wkpoor said:Here we go, one for myth busters. Anyway I just ran the test again only this time with just a waded up napkin. 1.5 hrs later on a 500 degree stove top and all it did was brown. Must be something more than just wood close to a wood stove or even touching IMO.
Willman said:I can't figure out why the wooden handle on my old Jotul (86) hasn't caught fire yet.Other stoves use wood also Talk about clearance to combustibles.
Will
That pretty much sums it up. Good one WillWillman said:I can't figure out why the wooden handle on my old Jotul (86) hasn't caught fire yet.Other stoves use wood also Talk about clearance to combustibles.
Will
pen said:I am saying this just to point out that while drying wood by the stove is a terrible idea, I just can't fathom what combination of redonkulous events transpired to take obviously wet wood and have it burn outside of the stove.
oldspark said:So you know you are a redneck if the fire is on the outside of your wood burner!
wkpoor said:Here we go, one for myth busters. Anyway I just ran the test again only this time with just a waded up napkin. 1.5 hrs later on a 500 degree stove top and all it did was brown. Must be something more than just wood close to a wood stove or even touching IMO.
R said:wkpoor said:Here we go, one for myth busters. Anyway I just ran the test again only this time with just a waded up napkin. 1.5 hrs later on a 500 degree stove top and all it did was brown. Must be something more than just wood close to a wood stove or even touching IMO.
We should come up with a hearth-related myths episode for Mythbusters! That would be AWESOME! =D
(Wow, I just really outed myself as a geek, didn't I...?)
~Rose
Since we are all assumeing things here, if it was a older type of wood burner the 850 degrees and more could easily be reached as a surface temp.timlynne said:Just googled this and came up with a minimum temp of 842 degrees with proper oxygen could start wood to smolder.
timlynne said:Just googled this and came up with a minimum temp of 842 degrees with proper oxygen could start wood to smolder.
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