Overnight burns Hearthstone Shelburne and similar stoves?

[Julian]

Have been stalking this amazing forum for months now and have learned a lot and thanks for all the info. I have been attempting overnight burns and I have been waking up with a few red coals after a six hour burn with stove fully loaded e/w. Does this sound accurate or am I doing something wrong. Tips appriciated

 

[HeatingTheMoneyPit]

I'm no expert myself but I think you need to mention what type of wood you're burning, if it's seasoned & how high you're running the fire. What size is the firebox on your stove?

 

[Julian]

Firebox is 2.0 cf and im mixing seasoned and semi seasoned (26%) wood loaded e/w to to the top with the stove on low

 

[BrowningBAR]

The burn time seems about right. This is about the same amount of burn time you get from the Heritage and Homestead. The burn time might increase a bit with better wood. But, not by much.

 

[Julian]

Going to set up the go pro camera in time lapse mode to see exactley whats going on. Im addicted to this wood burning thing

 

[Highbeam]

I burned a heritage for several years and my wood is low density but it is dry. I could easily get 9 hours and often 10 hours out of the firebox that was supposed to get 9. Hearthstone provides burn times for their stoves and they hit it dead on with the heritage.

Where hearthstone screwed up was in their firebox size specification. The heritage was supposed to be 2.3 CF but I measured less than 1.5 of usable firebox. That sucks, I hate being tricked.

As I recall, the shelbourne is a smaller stove. I would not expect to regularly get overnight burns with a smaller non-cat stove. Heck, I would recommend nothing smaller than the heritage for a stove that is expected to burn overnight.

How are you measuring burn time? I could get 9 hours and then reload and relight without matches. Actual burn time.

 

[Julian]

Ya im pushing 7 1/2 maybee even 8 without matches. Its hit or miss

 

[BrowningBAR]

I burned a heritage for several years and my wood is low density but it is dry. I could easily get 9 hours and often 10 hours out of the firebox that was supposed to get 9. Hearthstone provides burn times for their stoves and they hit it dead on with the heritage.

Where hearthstone screwed up was in their firebox size specification. The heritage was supposed to be 2.3 CF but I measured less than 1.5 of usable firebox. That sucks, I hate being tricked.

As I recall, the shelbourne is a smaller stove. I would not expect to regularly get overnight burns with a smaller non-cat stove. Heck, I would recommend nothing smaller than the heritage for a stove that is expected to burn overnight.

How are you measuring burn time? I could get 9 hours and then reload and relight without matches. Actual burn time.

I disagree. I rarely had a burn last 8 hours (temps at 200+ degrees).

The stove would normally be at or above 300 degrees for about 5-6 hours.

 

[Julian]

I might be wrong. Im going to try again tonight and and start my stop watch

 

[Dakotas Dad]

1st of all, stoves never burn right when laying on their side.. and how do keep that dog stuck to the wall like that?

With our Homestead, which had a "2.0cuft" firebox. 8 hours with a matchless reload was possible, but 5-6 hours of useable heat was about the upper limit of what it would do. Below 20 degrees outside required a 3-4am reload to keep the house warm and the heat pump silent through the night. The Mansfield, with a "3.2cuft" box does much better. In fact it was 20 here last night, loaded at 8:45pm or so, house at 74, up this morning at 7:30am, house at 71, opened air, raked coals, walked dogs, put on four medium splits, fed dogs, ate a bowl of cereal, started airing down.. Currently 74 in the house, won't need to add wood until 8-9pm, and will have no trouble with having enough coals to light from I am sure.

 

[BrowningBAR]

1st of all, stoves never burn right when laying on their side.. and how do keep that dog stuck to the wall like that?

With our Homestead, which had a "2.0cuft" firebox. 8 hours with a matchless reload was possible, but 5-6 hours of useable heat was about the upper limit of what it would do. Below 20 degrees outside required a 3-4am reload to keep the house warm and the heat pump silent through the night. The Mansfield, with a "3.2cuft" box does much better. In fact it was 20 here last night, loaded at 8:45pm or so, house at 74, up this morning at 7:30am, house at 71, opened air, raked coals, walked dogs, put on four medium splits, fed dogs, ate a bowl of cereal, started airing down.. Currently 74 in the house, won't need to add wood until 8-9pm, and will have no trouble with having enough coals to light from I am sure.

You experience with the Homestead matches pretty closely to my experience with the Heritage with a slight advantage to the Heritage.

 

[DanCorcoran]

I've had 8-hour + burns with my Shelburne. Only with really dry (seasoned) wood, that is, moisture below 20%. My wood is just getting to the point of being really dry after 2 years or so. I'm very pleased with the Shelburne, for I understand that only with really dry wood should I expect long burns. At the end of the 8+ hours, the stove temp will be 150-200 degrees and I have sufficient coals to restart without relighting. I'm looking forward to lots of long burns, now that the wood is getting dry.

It also depends on the wood you're burning. Soft woods, even when dry, won't burn as long as a good hardwood like hickory, locust, or oak. Can't wait 'til next year, when my red oak should be ready (3 years drying)!

P.S. Using the blower will shorten the burn times, moving heat from the stove to the room more quickly.