Vermont Castings Burn Observations

[Smokey Da Bears]

I also rake them around with the Defiant and try not to overload the back. @AsylumResident I like those percentages. Will you be providing calibration weights for our scales and the appropriate PPE? (sorry - I work in a laboratory)

With all this catalyst talk over the last 2 weeks, the algorithm has been strong! All I'm getting on social media lately is pictures of crumbling catalysts (all stove models, not just VC) and in the VC groups they are specifically talking about pulling the catalyst and going full secondary through the refractory. Anyone else? Or am I losing it?

 

[AsylumResident]

I am thinking about cleaning my flue sometime soon for a fresh start and then running the rest of the year without the cat. Then I can compare the first part of the burning season with the cat and the second part of the burning season without the cat. The real world is not a controlled laboratory setting so this won't be a perfect apples to apples comparison since there are other variables out of my control but it will at least give me an idea of what to expect in my flue if I decide to run without the cat.