Just purchased a Harman Oakleaf last night to heat ~1,300 sq ft in a well insulated home. Small stove (1.7 cu ft firebox) but per Harman it will run for up to 17 hours due to secondary burn technology. I doubt this but will be happy as long as it burns through the night. Does anyone have this stove and is willing to share some feedback?
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17 hrs is very optimistic marketing. There's a big difference between having a few hot coals left over and a stove still producing meaningful heat.
Member branchburner has the Oakwood and has several posts on the stove. Use the search function in the upper right to find posts about the stove.
Hi, welcome to the forums. Sorry, but you won't be seeing what could realistically be called 17 hour burns... look to a catalytic stove for that. But with dry wood and good (but not too good) draft you should get a pretty long burn and plenty of heat.
How dry and what species is your wood, and is the stove vented into a 6" liner? Those will be important factors for ease of burning. You will find there is a bit of a learning curve in getting a good coal bed that provides a hot enough firebox to closes the bypass and sustain a secondary burn in the rear of the stove.
If you have an IR thermometer gun, you can monitor temps of the flue, stove top, and rear of the stove where the AB (afterburner) is located. This will be helpful both in knowing when to close the damper and if the AB stalls out. It will also help keep you from overfiring the stove, which this type of stove is sometimes prone to if the draft is excessively strong.
Good luck, and keep posting with any questions.
How dry and what species is your wood, and is the stove vented into a 6" liner? Those will be important factors for ease of burning. You will find there is a bit of a learning curve in getting a good coal bed that provides a hot enough firebox to closes the bypass and sustain a secondary burn in the rear of the stove.
If you have an IR thermometer gun, you can monitor temps of the flue, stove top, and rear of the stove where the AB (afterburner) is located. This will be helpful both in knowing when to close the damper and if the AB stalls out. It will also help keep you from overfiring the stove, which this type of stove is sometimes prone to if the draft is excessively strong.
Good luck, and keep posting with any questions.
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