I just want to say..Thank you.. ! begreen, EatenByLimestone, and bholler.

[Itslay90]

i just want to say thank you. I took all the information y’all gave me, and applied it to this year burning season, and I am glad to say that my Pacific energy summit. LE. Now heats my house.!! Last night it was 35 outside, and it was 73-74 in my house. I know I was a pain last year with all the posts I did ! Here’s What I changed. the wood. It’s dry and doesn’t have to fight moisture in the wood, and another thing I started turning down the air control sooner so I can get a more of a control burn. I think that was one of the problems also. I thought keeping the air control in the middle was giving me the most heat,
and it wasn’t. You get the most heat when it’s turned down, and that’s what I noticed for three days. I can’t wait till I can burn 24/7! ! !. The stovetop was 650-680 and the flue temp was 250-300.

 

[bholler]

i just want to say thank you. I took all the information y’all gave me, and applied it to this year burning season, and I am glad to say that my Pacific energy summit. LE. Now heats my house.!! Last night it was 35 outside, and it was 73-74 in my house. I know I was a pain last year with all the posts I did ! Here’s What I changed. the wood. It’s dry and doesn’t have to fight moisture in the wood, and another thing I started turning down the air control sooner so I can get a more of a control burn. I think that was one of the problems also. I thought keeping the air control in the middle was giving me the most heat,
and it wasn’t. You get the most heat when it’s turned down, and that’s what I noticed for three days. I can’t wait till I can burn 24/7! ! !. The stovetop was 650-680 and the flue temp was 250-300.

Very nice glad you got it figured out

 

[begreen]

I'm glad that things are working better now. The Summit is a good heater.

 

[bigealta]

Dry Wood,
It's almost always the answer to burning/stove issues.

 

[Itslay90]

Dry Wood,
It's almost always the answer to burning/stove issues.

And yes, I can see that now,

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Excellent!

You’re going to love that stove now!

 

[Itslay90]

Excellent!

You’re going to love that stove now!

Yes I am. Can’t wait for the real cold to come ! Now I’m over here thinking should I get the blower, so I can be more efficient

 

[Itslay90]

Dry Wood,
It's almost always the answer to burning/stove issues.

I just wished I knew this sooner !

 

[Itslay90]

I'm glad that things are working better now. The Summit is a good heater.

And yes I can see that now..

 

[begreen]

I just wished I knew this sooner !

It's a very common 1st year error. That's why this thread is a sticky at the top of the forum.

The importance of seasoned wood - Dry vs Wet

This is a somewhat extreme case comparing dry wood @ 16% moisture and wet wood @38%. 38% is just under dripping wet or like green wood that was split recently. Adding a second video. Short and to the point. Further thoughts: https://hearth.com/articles/chimneysweep/howetwd.htm

www.hearth.com

 

[bigealta]

I just wished I knew this sooner !

Everyone makes this mistake. Especially us old guys that burned pre epa stoves. After the first year of less than great burns, the light bulb finally goes on.

 

[Itslay90]

It's a very common 1st year error. That's why this thread is a sticky at the top of the forum.

The importance of seasoned wood - Dry vs Wet

This is a somewhat extreme case comparing dry wood @ 16% moisture and wet wood @38%. 38% is just under dripping wet or like green wood that was split recently. Adding a second video. Short and to the point. Further thoughts: https://hearth.com/articles/chimneysweep/howetwd.htm

www.hearth.com

Yes, that’s what I read, last night. It’s a good article

 

[Itslay90]

The stove is so much better this year. My wood is two year old. Ash and maple, the stove gets more hotter and the secondary are beautiful? And the wood last so much longer ! I had this stove for three years ! And I love it ! Im glad I got rid of my old school wood burning stove it was very inefficient