We had cold snap b4 Christmas that hit -44 celcius(Yes that is below -40 F). I was running it pretty good then.
It is -30 here so yep, keeping it stoked every 3-4 hours. My internal stove temps(as measured with laser therm) are usually between 600-700 D Far. Sometimes a little more but that is approaching over-firing.
I just got up in the middle of night to use facilities, and decided to stoke my stove. It will usually burn through the night but after 2-3 hours the BTU output drops off significantly.
I will say this about Osburn 2400.
It throws heat like crazy. But dry pine is not the best wood in the world for having a long fire. If I load it up at 11 pm and choke back air I will still have decent amount of coals @ 6 AM but I am sure from 3 AM to 6 AM it doesn't throw alot of heat. I have 2 cords of Birch but it isn't seasoned enough. We have alot of wood in Northern Sask, but most of it is Jackpine, Spruce, White Popular, Tamarack and Spruce.
It is -30 here so yep, keeping it stoked every 3-4 hours. My internal stove temps(as measured with laser therm) are usually between 600-700 D Far. Sometimes a little more but that is approaching over-firing.
I just got up in the middle of night to use facilities, and decided to stoke my stove. It will usually burn through the night but after 2-3 hours the BTU output drops off significantly.
I will say this about Osburn 2400.
It throws heat like crazy. But dry pine is not the best wood in the world for having a long fire. If I load it up at 11 pm and choke back air I will still have decent amount of coals @ 6 AM but I am sure from 3 AM to 6 AM it doesn't throw alot of heat. I have 2 cords of Birch but it isn't seasoned enough. We have alot of wood in Northern Sask, but most of it is Jackpine, Spruce, White Popular, Tamarack and Spruce.