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Do you mean like the Greenstart option for some Lopis? SuperCedars work for me in shoulder season. 24/7 burning means hot coals ready for the next start.
It's so easy to start a fire! I can't imagine needing any more assistance than a lighter and a small fire starter of some sort.
The Greenstart from Lopi is the only mechanical starter that I'm aware of. It needs electricity and costs over $300! It's noisy and I'm predicting it will be unreliable after a few years. I don't see the need for it at all.
The Greenstart from Lopi is the only mechanical starter that I'm aware of. It needs electricity and costs over $300! It's noisy and I'm predicting it will be unreliable after a few years. I don't see the need for it at all.
What I'm looking for is something electric and therefore could be scheduled. A hole drilled and an injector installed doesn't sound like it should cost 3k.
OK, I have no problem starting a fire manually. I'm looking to have the fire started automatically about an hour before I get up.
Assuming you had a load sitting in the stove all night, wouldn't the fire be out of control much of that time?
Nick Mystic
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When I start a fire I am always with the stove to make the necessary adjustments to my primary air until I have the fire well established. Most stoves require a wide open primary to get a fire going, but then the air is turned down a lot sooner than an hour later. I think you would need a thermostatically controlled air control for your idea to be practical.
You may be able to adapt the Lopei Green start parts to your stove with a timer, probably $400+ in parts.
For an unattended start-up, you would also need an automatic air control to close the air control as the flue temp increased to avoid over firing.
All could be done, but not a simple or inexpensive project.
For an unattended start-up, you would also need an automatic air control to close the air control as the flue temp increased to avoid over firing.
All could be done, but not a simple or inexpensive project.
Nick Mystic
Minister of Fire
My regency insert is small and in the morning I usually burn the first load with wide open air and high fan at least 1 hour into the burn. I want the fire started at 6:30, I get up at 7:30 and then could tend the stove.
There is a door between the common area and the bedrooms where we sleep, we close that door. The heat really doesn't flow into the hallway and bedrooms. I let the stove in the common area go out at about midnight and restart in the morning. My biggest stove is 1.5 cup ft, so all night burn is not possible, even if it were, nobody is the common area from 12:30 to 7 am anyway.
I'll try that and let you know how it works.Just get the wife to get up an hour early and start the fire!
Uh, that didn't go so well.
It's a shame you ended up with a small insert. What pigeon holed you into something that size? It may be safer, smarter, cheaper in the long run to upgrade the insert if you could fit it.
The smaller insert was there when we bought the house. I added a bigger insert on the other side of the chimney. But size and burn time isn't the issue. I wouldn't burn overnight in that half of the house anyway, as nobody is there.
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