oh dear! I hope I'm not in trouble. I loaded the stove down for the night and let it burn for a bit before turning the air down. I turned the air supply back and left it to finish taxes. I just walked over to check it out and this is what I saw: center of the top plate is glowing a dull red, the temp sensor placed near the center is pegged at 900. (so i know i'm that hot and probably hotter). This is most definitely an overfiring situation? I wonder what damage, if any I might be looking at. I am typing this post about 20 minutes after the initial oh crap moment and the red glow appears to be fading, but she's still pegged at 900. I'm not sure what to do except sit tight. I'm afraid I might do more harm than good by trying to pull all the wood out. I have some big boy rounds in there.
Has anyone experienced this situation before? With my old insert I had the sensor mounted on the front and so i never saw the 'extreme' temps. of course i don't ever remember a glowing stove top either.
On the plus side she's belting out heat and i can't get my wife to go our bedroom to sleep because 'it's so warm in here' haha.. I'm still not used to this firebox. I wonder what I've done wrong here. I would think i should be able to load her down at night. I dont think Hackberry is a super BTU wood. It seems that it's on down the BTU list. The wood is bone dry, which is someting i'm not used to. Maybe i let it burn too long with the air open before choking it down for the night?
I would appreciate your wisdom
thanks
Brian
Has anyone experienced this situation before? With my old insert I had the sensor mounted on the front and so i never saw the 'extreme' temps. of course i don't ever remember a glowing stove top either.
On the plus side she's belting out heat and i can't get my wife to go our bedroom to sleep because 'it's so warm in here' haha.. I'm still not used to this firebox. I wonder what I've done wrong here. I would think i should be able to load her down at night. I dont think Hackberry is a super BTU wood. It seems that it's on down the BTU list. The wood is bone dry, which is someting i'm not used to. Maybe i let it burn too long with the air open before choking it down for the night?
I would appreciate your wisdom
thanks
Brian