First night of actually heating the house with a new (old) Dutchwest Small cat 2460. I'm super impressed and I remember now why I like catalytic stoves so much!
Dropped three logs and a firestarter in the side door, bypass open of course.
By the time the three logs had caught and were fairly well established, I added two splits on top, shut the door and waited for cat to come up to temperature.
Engaged at 600 deg. F on the probe, combustor lit fast and jumped to 1400. Even with the cat at 1400 degrees, the room stayed around 77 and the rest of the house hovered around 71.
Went to bed at 10:30 with the three logs still burning, cat firing.
Woke up at 6:30 to one log still left in the middle of the stove covered in red coals and ready for fresh wood. Stove body still very hot, living room at 71 degrees, rest of house around 65.
Scratching my head trying to figure out why so many have a bad taste in their mouth for catalytic stoves.
Dropped three logs and a firestarter in the side door, bypass open of course.
By the time the three logs had caught and were fairly well established, I added two splits on top, shut the door and waited for cat to come up to temperature.
Engaged at 600 deg. F on the probe, combustor lit fast and jumped to 1400. Even with the cat at 1400 degrees, the room stayed around 77 and the rest of the house hovered around 71.
Went to bed at 10:30 with the three logs still burning, cat firing.
Woke up at 6:30 to one log still left in the middle of the stove covered in red coals and ready for fresh wood. Stove body still very hot, living room at 71 degrees, rest of house around 65.
Scratching my head trying to figure out why so many have a bad taste in their mouth for catalytic stoves.