO, the kettle for humidity is a waste of effort and can damage the cast iron/steel. Heating temporarily for tea etc -- at your own risk.
We have a 4 quart pot on the top of the trivet. It evaporates the water in about a day when burning 24/7. Haven't spilt a drop yet.
BeGreen said:
Big open top kettle on the trivits, sure. A tea kettle directly on top of the stove, no
madison said:
I have placed my 6 qt. porcelain coated dutch oven directly on the stove top with no problem but I don't use the cover.. I can steam off over a gallon a day this way..
Ray
raybonz said:
This is your first yr with the stove? If you are unlucky , this summer you will see the rust appear around the area where the pot sits.
madison said:
The bottom of the pot stays dry so no rust.. Worse case a little stove paint would correct it.. The pot is not boiling however sometimes I pour too fast and a little will splatter but evaporates instantly.. Most of the time I place the pot on the trivet top so far so good..
Ray
raybonz said:
thats what i thought, the overspray, spritz etc will eventually lead to rust spots
certified106 said:Congrats on the T6How are you adjusting to the change coming from a Resolute? In this weather I have consistently been going between 14-16 hours and still relighting from coals and I couldn't be happier!
I'm adjusting very well. The biggest difference is that you can't shut the air down as well. On the resolute I could flip the bypass damper and turn the air way down and immediately have a very slow burn. With the T6, even with the air down all the way, I still have decent flames. This is probably a combination of 25' of straight chimney, and fast burning poplar. Stove top temps are staying reasonable though, now that I have my IR thermometer. We are having unusually warm weather here in Alberta, just above freezing in the the day, with lows of minus 10 celcius, (14 F). Normally I would not even bother to start a fire, but I love this stove so much, the first thing I do when I get home is to start it. I'm only adding 3 or 4 small to medium splits when I go to bed around 11, and when I go for my pee break around 3, I still have lots of burning embers, and the house is toasty. I hope we have another cold snap so I can see what this stove can do. Another difference is how quickly you can get a nice hot fire with amazing secondaries in just a matter of minutes. Thanks to this forum, I made the right decision. Love my T6!
That's a great observation Ash Man. The difference between your old Resolute and the T6 is momentum. True, the T6 won't brake as quickly. It's trying to keep burning cleanly in spite of reduce speed being called from the bridge. Fortunately the mass of the stove buffers the slower response so that in practice, the heat output and room comfort are remarkably uniform. It's a different burning experience, but now on season 3 I'm really appreciating the flexibility and temperate nature of this stove. It's good to hear it's working well for you too.
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