Is it far-fetched to suspect there can be health-related impacts from using a stove that convects more than radiates?
I've been burning the Kent Tile Fire for three weeks or so, and as I wrote when I first stated using it, this stove is an intense convector, more so than any stove I've ever used, cycling a huge amount of very hot air out the top, while the hearth wall remains relatively cool to touch. Adjacent rooms are 2-3 degrees warmer as a result, which I really like.
A couple weeks ago, my eyes started feeling sensitive and irritated, very sensitive to glare, almost painful to be out in sunlight at times. I even had to reduce the contrast on the computer monitor. I've never worn sunglasses but now I can't drive without them. Humidity levels in the house are low but nothing unusual, it's always drier in the winter.
So before I go down the path of suspecting things like the sudden onset of macular degeneration (which is certainly possible at my age), I'm looking at what, if any, environmental factors have changed in the last few weeks that could have caused/exacerbated this. And the only thing I see is changing out the Quad for the Kent stove. Compared to the Kent, the Quad is a mild convector, and radiates much more of its heat into the hearth bricks.
Is something like this possible?
I've been burning the Kent Tile Fire for three weeks or so, and as I wrote when I first stated using it, this stove is an intense convector, more so than any stove I've ever used, cycling a huge amount of very hot air out the top, while the hearth wall remains relatively cool to touch. Adjacent rooms are 2-3 degrees warmer as a result, which I really like.
A couple weeks ago, my eyes started feeling sensitive and irritated, very sensitive to glare, almost painful to be out in sunlight at times. I even had to reduce the contrast on the computer monitor. I've never worn sunglasses but now I can't drive without them. Humidity levels in the house are low but nothing unusual, it's always drier in the winter.
So before I go down the path of suspecting things like the sudden onset of macular degeneration (which is certainly possible at my age), I'm looking at what, if any, environmental factors have changed in the last few weeks that could have caused/exacerbated this. And the only thing I see is changing out the Quad for the Kent stove. Compared to the Kent, the Quad is a mild convector, and radiates much more of its heat into the hearth bricks.
Is something like this possible?