Secondary burn on Resolute Acclaim 2490

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sal77

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If I am trying to bring the house temp.up from 60 deg. F to 70 deg. F. is it better running the stove with a few splits and a lot of flame or putting stove in secondary burn (damper closed) once I have a nice coal bed and stove top is 500 deg. F. or more? My first thought is that with the roaring fire the room temp. should rise faster but I am willing to bet that I am wrong. The Vermont Castings manual doesn't talk about different situations like this. This stove is new to me and my first with a secondary burn.
 
You'll get heat based on stove temperature. I doubt a couple splits will get the stove up to 450-550, but a full load certainly will. Load up the stove to get the most heat.
 
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