Smokeless coal to 'overnight' my wood fire?

[jtcedinburgh]

Hi.

My stove is multi-fuel, and one slightly disappointing thing is that I just can't get an overnight burn - say the last log goes in at 11pm, the red glow seems to be gone by 1am. It's not a huge stove but I expected longer burns from wood.

Someone suggested putting in some smokeless coal just before retiring would be one way of at least prolonging the heat output, and I wanted to run that past folks to see if it's likely to sustain my heat until approx. 0615 when I have to get up.

Pros/cons welcome...

 

[Robbie]

Can you give us some stats on your stove ? Name, model etc. ? This does not sound right at all unless your using an extremely small stove of some type and soft wood.

I load mine at 1 am and it goes easily until 11 am the next day, lots of red hot coals by then and still putting heat in the house by blower.

Are you dampering down ?



Robbie

 

[babalu87]

I know on my Morso I can turn the air almost all the way off and get an 8+ hour burn with a good load of Oak.

 

[wg_bent]

Hi.

My stove is multi-fuel, and one slightly disappointing thing is that I just can't get an overnight burn - say the last log goes in at 11pm, the red glow seems to be gone by 1am. It's not a huge stove but I expected longer burns from wood.

Someone suggested putting in some smokeless coal just before retiring would be one way of at least prolonging the heat output, and I wanted to run that past folks to see if it's likely to sustain my heat until approx. 0615 when I have to get up.

Pros/cons welcome...

A morso owl should get more than 3 hours. That said it is truely dependant on the wood. Lately I've been burning some pine for evening fires and as large a peice as I can shove into the stove will only last about 2-3 hours. After that there's literally nothing left. Same size peice of elm or oak would still have glowing coals after 8 hours.

I guess coal would work, but coal fires see to like critical mass, and just a few peices here and there probably won't work so well, but heck...try it.

 

[senorFrog]

I know on my Morso I can turn the air almost all the way off and get an 8+ hour burn with a good load of Oak.

When u say burn, do you mean burn, with secondary in full force and box full of flames. Or do you mean more like a weak burn or just embers?

 

[wg_bent]

I know on my Morso I can turn the air almost all the way off and get an 8+ hour burn with a good load of Oak.

When u say burn, do you mean burn, with secondary in full force and box full of flames. Or do you mean more like a weak burn or just embers?

Different woods react differently. The Pine seems to produce flames for about 3/4 of the burn, then goes to coal for a little while then seems to dissapear before your eyes...I think that stuff is all gas. Whereas Oak or elm burns more slowly and a lot longer, but the coals stay there glowing for a long time. in the morning the coals are still there under ashes but still very much alive.

 

[babalu87]

I know on my Morso I can turn the air almost all the way off and get an 8+ hour burn with a good load of Oak.

When u say burn, do you mean burn, with secondary in full force and box full of flames. Or do you mean more like a weak burn or just embers?

I mean like my stack temp stays at or around 325 degrees for an overnight burn and I can open the door, add logs and open the damper a bit and have the stack temp hit 450 in a few minutes.

I have had perfect beds of coals and stack temps over 250 after 10 hours with the right wood (big Oak rounds and splits)

 

[Homefire]

Hi.

My stove is multi-fuel, and one slightly disappointing thing is that I just can't get an overnight burn - say the last log goes in at 11pm, the red glow seems to be gone by 1am. It's not a huge stove but I expected longer burns from wood.

Someone suggested putting in some smokeless coal just before retiring would be one way of at least prolonging the heat output, and I wanted to run that past folks to see if it's likely to sustain my heat until approx. 0615 when I have to get up.

Pros/cons welcome...

Aye get some lump and see if if works, just remember coal needs air from the bottom
not the top.

 

[jtcedinburgh]

Thanks. I've got a few questions that I'm going to move to another topic. I might try some smokeless coal and see how I go...

 

[Mike Wilson]

JTC, give us a report when you have tried it.

-- Mike