Is it time to reload?

[Hunker Down]

Happy th

We all been there, you know what needs to be done now, and will adjust as we all have.
Get yourself 3 years ahead, and one day you will be looking back with a smile on your face, while the stove is cruising away.
You will be having this same conversation with a new member in a couple years, and the circle completes.
Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy the day.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[begreen]

My wet wood saga continues, thanks all for the great info!

Resplit the thicker splits and bring as much as you can indoors. Tow to three weeks indoors will bring about a notable improvement. Clean the chimney once for every cord burned until you have known dry wood. And get next year's wood stacked asap.

 

[Hunker Down]

Resplit the thicker splits and bring as much as you can indoors. Tow to three weeks indoors will bring about a notable improvement. Clean the chimney once for every cord burned until you have known dry wood. And get next year's wood stacked asap.

I'm on it wife says I am wood obsessed. I carry my mm meter around with me. Wife is from the big city, convincing her to let me bring that much wood inside, has been as challenging as my high moisture wood. Happy thanksgiving, and thank you for helping me so much. I greatly appreciate it

 

[tinman1]

DO NOT wait till 600 before cutting the air back. At 600, you best have that air all the way cut back. At 600, and cutting the air back only half, that thing is going to go up in temp, and won't see 450 any time soon.
You should only run it so hot. 600-700 at peak nasties burning and all is fine, but let it do her thing up to there after cutting back sooner, don't get it there to 600 and then cut the air down and expect it not to take off.
Unless you're burning wet crappy wood, then you won't see 600 anyway.
Round here, based on that photo, I wouldn't be loading it for another 2-3 hours. I'd leave it just as she is, and let it burn down as is.

You guys talk about runaways ? That must be STOVE Talk ?
I have a insert & never had that experience , using a inferred to take the temps is the only way to get readings , and this insert never goes beyond 725 degrees, 95% of the time the peaks run at450-500 degrees.

 

[Hogwildz]

450 degrees peak would mean something is wrong in this stove. Hope you check your stack often.
Never had a IR, and never needed one. After 9 seasons of burning, a thermo is merely for reference.
One good look at the wood and how far along it is charred is tell tale enough.

 

[1750]

I was in your spot last year. Someone here suggested splitting the wood smaller in the stacks, and that made a big difference pretty quickly. Not only is the water able to evaporate out sooner in the stacks due to the increased surface area, the added surface area and space between the wood once it's in the stove gets things up to temp more quickly, as well. In fact, now that I've got ahead in my wood, I realized I need to leave the splits larger, as I'm burning through dry wood more quickly than I need to.

Good luck!

 

[Hunker Down]

I was in your spot last year. Someone here suggested splitting the wood smaller in the stacks, and that made a big difference pretty quickly. Not only is the water able to evaporate out sooner in the stacks due to the increased surface area, the added surface area and space between the wood once it's in the stove gets things up to temp more quickly, as well. In fact, now that I've got ahead in my wood, I realized I need to leave the splits larger, as I'm burning through dry wood more quickly than I need to.

Good luck!

Thank you for the info. I plan on re splitting my wood.