I have a Century Heating Whistler stove, 110,000 BTU. And everyone here talks about their EPA stoves, secondary tubes, cats, and all that. Just wondered if anyone else is running something like mine and what are your experiences.
Thanks!
Thanks!
nola mike said:Not in this forum. Go to https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewforum/30/
I personally preferred it when both forums were together...
xjcamaro said:I have a Century Heating Whistler stove, 110,000 BTU. And everyone here talks about their EPA stoves, secondary tubes, cats, and all that. Just wondered if anyone else is running something like mine and what are your experiences.
Thanks!
I had a non-EPA stove until this season. Mine had controls on it, where yours does not. Do you have a thermometer on the stovetop? 2hrs seems like you might be hitting super high temps! If you do not have a damper over the stove, then I would get one and mess with closing it a little after you get your burn going. If you do have a damper, then maybe get another. It wouldn't be horribly strange to have two in a row on a stove with no adjustments!xjcamaro said:My stove burns through the wood fast too. But im lucky if i get a 2hr burn on a load, but maybe im not loading completely correct. I just know how to work my stove to get max heat out of it quickly. Because we only burn in the evenings and weekends so its quick and hot. But definately saves on oil.
It really looks as if you are doing what I would be doing for burning. Those temps you are giving sound appropriate. I don't know what overfire is for your stove, but I would guess that keeping it under 650-700 would be best. If it gets over 750 then you should start doing something to reduce temps.xjcamaro said:Danno, that is where i got my stove from, Northern Tool. Now i dont know if many people have ordered stoves from there, but it ended up being a extremely easy process from online order to setting the stove in place.
xjcamaro said:My stove burns through the wood fast too. But im lucky if i get a 2hr burn on a load, but maybe im not loading completely correct. I just know how to work my stove to get max heat out of it quickly. Because we only burn in the evenings and weekends so its quick and hot. But definately saves on oil.
Firebox Size W x D (in.): 22 3/4 x 14 1/2
xjcamaro said:Now last year we burned from Oct 1st through basically the end of April and used about 3 cords. Now i dont care if i would go through 6 cords because what i pay for a cord of slab wood that i use greatly out-weighs the price of oil. I can burn all i want all winter for under $100 in wood. So even if i doubled that i would still be saving a boat load of money.
pen said:Growing Pains guys. If it weren't for the seperation of some things, threads get completely lost as there would be 3 pages worth of new threads in one room per day. The "cream" stays at the top. Trying to keep more threads up in that range is the goal. Just happens with more and more members which is a good problem IMO!
pen
leeave96 said:nola mike said:Not in this forum. Go to https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewforum/30/
I personally preferred it when both forums were together...
+1
I also liked it when you could post pictures and chat about your stove in this forum without having it moved or closed. Now you got to visit multiple forums to keep-up. It makes it harder to have a continuous conversation with everyone. I should think if it is woodstove related, chat, pictures, advice, etc. it would be in one place - but it ain't my forum - which is probably a good thing...
Bill
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