Charnwood Skye 700 - automatic wood burner

[begreen]

It's pricey, but attractive and functional in a way that few stoves can match.

Skye 7 Wood Burning Stove - Charnwood Stoves

Intelligent wood burningSimplifying the art of wood burning. Load, light and relax as the stove takes care of the rest.The Skye E700 is a new intelligent micro processor controlled stove that is set to revolutionise the way we burn wood. Load the fire, close the door and let the stove do the...

www.charnwood.com

This fellow's woodstove videos can be a bit dorky at times, but it does show off the capabilities of the stove.

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[bigealta]

Nice socks dude.
I'm not buying the efficiency claims, Where are the secondaries?
Looks like the pandero stove ctreitzell has.

 

[begreen]

I saw secondaries burning around 9:57 and even better at 10:50. The air for them comes from the holes at the top third of the back. Unfortunately, for most of the video he is burning a pretty low fire. As for specs and testing, I think that's on their website. Charnwood has been making stoves for about 50 yrs. They have a good rep. European testing is different, but they list the tested efficiency at 89%.

https://www.charnwood.com/files/documents/DoP/DoP-DU200.pdf

The big selling point is that as long as it is fed good dry firewood, it takes care of the rest and does it cleanly. There's no tending the fire, or riding the air control, or waiting to close the bypass damper. That is a boon to new burners. My main concern is how robust is this technology and how well will it stand up over time?

 

[bigealta]

I saw secondaries burning around 9:57 and even better at 10:50. The air for them comes from the holes at the top third of the back. Unfortunately, for most of the video he is burning a pretty low fire. As for specs and testing, I think that's on their website. Charnwood has been making stoves for about 50 yrs. They have a good rep. European testing is different, but they list the tested efficiency at 89%.

https://www.charnwood.com/files/documents/DoP/DoP-DU200.pdf

The big selling point is that as long as it is fed good dry firewood, it takes care of the rest and does it cleanly. There's no tending the fire, or riding the air control, or waiting to close the bypass damper. That is a boon to new burners. My main concern is how robust is this technology and how well will it stand up over time?

Ok would be good to see a better burn video then. This guy, i've seen many of his, has that brit BS salesman talk talk talk style that makes you want to barf.

I do like the big window and would love to see a real fire burning in it.

 

[begreen]

This promo video has better fire shots including some secondary closeups.

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[Pinesmoke]

I would think there is a lot of electronics living in some pretty extreme temperature swings. I wonder if it can be run manually when something dies and can be bypassed when it gets flaky.

 

[bigealta]

Ha yeah i also just watched that aussie video. It was better for sure but still a highly produced beauty shot ad.

I could not find a regular guy reviewing one yet.

I'm sure someone will pop up sooner or later.

looks like it's $6K Canadian dollars.

 

[stoveliker]

I sent it to my dad.
He's 82 and this might be useful when he needs a new stove.

I think it's cool, but I want to have a stove that I can run when the power is out.

 

[bigealta]

This looks like a stove for the Powder Mountain "Tech Bros" that buy $1.5 million 1 room tiny "Mod" slopeside cabins.
The ones that are used maybe once or twice a year by the dweebs that want to feel they are cool.
I've got news "Bros".

 

[stoveliker]

No, it's stove marketed for European and urban folks.

 

[begreen]

I sent it to my dad.
He's 82 and this might be useful when he needs a new stove.

I think it's cool, but I want to have a stove that I can run when the power is out.

I have the same concern. The stove does have a battery backup for power outages though I don't know how long that is good for.

 

[stoveliker]

In fairness maybe one can control the air manually when the power is out, at the cost of some lower efficiency - but I didn't read the documentation on their website.

 

[begreen]

I would think there is a lot of electronics living in some pretty extreme temperature swings. I wonder if it can be run manually when something dies and can be bypassed when it gets flaky.

There's also firewood sitting under the firebox, indicating fairly good heat shielding. The electronics are likely low and well shielded too.

 

[bigealta]

No, it's stove marketed for European and urban folks.

Exactly

 

[begreen]

In fairness maybe one can control the air manually when the power is out, at the cost of some lower efficiency - but I didn't read the documentation on their website.

I'm going over the manual now. In the event of an outage, the stove continues at the current setting. The electronics run on 9v which an external source can supply for continued electronic control. There is a "power cut mode" that the stove can be put in for manual operation, which like you note, will not be as efficient.

One thing I notice is that it has input for a room temp thermocouple. This permits the user to set the desired room temp in the app and let the stove figure out how to maintain it.

 

[bigealta]

 

[stoveliker]

One thing I notice is that it has input for a room temp thermocouple. This permits the user to set the desired room temp in the app and let the stove figure out how to maintain it.

Now that is a feature I can appreciate, because the thermostat I have is a mere output regulator.

 

[Todd]

It’s combustion efficiency not heat transfer efficiency. I think that’s the way they state it over there for all their stoves. I asked him about that awhile ago.

 

[stoveliker]

HHV is 77%