I've been burning our new Lennox/Country C260 insert for about 1.5 months now. Its great - hold lots of wood, puts out the heat, etc. Our wood has been just ~ok~ probably needing to season another 6+ months before its good. So, I've been routinely running the stove with a fair bit of air for a while (20-40min) to get the load off and running before shutting the air down for a nice long burn. I've had a couple "oops" moments getting the stove top temps up to 700+ but once the air is shut, the flames stabilize, the temp drops, reburn is consistent, and all is well.
Well, last night, put on a full load at about 11pm (perhaps on a larger than normal bed of hot coals) and just did the "normal routine". Stove top was about 650 at 11:15 so I said all good and shut the air down, did some stuff to prep for bed and popped back into the room and the stove was going nuts. I watched the temp gauge - 700, 725, 750, 775 in a matter of minutes - GOTTA STOP THIS NOW! Turned the blower on MAX and still no drop in temp. The reburn tubes were flaming like never before making a "warbling" noise like they do when its windy sometimes (looked out the window and there was no wind). I managed to open the door for 30 seconds at a time 3 times or so and I could watch the stove temp drop a bit but it would shoot back up to 750+. This went on for a good 45 minutes until the logs started to coal up and finally the temps started dropping. The stove room went from 75 to 84 in that 45 min!
Man, that was about the most nervous I have been in a while... I don't know if it was just the perfect storm of loading geometry, coal bed, etc. or perhaps a small chimney fire? The reload in the morning went off just fine but man, nerve racking to say the least!
At times I was close to convincing myself to pull flaming logs out, wet down a rolled up newspaper and toss it in, etc. but I just held steady. I probably would have gone nuts if I had hit 800F.
That's my story.
Well, last night, put on a full load at about 11pm (perhaps on a larger than normal bed of hot coals) and just did the "normal routine". Stove top was about 650 at 11:15 so I said all good and shut the air down, did some stuff to prep for bed and popped back into the room and the stove was going nuts. I watched the temp gauge - 700, 725, 750, 775 in a matter of minutes - GOTTA STOP THIS NOW! Turned the blower on MAX and still no drop in temp. The reburn tubes were flaming like never before making a "warbling" noise like they do when its windy sometimes (looked out the window and there was no wind). I managed to open the door for 30 seconds at a time 3 times or so and I could watch the stove temp drop a bit but it would shoot back up to 750+. This went on for a good 45 minutes until the logs started to coal up and finally the temps started dropping. The stove room went from 75 to 84 in that 45 min!
Man, that was about the most nervous I have been in a while... I don't know if it was just the perfect storm of loading geometry, coal bed, etc. or perhaps a small chimney fire? The reload in the morning went off just fine but man, nerve racking to say the least!
At times I was close to convincing myself to pull flaming logs out, wet down a rolled up newspaper and toss it in, etc. but I just held steady. I probably would have gone nuts if I had hit 800F.
That's my story.