You think the cat will give you 10 hour burns? I am looking at the Ideal Steel and a Jotul F55. The f55 is rated for 10 hours with a 3 cubic ft. firebox. Not sure which way to go yet. Ideal is cheaper with more value.
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IS will go 10-12 easily. Just not in single digit weather we are having now. I would assume the progress would do much the same
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Cold Holland
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Yes just to get by. Bypass open and half throttle.... until then
Cold Holland
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Thx for all your input. The catalyst can't come fast enough at 8 degrees. I do load east west and then fill cubbies holes. My wood is split rather large but not too big. Moisture 10%. I will get back to ya once I have this running a bit with the cat. Thx again.
Sconnie Burner
Feeling the Heat
I'm running a 12-14 hour reload schedule with mine and not having any issues. Plenty of hot coals for a reload. Remeber you have to take burn times with a grain of salt. It could just be referring to the time from when the match was lit to the last few embers left in the stove, not enough for a relight/reload.
I am getting 8-10 hours of very useable heat out of the Ideal Steel and can extend that by an hour or 2 if I can open the air up to keep the coaling stage hot. I'm heating 3100 sq ft new construction from an unfinished (insulated but not sheetrocked basement). Haven't had the furnace run but for a few minutes in the morning with the -20 lows we've been having. Running the stove on medium for temps 0 and below, Air setting one or two ticks below half. Anything above 0 and the stove is just ran normal to heat in my situation, no reason to runn it super hard. I have fans strategically placed running on medium/high and my hvac fan running 24/7 during the super cold temps. Low double digits and warmer I can turn the fans to medium only. 20s I run fans on low and hvac fan on circulate (intermittently). Upstairs ceiling fans are always on reverse flow and low. Also jave to take into account my solar gain. I get a 2-3 degree temp rise out of the sun during the day even in the negative temps. If I don't get any solar gain the stove is hard pressed to provide the sole heat but it can be done with a little extra babysitting. My furnace kicks on at 68 degrees and the stove takes over from there up to 74-75 at times in temps below the 32 mark and having the sun help out.
I will say though that I have a well insulated house and what I would consider good stove placement in the basement for heating the whole house.
Taken standing in front of stove towards stairs:
Up the first set of stairs:
Standing in the landing turned up the rest of the stairway into the main living area:
Standing half way to the entrance of the short hallway (12 ft long) to the 3 bedrooms looking toward the stair well:
The stair well is centrally located offset to one side of the upstairs:
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Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
Is your stove top meter over the cat? Mine is, and that is the hottest part of my stove. It can be at 600+ and the sides and front will be 300-400. That could be due in part to the fact the the side of the stove I usually IR has double stone..the cast iron door is hotter than the soapstone areas but not as hot as the top.
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Sconnie Burner
Feeling the Heat
I have it right next to the flue exit. Those temps were shot with an IR. I take my top reading on the little spot just left of where the flue collar is.
Red= IR temp reading area
Blue= Stove top thermo location
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Cold Holland
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So I have been running my stove for a few days now with the cat. It's been working great and I've been monkeying around with the settings. I did buy the 3 12 1 probe which I had on my last stove and makes it idiot proof. Are usually will burn from 730 like yourself in the morning and then come home and load it at 5 or 6. When the temperatures are above 30 or so I can do 12 hour burn times. When they're in the teens and 20s I do eight hour burn times. I'm glad I went through all the trouble and it was a lot of trouble to return my old Sequoia which is a great flamethrower and install this one. It doesn't put out as much heat but overall a better stove and the glass is just money. I appreciate all of your detail and being kind enough to help me out thanks again
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