First off, I have to say that I love the new T5!! Getting used to its operation little by little, burn by burn. Yesterday was the first day that I loaded it up to see how that would go. Still not real cold in the basement yet (sitting at 63* so far) so the true test won't come until that temp drops into the mid to low 50's.
Started with two splits on either side of the firebox and across those, horizontally, were kindling and small splits. Underneath that, between the two splits, was a 1/4 of a super cedar and some small kindling. Fired that up (around 9:15am), and let it burn down to coals, (except for the two regular splits on the bottom), before loading her up. Stove top temp was around 300* on reload.
Loaded her up around 12pm and gradually shut the air down, until it was shut down as far as it could go. Stove top temp peaked at 650*, room temp rose to 80*, and upstairs temp (first floor of house) rose 9* -- which was a very pleasant surprise. Total burn time lasted from 12pm until 7pm, when I just threw 3 splits on for the Celtic game. The temp at that time was in between 350 and 300*.
Questions:
1) Burn time: What is meant by that, exactly? Is it from peak temp to reload temp or is it from start up to the stove going out completely? I from the info above, I had around a 7hr burn time, but the last few hours were just coals. Was also reading that I should get a 10hr burn time with this stove?
2) Blower: Blower worked great. Big difference. Really didn't need it yesterday, but used it anyways as I hadn't before and wanted to test it. Probably what helped to distribute the warm air upstairs. Seemed to come on around 350* (on AUTO, according to my rutland stove top thermometer). Problem today though, as the stove was running this morning, and the stove temp went passed 350 all the way to 600, the blower never kicked on. Turned it to MANUAL and ran fine, but when switched back to AUTO, turned right off again. Did i burn something out in one day??
3) Stove Top Temp w/ Blower: So the stove top temp, with blower running on high, went down about 150-200*. From what I read, that should be about right. My question is, though, that that is strictly the stove top temp and not how hot the fire is, right? Meaning, if the stove ran away and got to say, 800*, and I put the blower on high and the temp went down to *600, its still an overfire, correct? I know if I had combustibles near the stove, (which I don't) then that drop would make it safer, but the inside of the stove would still be of concern, correct?
Thanks guys.
Started with two splits on either side of the firebox and across those, horizontally, were kindling and small splits. Underneath that, between the two splits, was a 1/4 of a super cedar and some small kindling. Fired that up (around 9:15am), and let it burn down to coals, (except for the two regular splits on the bottom), before loading her up. Stove top temp was around 300* on reload.
Loaded her up around 12pm and gradually shut the air down, until it was shut down as far as it could go. Stove top temp peaked at 650*, room temp rose to 80*, and upstairs temp (first floor of house) rose 9* -- which was a very pleasant surprise. Total burn time lasted from 12pm until 7pm, when I just threw 3 splits on for the Celtic game. The temp at that time was in between 350 and 300*.
Questions:
1) Burn time: What is meant by that, exactly? Is it from peak temp to reload temp or is it from start up to the stove going out completely? I from the info above, I had around a 7hr burn time, but the last few hours were just coals. Was also reading that I should get a 10hr burn time with this stove?
2) Blower: Blower worked great. Big difference. Really didn't need it yesterday, but used it anyways as I hadn't before and wanted to test it. Probably what helped to distribute the warm air upstairs. Seemed to come on around 350* (on AUTO, according to my rutland stove top thermometer). Problem today though, as the stove was running this morning, and the stove temp went passed 350 all the way to 600, the blower never kicked on. Turned it to MANUAL and ran fine, but when switched back to AUTO, turned right off again. Did i burn something out in one day??
3) Stove Top Temp w/ Blower: So the stove top temp, with blower running on high, went down about 150-200*. From what I read, that should be about right. My question is, though, that that is strictly the stove top temp and not how hot the fire is, right? Meaning, if the stove ran away and got to say, 800*, and I put the blower on high and the temp went down to *600, its still an overfire, correct? I know if I had combustibles near the stove, (which I don't) then that drop would make it safer, but the inside of the stove would still be of concern, correct?
Thanks guys.