Howdy,
New to this forum and to wood stoves. Needless to say I love it.
1st 1/2 of winter I burned mostly seasoned ash and very dead red oak. Smaller sized splits from standing dead stock on my land.
The ashes produced from this mix were very fine and I would not have to empty stove very often at all.
NOW
I burn seasoned suger maple, larger splits. The stuff burns HOT, big difference to the stuff I was burning before - but I am left with very large 1/2 dollar sized coals that really dont break down into ash. After a day or two I have to empty the stove.
Maybe I'm reloading the stove to quick? Not sure.
Can anyone impart thier knowledge upon me.... My Jotul 3TD is small, so a huge buildup of coals makes using the thing a real mess.
Tx!
G-
New to this forum and to wood stoves. Needless to say I love it.
1st 1/2 of winter I burned mostly seasoned ash and very dead red oak. Smaller sized splits from standing dead stock on my land.
The ashes produced from this mix were very fine and I would not have to empty stove very often at all.
NOW
I burn seasoned suger maple, larger splits. The stuff burns HOT, big difference to the stuff I was burning before - but I am left with very large 1/2 dollar sized coals that really dont break down into ash. After a day or two I have to empty the stove.
Maybe I'm reloading the stove to quick? Not sure.
Can anyone impart thier knowledge upon me.... My Jotul 3TD is small, so a huge buildup of coals makes using the thing a real mess.
Tx!
G-