My first post so I'm practicing a bit.
Have owned a lopi leyden for a little over one week and thanks to this forum I have made some headway in learning the stove. Travis has a great stove there, but should be embarrassed on their "how to operate" section of the manual. Or at the least they should list hearth.com as a place to learn operation. I've searched the leyden and found great info. Thanks!
I've never burned wood before last week.
I'm getting her hot. IR gun says 625 on loading lid and 500 over the door. 650 at back of stove. Good coal bed, I think. Temps vary widely on this stovetop. When I close up for a secondary burn, everything looks great inside the stove: syrupy blue flames at the top of the box and popping out of the splits. But outside I'm still getting smell and what I guess is smoke. Still not hot enough? Should there ever be smell? I'm getting six hour burns with a workable coal bed and no sooted glass except some on the sides (first night, yes, I sooted up the glass bad). Learning here ...
Thanks for everything fellow burners.
Have owned a lopi leyden for a little over one week and thanks to this forum I have made some headway in learning the stove. Travis has a great stove there, but should be embarrassed on their "how to operate" section of the manual. Or at the least they should list hearth.com as a place to learn operation. I've searched the leyden and found great info. Thanks!
I've never burned wood before last week.
I'm getting her hot. IR gun says 625 on loading lid and 500 over the door. 650 at back of stove. Good coal bed, I think. Temps vary widely on this stovetop. When I close up for a secondary burn, everything looks great inside the stove: syrupy blue flames at the top of the box and popping out of the splits. But outside I'm still getting smell and what I guess is smoke. Still not hot enough? Should there ever be smell? I'm getting six hour burns with a workable coal bed and no sooted glass except some on the sides (first night, yes, I sooted up the glass bad). Learning here ...
Thanks for everything fellow burners.