My new Jotul 602CB

[xman_di]

Greetings everyone. I've been lurking around these forums for a month or so now. I have been doing my research and decided to get a new Jotul 602CB to install in my 850 sq ft house. So far, it has been AWSOME, especially since it has been soooo cold this week. As I type this, the living room is 79F....NICE! I installed it with a new Selkirk metalbestos chimney, straight up.

Only minor issue I have right now is that the air does not seem to make it all the way to the rear of the stove, as I continually end up with large coals in the rear, and fine ash in the front of the firebox. I have a thermometer on the top front left of the stove, and it seems to be most happy 450-550F.


Anyways, who else has one? Any tricks or tips I should know about?

-Mark

 

[Valhalla]

Welcome and congrats on your new Jotul!

It looks like it is a real nice install. I always wanted one of those for a fireplace in my living room. Let us know how it goes. as far as your question goes, some Jotul CB owners will chime in. My suggestion is to try to burn it just a bit hotter.

Cheers.

PS Is that the one that burns the splits like a cigar, end to end? Hence, maybe the distinctive coal residue.

 

[btj1031]

Wow, really pretty set-up. I like that stove a lot. No suggestions, really. My 400 likes to burn hot, and the more seasoned the wood is the better. Good luck

 

[argus66]

hey i like that stove a lot i had a tuff time between that stove and my f3cb. i burn mine at 400 to 600 try buying kiln dried wood at home depot to see if it is a wood problem. looks graet can u see the fire good in that stove?

 

[begreen]

It will burn front to back. Try opening up the air control a bit more in the later part of the burn cycle.

 

[jeffman3]

I really like your set up, it looks great! Congrats on the new stove, and welcome to the forum.

 

[precaud]

xman, I'll venture a guess and say the largest unburned chunks are in the right rear corner. What size of wood are you putting in? With my F602 I found that using smaller pieces (12"-14" long, 3" diameter) and no fewer than three per load will help it burn all the way back. The F602 also really likes a deep ash bed, due to how high the air inlet is on the door. But that takes up valuable space in an already smallish firebox. Tradeoffs...

 

[xman_di]

Thanks for the comments everyone! I took pictures during the chimney install if anyone is interested. Also, the wall protectors work amazingly well. It is interesting to learn about the radiated heat. The energy in this little stove is amazing. I plan to maximize the output as much as I can. I will be engineering some temperature data collection soon.

It was a bit warmer today in RI, so I split some wood down even smaller. This stove LOVES the smaller pieces. Plus it is much easier to load. It's a bit more work to split that small, but for the comfort, who cares!!

As for the fire, I sure can see it. I will try to get a good representative picture. The view is everything I hoped for. In the future I will be taking many more pictures, so feel free to ask.

-Mark

 

[snow4me]

Post them up! Love to see pictures!