Any other 1.8cu ft stove users out there

[mellow]

Just curious what kind of burn times your getting out of your 1.8 cu ft firebox? Mine so far is about 3.5-4 hours between load to having hot coals.


Offtopic: I can say one difference I notice between cat vs non-cat, my Sierra Cat stove was the same size firebox and could easily do 6 hours with very usable coals, and that was with an old cat.

 

[bluefrier]

Used to get anywhere from 4-6 with hardwoods, sometimes 8 if everything was just right. Now I have a healthy coal bed after 8hrs after modifying the unregulated holes in the stove. Stove still running clean BTW.

 

[Todd]

If I measure the usable space in my fire box it comes in at about 1.8cu ft and I can get 8-12 hr burns out of her. Measure you fire box, it may be smaller than you think, some manufactures include the space above the baffle or right up against the glass. If you can get an 8 hour burn out of a less than 2cu ft box your doing pretty good imho.

 

[realstihl]

Try some hedge (osage orange). It will make a difference, that's if it's available.

 

[carinya]

Used to get anywhere from 4-6 with hardwoods, sometimes 8 if everything was just right. Now I have a healthy coal bed after 8hrs after modifying the unregulated holes in the stove. Stove still running clean BTW.

Hey bluefrier, I just bought a 13-NC....where do I find the "unregulated holes in the stove" ?

Thanks

 

[mellow]

The problem I have is the stove cruises at 550 with the air control pushed all the way in, eats the wood up pretty quick. I know this is all in the EPA design but I would be happy for it to run in the 400 range, if that means modifying the air intake than so be it, I will have to look into that. My firebox will only fit 4 small splits in it, and that is putting it up to the tubes on top!

 

[PunKid8888]

I am getting a solid 6hrs on the englander 13, with some less then ideal wood, not fully seasoned, and smaller in size. I am expecting closer 8hrs once we really get into winter and I start burning my good firewood. I cruise around 550 stove top for the first hour then it settles in around 400-450 for the next few hours and slowly working down to about 250-300F at point of reload. I then rekindle the fire with a few peices of bark followed by the next load of fire wood. It takes 25mins or so to get back upto 550F

 

[Wood Duck]

Try some hedge (osage orange). It will make a difference, that's if it's available.

Mellow is over here in the east, where we have tons of hardwood, but hedge is rare. Hedge almost never grows wild this far east, and really isn't planted very commonly. I know of only a few scattered Osage Orange trees within a few miles of my home in central PA, and I don't think they are much more common in MD. I may never burn hedge, and mellow is in the same boat, I fear. Hedge will grow here, but it is rare.

 

[treehackers]

Used to get anywhere from 4-6 with hardwoods, sometimes 8 if everything was just right. Now I have a healthy coal bed after 8hrs after modifying the unregulated holes in the stove. Stove still running clean BTW.

Hey bluefrier, I just bought a 13-NC....where do I find the "unregulated holes in the stove" ?

Thanks

I think they are each side of the where the blower goes

 

[tickbitty]

Did the Sierra stove seat almost completely in the fireplace like this one, or was it more of a hearth sitter? Just curious whether that would make any difference.

 

[Fsappo]

On the Enerzone 1.8 after loading a full charge of wood onto a bed of coals and with the air shut down, 6 hours or so to a bed of coals and a stove top thats about 200 degrees.

 

[mellow]

I guess my definition should be refined for burn time, I am talking 4 hours going from a nice hot coal to a nice hot coal bed, stove top still at about 350, once I hit around 300 the blower will turn off. I could get about 5-6 hours if you are counting going all the way down to 300 stove top temp.

Of course I am burning hardwoods, mostly oak that has been seasoned for over a year, no problem getting up to 550-600 with the air turned down as far as I can go.

I see from the replies I should be able to get more time this winter, my testing so far has only been about 1 night of temps in the lower 30's and another night with temps in the lower 40's so I guess you can say this is a trial.

 

[mellow]

Did the Sierra stove seat almost completely in the fireplace like this one, or was it more of a hearth sitter? Just curious whether that would make any difference.

It was about the same size wise and how much it sat into the fireplace.

 

[bluefrier]

Used to get anywhere from 4-6 with hardwoods, sometimes 8 if everything was just right. Now I have a healthy coal bed after 8hrs after modifying the unregulated holes in the stove. Stove still running clean BTW.

Hey bluefrier, I just bought a 13-NC....where do I find the "unregulated holes in the stove" ?

Thanks

Two little holes in the front (bottom) of the firebox. That little "doghouse" thing that stick up at the bottom of the door in the center which usually cut the front logs in half.

 

[53flyer]

The problem I have is the stove cruises at 550 with the air control pushed all the way in, eats the wood up pretty quick. I know this is all in the EPA design but I would be happy for it to run in the 400 range, if that means modifying the air intake than so be it, I will have to look into that. My firebox will only fit 4 small splits in it, and that is putting it up to the tubes on top!

I guess my definition should be refined for burn time, I am talking 4 hours going from a nice hot coal to a nice hot coal bed, stove top still at about 350, once I hit around 300 the blower will turn off. I could get about 5-6 hours if you are counting going all the way down to 300 stove top temp.

Of course I am burning hardwoods, mostly oak that has been seasoned for over a year, no problem getting up to 550-600 with the air turned down as far as I can go.

I see from the replies I should be able to get more time this winter, my testing so far has only been about 1 night of temps in the lower 30's and another night with temps in the lower 40's so I guess you can say this is a trial.

If you're loading it "up to the tubes", burning hardwood, and at "550-600 with the air turned down as far as I can go" it sounds like you're already maxing your results right? If you can't take any more air away from the fuel it's not going to burn any slower right? Also, I thought I'd read that draft usually increase as temp differentials (colder OAT) increase and that would also speed up the burn rate right?

 

[mellow]

I am not sure if draft gets better the colder it is or if it baselines at a certain temp, I do know that you will get better draft in 40 F vs 60 F.

The winters around here its usually in the 30-40's with some days in the 20's and below.

 

[mellow]

If you can't take any more air away from the fuel it's not going to burn any slower right?

You are correct, only way to do that would be to modify the air intake. I am looking into this.