We installed a brand new 30NC wood stove. Wondering why the stove isn’t heating the home. The stove is installed in the basement with a flex liner up the chimney. The chimney length is 20ft with a 3 ft horizontal run. I have a good draft , wood burns clean. I can only get the stove to 500 degrees, when I turn on the fan on the stove the temperature drops on the stove to 400 degrees. I am burning seasoned oak. Any advice .
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I don’t have much luck with oak with less than two years of seasoning.
I have to season oak two years for it to be burnable. Three years works a lot better.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
I'm also a 3 year minimum on split oak, my split size averages between 5&6" per split, I can def burn it at 2 yrs, but there is a night and day difference between 2 & 3 years on red and white oak.
MAD MARK
Feeling the Heat
Make sure the baffles are aligned properly and also, check if they are even there. Recently had a thread where person was missing them.
jetsam
Minister of Fire
Oak takes 3 years to dry when split, stacked, and topcovered around here. You have classic wet wood symptoms.
If it was me, I'd hit the woods and look for some dead standing/leaning pine. You can also find dead oak that burns ok, but it seems like a waste because if you split it and let it dry for another year, it'd burn great.
That said, my first year in this house, I burned whatever dead leaning stuff the woods gave me!
If it was me, I'd hit the woods and look for some dead standing/leaning pine. You can also find dead oak that burns ok, but it seems like a waste because if you split it and let it dry for another year, it'd burn great.
That said, my first year in this house, I burned whatever dead leaning stuff the woods gave me!
Bought a moisture tester today. All the seasoned wood is at a moisture level of on average 6.2%. Trying another fire tonight. Will see what happens.
jetsam
Minister of Fire
You would need to live in a desert to have 6% wood.
Warm the wood up to 70° (just leave it inside overnight), split it, and test on the fresh split.
Honestly, I have a meter but I don't use it anymore. You can tell dry oak by weight, appearance when you split it (when dry, the grain on a fresh split is the same light color as the dry grain outside), and how it burns (dry oak catches right away on hot coals, and it doesn't hiss or sizzle).
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blacktail
Minister of Fire
You need to split a piece and check the middle. 100% guaranteed your wood is not 6%.
I will do what y’all suggest. I am burning 4 year old walnut and oak tonight and have the stove up to 620 and holding. Thanks for all the suggestions. Hoping for a 700-750 burn.
620 feels good but this stove is happy to run hotter and output is significantly more at higher temperature though probably less efficient.
6.2% is not right, anything under 20% is great for a noncat like this. Split a bit smaller for high burnnrate. Say 3-5 inches across.
6.2% is not right, anything under 20% is great for a noncat like this. Split a bit smaller for high burnnrate. Say 3-5 inches across.
Yep, look for little dead-standing trees <8" with the bark fallen off. It will be burnable, even Oak.
Check the manual for the high temp recomendation is for this stove. Could be less than 700-750. Whenever my 30 reaches those temps i start that noisy fan to bleed off some heat.
