Background: I got my new stove this summer, see link.
Stove install thread
Looking for commentary / opinion on what I am doing right / wrong with my burns. All temps are flue temps off a [del]Rutland[/del] [corrected Condar]. Double walled pipe into a SS uninsulated liner, 18 feet.
I started out burning Jack pine that was split in April. Did not have good results and have come to the conclusion that the wet summer and partly shaded areas that I stacked in did [addition NOT] allow me to fully dry over the summer.
A friend has some 5-10?? year old c/s/s Jack pine that he no longer wanted and I took it off his hands. I have been using this in combo with some mixed hardwoods that I purchased and are varying degrees of seasoned, with most being well seasoned.
From a cold start, I have trouble getting the stove up past 500. Upon reload is where my real questions come in, with tonight being a prime example. I loaded up the mixed hardwoods on the raked coals, and included one pine split which caught within a minute. I was working on stuff near the stove so I was able to keep an eye on it this time, it went from 200 to 900 in about 5-8 minutes. I was cutting the air back during that time and had the blower maxed out after about 700. For those wondering, no part of the stove was glowing (I turned off all the lights to check, although in the past I have seen the secondary burn tubes glow).
After I turned the air down (about 10%) it stayed at 800 for over half an hour and is now around 600.
Any thoughts?
Stove install thread
Looking for commentary / opinion on what I am doing right / wrong with my burns. All temps are flue temps off a [del]Rutland[/del] [corrected Condar]. Double walled pipe into a SS uninsulated liner, 18 feet.
I started out burning Jack pine that was split in April. Did not have good results and have come to the conclusion that the wet summer and partly shaded areas that I stacked in did [addition NOT] allow me to fully dry over the summer.
A friend has some 5-10?? year old c/s/s Jack pine that he no longer wanted and I took it off his hands. I have been using this in combo with some mixed hardwoods that I purchased and are varying degrees of seasoned, with most being well seasoned.
From a cold start, I have trouble getting the stove up past 500. Upon reload is where my real questions come in, with tonight being a prime example. I loaded up the mixed hardwoods on the raked coals, and included one pine split which caught within a minute. I was working on stuff near the stove so I was able to keep an eye on it this time, it went from 200 to 900 in about 5-8 minutes. I was cutting the air back during that time and had the blower maxed out after about 700. For those wondering, no part of the stove was glowing (I turned off all the lights to check, although in the past I have seen the secondary burn tubes glow).
After I turned the air down (about 10%) it stayed at 800 for over half an hour and is now around 600.
Any thoughts?