Burns only last 3 hours. 1st hour fire is good, 2nd hour, coals, 3rd hour coals mostly gone.
New Century Insert, 14' flu, SS liner, 60° outside, < 10% moisture on mix of hard and soft wood.
Here's an experiment I just did. Started fire at 5 pm and it started going out by 5:30 until I stoked it a bit and added smaller splits. In an hour it's just a big pile of coals. If I just put one or two small splits, I can get a roaring fire with secondaries but I can't load stove up and never get over 400°. Forget overnight burns.
New Century Insert, 14' flu, SS liner, 60° outside, < 10% moisture on mix of hard and soft wood.
Here's an experiment I just did. Started fire at 5 pm and it started going out by 5:30 until I stoked it a bit and added smaller splits. In an hour it's just a big pile of coals. If I just put one or two small splits, I can get a roaring fire with secondaries but I can't load stove up and never get over 400°. Forget overnight burns.