I’ve read a few cat owners make the claim that noncat stoves only provide 3ish hours of usable heat, and then all you have is coals till your next reload. I have not at all found that to be the case with my noncat. For a while now, I have wanted to prove this out by throwing on a load and measuring the stove temp every 30 min or so for the full load. I wasn’t able to do that today… but I did note the time that I loaded the stove (8:00 AM), and circled back at 3:00 PM (7 hrs later). The stove is currently at 395 degrees F. A picture of the coal bed is attached.
The whole load has been with the air 90-100% of the way closed. If I had opened it up further several hrs into the burn, it would certainly be hotter than it is now. However, the stove is currently keeping our downstairs at 68 degrees (has been between 67.7 and 68.5 for the past 5 hours), so no need to increase the stove temp.
Anyways, hope this is helpful for people doing stove research and sifting through all the claims that you find on hearth.com
The whole load has been with the air 90-100% of the way closed. If I had opened it up further several hrs into the burn, it would certainly be hotter than it is now. However, the stove is currently keeping our downstairs at 68 degrees (has been between 67.7 and 68.5 for the past 5 hours), so no need to increase the stove temp.
Anyways, hope this is helpful for people doing stove research and sifting through all the claims that you find on hearth.com