Longest Overnight Burn Tactics?

[amellefson]

Here's what I do: load it any way I want to, leave the blower on any speed I want to, and repeat 24 hours later. :coolsmile:

There needs to be a smiley of an old man shaking his fist...You darn cat owners This might work instead.

Tony

 

[MofoG23]

I took pictures of last nights load - keep in mind this is not my best wood, just what I had on the porch (not very cold last night). If I use larger oak/cherry splits on the bottom, I get better temps in the morning hours and an overall longer burn. This load is a mix of medium/smaller splits (oak and maple).

Loaded up around 9:45...Removed all air around 10:30. Woke up at 6am and found the remaining coals and stove temp of 297...if I used larger splits of oak/cherry, it would have been higher.

QuadforLife - I always take my temps at the center of the stove, just below the blower output, above the door...seems to be the hottest spot.

 

[MofoG23]

The temps most likely dropped a bit as I had the door open earlier taking pictures.

 

[MofoG23]

This is my second season burning in a stove. Last year I got some of the basics down. Enough to burn about a cord of elm every 35 days or so. This year I am making a point to experiment w/different techniques, ask more questions, and try to make the whole process more efficient.

I tried a hybrid n/s tonight before reading this. I raked the coals forward, put two medium splits in back e/w. This basically made a level bed. Then I continued w/a normal n/s packing it full. I have always heard of raking forward on Hearth, but I did not take it literally until seeing your pics on the other thread. I was just raking most of them forward.

Tony

We burn damn near the same amount...at the peak of a normal winter, I go through a cord per month...warmer months (like this year) and its closer to 1.5 months per cord.

 

[rkshed]

The old Garrison gets loaded like Hogwildz, large on base and smaller as I go up. Close the air valves to 1/2 turn out and I can get 9 hrs out of it. I have a small fan near it that circulates the heat. Nice coal be in the morning and the house is usually 68.

 

[Huntindog1]

Quad,

So hows the stove doing now have you made some adjustments?

 

[amellefson]

Quad,

So hows the stove doing now have you made some adjustments?

That hybrid load is so so. I had a hot start up temps and some more coals in the morning, but they were a little black. Once I raked 'em forward and closed the door while I was choosing splits they heated right up. Loaded it for the morning and it took right off. Some time this week I will try the n/,s coals on one side. Thanks for the tip.

Tony