Bk insert How low can you go?

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Full load mix Elm Spruce and touch of ponderosa Stove top 400 just to the right of cat. T/stat 4oclock and cat temperature 4oclock fan speed on low. I have a ceiling fan 6ft from insert set on low with winds at 20-30 Mph outside temperature of 30. Not trying to set any record here just need to know How low can your insert T/stat go before the cat stalls?

 

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Full load mix Elm Spruce and touch of ponderosa Stove top 400 just to the right of cat. T/stat 4oclock and cat temperature 4oclock fan speed on low. I have a ceiling fan 6ft from insert set on low with winds at 20-30 Mph outside temperature of 30. Not trying to set any record here just need to know How low can your insert T/stat go before the cat stalls?

Correction 5oclock

 

[robk]

I’ve had a 24+ hour burn on fir!

Typically I get 8-15 on a full load. I always run it at the lowest setting. We have limited wood and a furnace as a backup, so I like to keep the wood going as long as possible.

Never stalls unless it gets low on coals and I don’t rake them to the front.

 

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I’ve had a 24+ hour burn on fir!

Typically I get 8-15 on a full load. I always run it at the lowest setting. We have limited wood and a furnace as a backup, so I like to keep the wood going as long as possible.

Never stalls unless it gets low on coals and I don’t rake them to the front.

On your dial (t/stat) what setting on your dial is the lowest most of the time? Fully closed?

 

[robk]

Yes, fully closed, as far as it turns. Like this.

 

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With full load stove top temp I'm guessing say 450 left or right from the cat and cat cruising 3-5 o'clock fan on or off? Does your stove top maintain say 450 stove top all night? Thanks for the reply

 

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By accident I asked my son to turn down my stove he went all the way closed to low setting I found a new setting that I have been avoiding because of cat stall on my way turning down t/stat.

 

[robk]

I don’t know temperature. I just have the thermometer that shows active or not.

I’ve only had it stall maybe 1-2 times otherwise it just stays active until the wood runs out.

 

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My bad i always though turning dial all the way shut was off till my son said it reads low not off Dad. Finally I now know why there is a hole in the t/stat flapper live and learn thanks again!