Hi everyone,
I'm a new woodburner and have been reading lots of good info here.
However, I have a question I have not seen an answer to, but first I guess it would be good to let you know what my set-up is.
I have a new Dutchwest large non-cat. It is vented thru the basement wall with about 5 feet of single wall to the class A (3 foot horizontal run to tee) and then up 19 feet of class A (duravent brand) on the outside. Draft does not seem to be a problem at all and I'm VERY happy that so far I have not turned my furnace on yet this fall.
I know that once it is up to temp., the EFFICIENT way to run is with the damper closed and taking advantage of both extra heat and cleaner burning by using the secondary burn.
The question I have is: When I want a little less heat and more flames to watch thru the glass, is there anything wrong with burning for extended times with the damper open? Basically isn't it then working mostly like a fireplace (with the exception of the heat radiated by 500 pounds of cast iron!)
Thanks for putting up with another noob question.
Tim
I'm a new woodburner and have been reading lots of good info here.
However, I have a question I have not seen an answer to, but first I guess it would be good to let you know what my set-up is.
I have a new Dutchwest large non-cat. It is vented thru the basement wall with about 5 feet of single wall to the class A (3 foot horizontal run to tee) and then up 19 feet of class A (duravent brand) on the outside. Draft does not seem to be a problem at all and I'm VERY happy that so far I have not turned my furnace on yet this fall.
I know that once it is up to temp., the EFFICIENT way to run is with the damper closed and taking advantage of both extra heat and cleaner burning by using the secondary burn.
The question I have is: When I want a little less heat and more flames to watch thru the glass, is there anything wrong with burning for extended times with the damper open? Basically isn't it then working mostly like a fireplace (with the exception of the heat radiated by 500 pounds of cast iron!)
Thanks for putting up with another noob question.
Tim