I was reading a thread here about how long it takes people to get their stoves up to heat from a cold start. I generally thought it took me about an hour or so. But I never really put any effort in and never recorded it. So last night I decided I would try to see what she could do. I put in more kindling than I normally do, a bit more paper than normal then smaller splits than normal. 80 degrees to start. 150 at 5 min. 290 at 10 min. 385 at 15 min and I shut the air down. Good secondarys. At 20 min it was 495 and I turned on the fan. She cruised there for an hour or so then I loaded some larger wood on for the night.
So, My thoughts from the experiment is that I could get her hot fast. BUT it got me to thinking. Is that a good idea? I guess I am burning cleaner sooner that way, but how about being nice to my stove. It seems like it gave it less time to come to an equal temp and perhaps that is not nice way to treat her. Perhaps a bit of foreplay is better to not stress anything.
Any thoughts? Its it better to come to temp fast or slow?
Todd
So, My thoughts from the experiment is that I could get her hot fast. BUT it got me to thinking. Is that a good idea? I guess I am burning cleaner sooner that way, but how about being nice to my stove. It seems like it gave it less time to come to an equal temp and perhaps that is not nice way to treat her. Perhaps a bit of foreplay is better to not stress anything.
Any thoughts? Its it better to come to temp fast or slow?
Todd