New Recency I3100L, you are go for cruising speed.....

[davidmsem]

Owners manual read? Check.
Break in fires? Check.

Go for 550 cruise......

How much fun.....thanks for all the help. The I3100L is a beast......like little kids sitting by the fire watching the temperature gauge. I'm sure by late winter we will be so over this.

Doing research and learning here has been a blast! Thanks all!

 

[brenndatomu]

I've heard of fire bricks and fire logs but those fire pillows that you have loaded up there are a new one on me! Looks like they burn hot! ...
Congrats, that's a mighty fine setup you have there!

 

[begreen]

Lookin good. That install finished out nicely.

 

[KB007]

Looks nice - the I3100 is a great insert.

Have you checked your thermometer for accuracy - either in the oven, boiling water or with an IR gun? The bimetallic magnetic ones are usually quite a ways off. You can usually adjust them by simply re-bending the spring

Remember the front of the I3100 doesn't get as hot as a regular stove top would, so you need to be sure of your temps to make sure you don't get too hot.

With ours I usually let it get to about 425 on the front (same LHS front corner) using a magnetic that I know is nor fairly accurate, then turn down all the way. Once the air is closed and the secondary's kick in it will often creep up to 550 or even higher. If I let it get beyond the 425 ish mark before turning down it gets well into the 600 range and I start to worry a little. in that case I turn the fan onto high and relax.

WT+RT turning the air down - the manual says to never turn it down all the way with the fan on, dunno why, I do it every time and no issues. Could be for those with less than dry wood, seems to remember it did tend to get a good creosote build up the first year when we had only 1 yr old wood.

Enjoy - the I3100 will put out huge amounts of heat!

 

[davidmsem]

I've heard of fire bricks and fire logs but those fire pillows that you have loaded up there are a new one on me! Looks like they burn hot! ...
Congrats, that's a mighty fine setup you have there!

Without the pillows, like the first picture I took and then deleted, you could see me in my underwear. Glad I saw that before posting!

 

[brenndatomu]

Without the pillows, like the first picture I took and then deleted, you could see me in my underwear. Glad I saw that before posting!

Now that is funny! Glad you caught it. Wood stoves cruisin at 550* do seem to have that effect...underwear that is, and that's not all bad when it strikes the lil lady!

 

[davidmsem]

Looks nice - the I3100 is a great insert.

Have you checked your thermometer for accuracy - either in the oven, boiling water or with an IR gun? The bimetallic magnetic ones are usually quite a ways off. You can usually adjust them by simply re-bending the spring

Remember the front of the I3100 doesn't get as hot as a regular stove top would, so you need to be sure of your temps to make sure you don't get too hot.

With ours I usually let it get to about 425 on the front (same LHS front corner) using a magnetic that I know is nor fairly accurate, then turn down all the way. Once the air is closed and the secondary's kick in it will often creep up to 550 or even higher. If I let it get beyond the 425 ish mark before turning down it gets well into the 600 range and I start to worry a little. in that case I turn the fan onto high and relax.

WT+RT turning the air down - the manual says to never turn it down all the way with the fan on, dunno why, I do it every time and no issues. Could be for those with less than dry wood, seems to remember it did tend to get a good creosote build up the first year when we had only 1 yr old wood.

Enjoy - the I3100 will put out huge amounts of heat!

Very much appreciate the advice running it as I'm learning. Thank you!

 

[firefighterjake]

I've heard of fire bricks and fire logs but those fire pillows that you have loaded up there are a new one on me! Looks like they burn hot! ...
Congrats, that's a mighty fine setup you have there!

Good catch ... missed seeing that.

 

[bens_igloo]

Looks nice - the I3100 is a great insert.

Have you checked your thermometer for accuracy - either in the oven, boiling water or with an IR gun? The bimetallic magnetic ones are usually quite a ways off. You can usually adjust them by simply re-bending the spring

Remember the front of the I3100 doesn't get as hot as a regular stove top would, so you need to be sure of your temps to make sure you don't get too hot.

With ours I usually let it get to about 425 on the front (same LHS front corner) using a magnetic that I know is nor fairly accurate, then turn down all the way. Once the air is closed and the secondary's kick in it will often creep up to 550 or even higher. If I let it get beyond the 425 ish mark before turning down it gets well into the 600 range and I start to worry a little. in that case I turn the fan onto high and relax.

I would say that sounds a lot like what I see with my magnetic thermometer. I start closing it down half way when it reaches 400 or so and then close it down to 1/4 or fully when it's at 550. It tends to stick around there for a long while then comes down.

Out of curiosity, at what temp does your blower kick on? When mine kicks on the thermometer is always around 300.

 

[davidmsem]

I would say that sounds a lot like what I see with my magnetic thermometer. I start closing it down half way when it reaches 400 or so and then close it down to 1/4 or fully when it's at 550. It tends to stick around there for a long while then comes down.

Out of curiosity, at what temp does your blower kick on? When mine kicks on the thermometer is always around 300.

I'm leaving the blower off for either 30 minutes (per owners manual) or until is at about 350 (owners manual says "hot enough").

Owners manually says don't fully close down with fan on. I'm not sure why......do you have any idea?

 

[KB007]

I leave my blower on low 24X7 (not on the auto setting). The manual thing about not shutting down all the way, well the only thing I can see is they do that so anyone burning less seasoned wood won't get as much creosote build up. With 2 yr seasoned wood, I can get it hot, then turn down all the way with the blower on low. The first year, when I was burning 9 mo seasoned wood, I did get more creosote build up on the glass (and I presume elsewhere too) with it fully closed and the fan on low. I rarely have the fan on high, unless the stove is getting a little too hot for my taste.

 

[Jags]

Owners manually says don't fully close down with fan on. I'm not sure why......do you have any idea?

The lowest setting is "supposed" to be the absolute min that the stove can run and maintain a clean burn. Add in the heat robbing nature of a fan and you can drop below that level.

 

[davidmsem]

The lowest setting is "supposed" to be the absolute min that the stove can run and maintain a clean burn. Add in the heat robbing nature of a fan and you can drop below that level.

Interesting.....last night she ran at 550 for hours with the fan set to auto/low......just normal ash........

I wonder what moisture content wood was assumed in the manufacturers calculations.

 

[Jags]

I wonder what moisture content wood was assumed in the manufacturers calculations.

Most stoves are built and designed around the 20-25% MC range. Generally speaking that is why you will see "wood below 25% MC" in most of the manuals.