I followed the advice of the seasoned experts here on a previous thread of mine, and got my Harmon Oakwood singin' like a canary last night. after about 2 hours of burning with bypass open and full air, the coal bed got about 2" deep, and I filled the firebox about 3/4 with good hardwood. After about 5 min again with open bypass and full air, I closed the bypass and ran on just full air. Temp climbed to about 500, then I closed down the air about 1/4, and the temp kept rising! You may recall, previously, when I did not allow enough time for a good bed of coals, I couldn't get my temp to exceed 450.
I closed the air down to just under 1/2, and the temp began to hover between 450 and 500. Outside air temp was maybe 40 deg. I closed it down farther to get the temp to around 400.
The room the stove is in is about 16' x 17', with a 5/12 vaulted ceiling. the temp in that room exceeded 85 deg, and the air by my head when standing was almost too hot. I had a pedestal fan plowing air out of that room into the rest of the house, and the thermostat at the end of the hall (ranch) was reading 70! It never read that hot when we burned oil! I had to open the kids bedroom doors to try to draw heat in, their rooms were also warmer than they ever were on oil heat.
I just have to get used to wearing boxers and t-shirt in the room with the stove.
WAY more effective heating my home than I ever expected. I will LAUGH at the oilman this winter!
Thanks to everyone who helped me do this, I owe you all a beer!
I closed the air down to just under 1/2, and the temp began to hover between 450 and 500. Outside air temp was maybe 40 deg. I closed it down farther to get the temp to around 400.
The room the stove is in is about 16' x 17', with a 5/12 vaulted ceiling. the temp in that room exceeded 85 deg, and the air by my head when standing was almost too hot. I had a pedestal fan plowing air out of that room into the rest of the house, and the thermostat at the end of the hall (ranch) was reading 70! It never read that hot when we burned oil! I had to open the kids bedroom doors to try to draw heat in, their rooms were also warmer than they ever were on oil heat.
I just have to get used to wearing boxers and t-shirt in the room with the stove.
WAY more effective heating my home than I ever expected. I will LAUGH at the oilman this winter!
Thanks to everyone who helped me do this, I owe you all a beer!