When burning a nice full load of wood (or bricks) lots of flame but not a nice full rolling fireball like a secondary burn.
I have a Regency fireplace insert. I can control the fire with the air adjustment (no flue damper control). So my question, do you get the most heat from running the air wide open or by cutting the air down and getting a nice secondary burn? I would think full throttle would give you the most heat, but is it burning so fast that the unburned (more fuel) is going up the pipe? Whereas the secondary burn is catching anything coming off the flame and adding to the output?
Just wondering...
I've experimented and it seems like secondary may burn hotter, but only at the point where the secondary begins. Too much air cut (with still a secondary burn) and the temp may drop a bit because the flame gets smaller...
Almost 3 pallets of BioBricks burned and little over a cord of wood burned so far this year...
Crazy cold is coming this week!
Thanks!
I have a Regency fireplace insert. I can control the fire with the air adjustment (no flue damper control). So my question, do you get the most heat from running the air wide open or by cutting the air down and getting a nice secondary burn? I would think full throttle would give you the most heat, but is it burning so fast that the unburned (more fuel) is going up the pipe? Whereas the secondary burn is catching anything coming off the flame and adding to the output?
Just wondering...
I've experimented and it seems like secondary may burn hotter, but only at the point where the secondary begins. Too much air cut (with still a secondary burn) and the temp may drop a bit because the flame gets smaller...
Almost 3 pallets of BioBricks burned and little over a cord of wood burned so far this year...
Crazy cold is coming this week!
Thanks!