Well, I just took advantage of some cooler weather this evening to open some windows and bake some paint. Fire lit well, after 30 minutes began toying with the air inlet, turned the blower on (whoa, blower throws a LOT of heat relative to not having the blower on).
My firebox is only 1.6 cu ft. Ok, I can see how a bigger box would be nice. But I think I can get by. For experimental sake, I grabbed an extra long log. I forgot to measure how long it was before shoving it in, but it fit. It was MUCH longer than the 16" log that followed (remembered to measure that one).
Using a double pythagorean, I figured out that the firebox could in theory accept 23" logs on the double-diagonal, despite being rated for 18".
One wouldn't want to do this regularly, but it's nice to be able to handle some long stuff.
My firebox is only 1.6 cu ft. Ok, I can see how a bigger box would be nice. But I think I can get by. For experimental sake, I grabbed an extra long log. I forgot to measure how long it was before shoving it in, but it fit. It was MUCH longer than the 16" log that followed (remembered to measure that one).
Using a double pythagorean, I figured out that the firebox could in theory accept 23" logs on the double-diagonal, despite being rated for 18".
One wouldn't want to do this regularly, but it's nice to be able to handle some long stuff.
