What to do?

[RandyBoBandy]

It's 9:30 pm, you're tired and ready for bed but the probe thermo reads 750 and GT reads 450-500. What do you do? I do not burn 24/7 however I hate to hear the furnace run when I am home. So I do not have a three times a day burn schedule to keep. I start a fire when I get home and reload when it's ready. However I often find myself ready for bed with a stove that isnt quit ready for a reload. And sometimes just not in the mood to stay up another hour to get the stove ready to cruise again. So my question is do you interrupt the burn cycle early so you can reload for the night or just let it go and wake up to a cold house?

 

[JA600L]

It's 9:30 pm, you're tired and ready for bed but the probe thermo reads 750 and GT reads 450-500. What do you do? I do not burn 24/7 however I hate to hear the furnace run when I am home. So I do not have a three times a day burn schedule to keep. I start a fire when I get home and reload when it's ready. However I often find myself ready for bed with a stove that isnt quit ready for a reload. And sometimes just not in the mood to stay up another hour to get the stove ready to cruise again. So my question is do you interrupt the burn cycle early so you can reload for the night or just let it go and wake up to a cold house?

Nothing wrong with a hot reload. I would. There is no sense in waking up cold.

 

[jetsam]

My stove runs on my schedule, not vice versa! I load 'er up and go to bed/work.

 

[Cynnergy]

@jetsam lol I will bite.

I usually stay up to reload. If not, I crank the electric blanket and try to kick hubby out of bed to light the stove in the morning [emoji12]. That doesn't usually work [emoji13] but I try...

 

[weatherguy]

I load it up and go to bed, I'll deal with the excess coaling in the morning.

 

[Sprinter]

Is there anybody out there who doesn't relate? For me, it depends on my mood that night. Usually, though, we'll let the house go cold overnight (depending on the expected temps). But that means I have to get up around 6 so the house is decent for the wife. I don't have a concrete answer, though, because it varies too much.

Have a nice night...

 

[firefighterjake]

I'm with Sprinter . . . depends . . . depends on how cold it is forecast that night (in middle of January I might put another split or two on the fire and stay up long enough to make sure things don't get too hot vs. this time of year I might just let it go cold during the night since it may coast long enough to keep the house warm or at least warm enough to not have the oil boiler kick on), how sleepy I am, where in the burning cycle the fire is (if it's near the end burn I am more inclined to load up the stove vs. doing it in mid-stage when adding more wood could make things go thermo-nuclear on me), etc.

I also think the picture is cute, but out of focus . . . or at least a bit blurry from being blown up too much.

 

[firefighterjake]

Having a sense of deja vu on this thread.

 

[jetsam]

Having a sense of deja vu on this thread.

Somebody replied to both threads, a serious reply in this one and a random photo with a fuzzy kitty in the other one. Guess which thread got more responses!

 

[webby3650]

I remember the days when I found myself in a similiar predicament.. I would always reload before bed so I would still have some coals by morning.
Since I switched to a Blaze King I have trouble remembering when I loaded it last. I load after work and I'm good to go for the night, and often the entire next day.

 

[RandyBoBandy]

My bad with the double post. I still can't believe the insane burn times the BK guys are getting. I'm pleased when I can still find some coals buried in the ash of my encore after 16 hours.

 

[Jags]

Adjust the first load to be burned down around bed time. Maybe it doesn't take a full load, or the wood is a bit smaller than a usual load, but it can be compensated for...