Breaking in the new Quad

[Wilbursan]

Quadrafire 3100 Millennium.

I lit my second fire of the season, this time a little larger to get the stink out of it. Definitely stunk a little bit but not nearly as bad as I expected. A question about temperatures: how hot should I normally shoot for? I'm thinking keep it around 350 or so. I had pretty good secondaries going around that temp so everything looked pretty good. I only ask because it really wanted to go higher than that - I had to cut the air almost off when it got to 400 or it would have kept going. And I see a lot of people here talking of 5-600 degrees. That would scare me to death.

Also, I'm measuring the stove pipe right at the stove top and getting basically the same temps. Of course it drops as I go up, down to around 220 or so (this is double-wall pipe). I've been checking the chimney temps too and they never went over 71 degrees at the lowest point I could reach (just as it came into the attic). Does this all sound about right?

 

[begreen]

You'll need to take it up to 500F stovetop temp to bake in the paint. That is an easy cruising temp for this stove.

 

[Wilbursan]

Well okey doke.

Is there a good online source for accessories? I guess I'll be needing a chimney brush and a temperature gauge and probably something to keep the cat away from it.

 

[Jags]

That cat will do just fine on its own. Don't be afraid of 500F stove top for that unit. You ain't hurting it a bit. Keep the stove south of 700 and it will be a happy home heater for a long time.

 

[matt1@]

Mine cruises at 500-550 with full load of 6" diameter splits. I know you've invested a good amount of money and are probably a little leery of temps, but like jags and begreen said 500F is fine. I find mine burns best around 550. I have seen 700 degrees on stovetop for a short time when my wife thought a whole bunch of small pieces filled to the brim with air all the way open was a good idea since it "wasn't that cold outside". My cat had to take his fur off and put on shorts

 

[Sconnie Burner]

You'll love the stove! I have one and can keep a 2200 square foot split entry home built in 2004 nice and toasty at 72-75 on low once the secondaries are cranking! I try to run mine between 600-675. If it starts going over that, I just crank the blower on high to cool it down. I don't get nervous until it starts creeping up on 800. And even then as long as it stars drooping with the fan on it will be fine.

 

[Quentin2]

Figured I'd post a pic of my father in laws new quad. I believe it's a 3100 limited, it's got 3 soapstone tiles on each side. He just sent me this pic he lives in a small cabin in Fairbanks, ak. They've been having issues with poor air quality in town. Some sort of incentive if a new stove will cut your emmisions in half they give you money on a trade in. His old stove was one of the smaller hearthstones from early 2000's. I guess his decision came down to this and one of the 20 series blaze kings.