spudman99
Feeling the Heat
Remember @Pisano772 is asking about the blower on an insert. Completely different experience from a free stander and there really is no comparison.
Blower high or low on insert?
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Thank you. It turned on shortly after I wrote this. This is the first time I’m really using this insert. I only got about 4 hrs of burn time. Thought I would get a lot more. I heard the first few burns may burn wood faster then normal. Any truth to that? Or any tips to get more burn time. Thanks
Good. The insert will burn better once an ashbed has built up. Did you reload the stove to keep it going?
It takes a while to get used to a new stove or insert. Your times will improve with experience.
I let it burn out too much I think. I’m new to this so what is the best way to get it restarted. There were only a few pieces of coal on the bottom. Should that be enough for me to load wood back in?
Get it crankin'! Better to get it roar'n and set it back, then gradually get it up to speed and maintain. As @bergeen says, as long as you got good wood, open that bypass and air control, and get a good established burn going. As you get comfortable, use the size of the split and how many you stuff in there to gauge how it all reacts.
To get it started Quicker turn the blower to manual within a few minutes you should hear a click then move back to auto.
OP, how do you like the regency ci2700? I'm considering it as a replacemen. Any maintenance issues?
very old post but i find that in my case its the EXACT OPPOSITE! i get more heat output and the temperature within the stove drops when fan at LOW. when fan is high, the air output is relative cooler and the temperature in the box (thermostat) actually increases. from my observation my rooms heats faster and hotter at low than high. i found this forum as i am researching online how or why this could be. unless my observations are totally wrong??
If the stove is cruising at a steady state (heat generation from combustion = heat lost up the stack and into the room), and everything else is held constant (air supply, draft, etc), then increasing the fan speed increases the heat transfer rate from the stove to the room. The temperature of the air coming out of the blower will drop, but this is more than offset by the increased flow rate. Meanwhile, immediately after changing the fan speed, inside the firebox the rate of heat production is unchanged. So the temperature of the firebox will start to drop in response to the shift in energy balance. The stove will settle down to a new steady state condition in which the firebox is cooler and the combustion rate is lower to reestablish the balance between heat generation and heat conduction out of the firebox. That part is just the First Law of Thermodynamics (i.e. conservation of energy).
Usually, the net result will be more heat output to the room in the new steady state condition. But if the firebox temperature drops so low that the combustion efficiency plummets, the opposite can be true. The main risk here is losing secondary combustion in a tube stove, or having the cat go out in a catalytic stove. Maybe that's what you are observing?
-Jim
Usually, the net result will be more heat output to the room in the new steady state condition. But if the firebox temperature drops so low that the combustion efficiency plummets, the opposite can be true. The main risk here is losing secondary combustion in a tube stove, or having the cat go out in a catalytic stove. Maybe that's what you are observing?
-Jim
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