Hello everyone...
My wife and I have 2 stoves that we use to keep a sprawling ranch warm in the winter months. 1 of the stoves is behaving differently than it has for the past 4 burning seasons. It is a Lopi Revere. Before I go further I need to also tell you that this is the first burning season that we are burning truly seasoned wood. In years past we were lucky to get enough wood in the summer and fall just before we had to start burning but by working ahead and storing the wood properly, we are now able to burn wood that has been seasoned properly. Our problem is one of temperature. The owner's manual states that we should not let the temperature exceed 800°F and we never have. However, we have come close. It seems that with this drier wood it is more difficult to control the temperature of the stove. Usually, when the temperature is around 500 degrees F we close the flue damper all the way and reduce the amount of air a lot. Sometimes we will even close the air intake all the way. But, even taking away all of the air the temperature will sometimes climb for 20 to 40 minutes and often will approach the over-fire temp of 800°F. We have talked with the installer who said that these stoves run hot and we need not worry. He has a Lopi and he runs it hot all the time. I have never seen any steel getting even close to turning red hot and I do find it somewhat reassuring to hear our installer tell us not to worry, but convincing my wife is another whole story. She is convinced that one of these days the temperature will rise far beyond the 800° F limit after we have taken away all the air and thus we will have lost control of the stove. We had the door gaskets inspected and the door fits very snugly. I did the dollar bill in the door test and I can't move the dollar up or down. Does anyone have any suggestions so I can ease my wife's worries?
George
My wife and I have 2 stoves that we use to keep a sprawling ranch warm in the winter months. 1 of the stoves is behaving differently than it has for the past 4 burning seasons. It is a Lopi Revere. Before I go further I need to also tell you that this is the first burning season that we are burning truly seasoned wood. In years past we were lucky to get enough wood in the summer and fall just before we had to start burning but by working ahead and storing the wood properly, we are now able to burn wood that has been seasoned properly. Our problem is one of temperature. The owner's manual states that we should not let the temperature exceed 800°F and we never have. However, we have come close. It seems that with this drier wood it is more difficult to control the temperature of the stove. Usually, when the temperature is around 500 degrees F we close the flue damper all the way and reduce the amount of air a lot. Sometimes we will even close the air intake all the way. But, even taking away all of the air the temperature will sometimes climb for 20 to 40 minutes and often will approach the over-fire temp of 800°F. We have talked with the installer who said that these stoves run hot and we need not worry. He has a Lopi and he runs it hot all the time. I have never seen any steel getting even close to turning red hot and I do find it somewhat reassuring to hear our installer tell us not to worry, but convincing my wife is another whole story. She is convinced that one of these days the temperature will rise far beyond the 800° F limit after we have taken away all the air and thus we will have lost control of the stove. We had the door gaskets inspected and the door fits very snugly. I did the dollar bill in the door test and I can't move the dollar up or down. Does anyone have any suggestions so I can ease my wife's worries?
George