Decided to try putting a 1" thick ceramic blanket on top of the ceramic boards of my 30. Ran a burn last evening and overnight. Differences I noted were that the stove top (@ the step up) temp was consistently 40 to 50 degrees lower both by gauge and IR. The stack temp was where it usually was between 350 and 425. The quality of the burn was better and the secondaried fired off alot sooner. On the overnight side, the glass was absolutely clean. Prior to this I would have a slight brown haze after an all night burn. The heat production overall seemed to be the same as the temp was 78 @ bedtime and was still 78 this am after a 9.5 hr. burn on 4 splits. There was a really good base of red coals for the restart this a.m.
Has anyone else tried this and what were your experiences with it?
Has anyone else tried this and what were your experiences with it?