For me I don't own the fireplace feature or the roasting basket, I only use the drop in grill, which works quite well as long as your down to coals, if you still have allot of wood the food has a tendency to become a little over done.
Thats what i was referring to, the grill.For me I don't own the fireplace feature or the roasting basket, I only use the drop in grill, which works quite well as long as your down to coals, if you still have allot of wood the food has a tendency to become a little over done.
27 hours once still enough hot coals to throw in some wood and open the air.
redhorse :have you used he fireplace feature or the roasting basket?
Of course you use the fireplace screen with the bypass door open so your not in the efficient mode,but for the few times you use it, its the ambiance of an open fire.No, don't have either one. Wanted the fireplace screen but have some smoke allergies in the house so decided not to go with it.
The TL-300 certainly has my attention! (broken link removed to http://www.harmanstoves.com/Products/TL300-Wood-Stove.aspx) They claim up to 18 hr. burn time and large firebox with a reasonable MSRP as well..You guys have me considered the TL-300 for my upstairs fireplace now.
If you can see one in operation somewhere ,that would help with your decision. There are a lot of good stoves out there,when i was gettin started woodburning in 2008 i bought a cheap $500 non epa stove from TSC store. That almost poisoned me against wood stoves with its 3 hour burn times . I thought geez this is like a second job and what do you do overnight. But because i have wood coming out my ears and need to dispose of it i pressed on and decided to go to the top of the line with one more try.You guys have me considered the TL-300 for my upstairs fireplace now.
If you can see one in operation somewhere ,that would help with your decision. There are a lot of good stoves out there,when i was gettin started woodburning in 2008 i bought a cheap $500 non epa stove from TSC store. That almost poisoned me against wood stoves with its 3 hour burn times . I thought geez this is like a second job and what do you do overnight.
Nothing to be scared of,it works better than the design with all the tubes with the holes IMO. Its designed to give as even heat output as a cat stove WITHOUT the cat. Other types of stoves (non cat) do not throw heat as evenly throughout the burn.I don't know, I love the options for the TL300 but that combustion chamber still scares me.
The firedome is a ceramic structure in the bottom -back of the stove When the bypass door is closed it forces the flue gas previously exiting the top of the firebox down and into the firedome where super heated fresh air is introduced into it. If internal stove temp is 1100 or above it ignites the gas and with the aid of some hi-temp refractory material inside the firedome burns extremely hot consuming virtually all the remaining wood gas. This fragile refractory material is up inside so its well protected,if you take the flue pipe off and look down you can see it.Exactly what does this firedome do? Is it expensive and/or difficult to replace and how long should it last? Couldn't find much info on the firedome..
Ray
I have mine 5 years and it still works like new,i checked it and its not dirty either, SO im hoping to go at least 10 years before i even check it again, I understand a replacement kit is about $300 so if it goes 10 years thats $30 a year.Just hope it holds up unlike the VC's that were expensive and difficult to replace and didn't seem to last too long.. Too bad because they do make a beautiful stove. Supposedly the new ones are much better and only time will tell..
Ray
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