Den said:
. . .but seriously folks, long burn time = the forte of cat stoves. It's probably not a bad idea to take it out while you get to know the stove, but you'll probably get longer burns with the cat. There's a guy named NinoUrbana who seems pretty intent on finding the limits of this stove. See his posts in your other thread on the 2n1. Do what he does.
Hmm...I didn't get a notification about replies to that thread. I'll have to check it out.
In terms of the cat, again, I wanted to err on the side of caution rather than screw it up, but I thought about that...it bumps up the efficiency which would seem to bump up burn time as well. However, my installer said that even with the cat, he thinks it's only a 6hr stove. I think he's wrong because last night I turned the external (stove pipe) damper to 45deg. (half open), turned the airflow all the way down, and closed the internal damper, and when I woke up this morning, some of the wood wasn't even burned yet...so that slowed it waaayyyy down. However, the trade-off was it didn't heat very well at all. I mean you couldn't see your breath, but it wasn't toasty either. My concern would be how cold the upstairs got. But in all honesty I didn't check to see.
-Emt1581