learnin to burn said:It can be a challenge (a good challenge) to add just enough wood for over night so I can fully load the stove in the morning before heading out for work.
RustyShackleford said:What 1st reply (SolarandWood) said.
I do sometimes find that the cat goes inactive at the end of a long burn, with wood still available, and
I suppose it's possible that double-wall might keep a better draft going and this wouldn't happen. More likely, I'm
simply turning the intake down too far or using wood that's not dry enough.
Lanning said:RustyShackleford said:What 1st reply (SolarandWood) said.
I do sometimes find that the cat goes inactive at the end of a long burn, with wood still available, and
I suppose it's possible that double-wall might keep a better draft going and this wouldn't happen. More likely, I'm
simply turning the intake down too far or using wood that's not dry enough.
Or maybe your blower is set at to high of a speed for a low t-stat setting. When I turn off the fan the cat goes back up to the active zone.
SolarAndWood said:Rusty, in another thread you said you are reloading every 4 hours? I assume you are not filling the firebox?
I have a hard time maintaining a 12 hr burn cycle for consecutive days even at high burn and opening up the tstat all the way after 8 hours.
RustyShackleford said:I have a hard time maintaining a 12 hr burn cycle for consecutive days even at high burn and opening up the tstat all the way after 8 hours.
I don't quite understand your comment. Are you saying that there's still lots of wood in the firebox after
12 hours ? That would amaze me, I guess you have great dense wood and are careful about really packing
it in and not letting the ash bed get too high. Even so, I'm not sure why you say you have a hard time; can't
you just fill it up from whatever is still there, on your every 12-hour reload ?
SolarAndWood said:2 warm easily had thumbs up. NS rocks. Steel rocks. Tstat rocks. Big damn firebox rocks. Emptying ashes with a coal shovel instead of screwing around with an ashpan that leaks, then overfires and warps your stove pretty much rocks too. Burn times, yep, you guessed it.
SolarAndWood said:Rusty, in another thread you said you are reloading every 4 hours? I assume you are not filling the firebox? I have a hard time maintaining a 12 hr burn cycle for consecutive days even at high burn and opening up the tstat all the way after 8 hours.
SolarAndWood said:I have no problem getting 12 hour burns with the tstat set on 3 for the first 8 hours, and wide open for the last 4.
SolarAndWood said:I meant having burn cycles as short as 12 hours for consecutive days without building up coals. I have no problem getting 12 hour burns with the tstat set on 3 for the first 8 hours, and wide open for the last 4. The cat thermometer is still around half way at the end of the burn even with the blowers on. Reloads are on a pile coals with chunks of glowing fuel on top that still resemble wood. This pile is front center maybe 2/3 of the way up to the lip and covering maybe a third of the firebox floor.
Man Rusty your situation is puzzling.Your packing that stove every 3-4 hrs. and your in if I'm correct NC which stands for North Carolina and those of us in New York and Mass. are getting better performance and times than you.New York and Mass. are much colder than you.Your wood must be wack or the stoves a lemon.Could it be your method of operation ?RustyShackleford said:SolarAndWood said:Rusty, in another thread you said you are reloading every 4 hours? I assume you are not filling the firebox?
I think I was teasing a little with the guys in that other thread, since other stoves (e.g. my old Dutchwest cat)
required me to reload almost every hour when burning at max output. But yes, with these lows in the teens
we've been having, my desire for a very warm house (probably close to 80) and all the glass in my passive
solar great-room, I'm running the thing hard enough that I probably reload every 3-4 hours. Now, when
awake and hanging out near the stove, I'm trying to use up the old wood I have that's too long for N-S
loading, so yes, I'm not really packing the firebox, not trying really.
I have a hard time maintaining a 12 hr burn cycle for consecutive days even at high burn and opening up the tstat all the way after 8 hours.
I don't quite understand your comment. Are you saying that there's still lots of wood in the firebox after
12 hours ? That would amaze me, I guess you have great dense wood and are careful about really packing
it in and not letting the ash bed get too high. Even so, I'm not sure why you say you have a hard time; can't
you just fill it up from whatever is still there, on your every 12-hour reload ?
RustyShackleford said:SolarAndWood said:I have no problem getting 12 hour burns with the tstat set on 3 for the first 8 hours, and wide open for the last 4.
Respectfully, I find that hard to believe. How many pounds of wood would you estimate you
are getting in there ? If it's 80lb at 5kbtu/lb, that'd be about 33kbtu/hr, which I guess is a
pretty good output, but probably nowhere near what the stove produces on the 3 setting.
I guess my wood just sucks, and you're burning perfectly-cured hickory. Oh well, wait 'til
next year ...
ecocavalier02 said:Well you guys have me worried now lol. Icut my wood to bout18 to20 inches mostly. I didnt realize id be buying a blaze kimg when i cut everything. Anybody getting good long burns loading east west? Or will it be worth it to cut some down to 16?
Rich L said:Man Rusty your situation is puzzling.Your packing that stove every 3-4 hrs. and your in if I'm correct NC which stands for North Carolina and those of us in New York and Mass. are getting better performance and times than you.New York and Mass. are much colder than you.Your wood must be wack or the stoves a lemon.Could it be your method of operation ?
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