New restart on coals record for us

[moresnow]

32.5 hrs
Gotta chuckle.
20 series Sirocco
Tough to argue against this efficiency.
Perfect timing. Snow on the way…… Again.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Awesome! Keep working at it! With a little more practice you should be able to get restarts on coals down to a few minutes!

*big grin*

I’m jealous! I wish I could get those long burn times!

 

[Highbeam]

On a 20 box!

 

[nortcan]

32.5 hrs
Gotta chuckle.
20 series Sirocco
Tough to argue against this efficiency.
Perfect timing. Snow on the way…… Again.

You get 32.5 hrs burn time and your glass stay clean ? Can you explain me how you do that?

 

[Todd]

Impressive indeed! What kind of wood? I suppose it wasn’t really making any useful heat later on but still good if you could get consistent 24 hour burns in that 2 cu ft firebox during the shoulder season?

I just went 14 hours in my Fireview will a load of Aspen and was pretty impressed with that.

 

[stoveliker]

My glass is not clean running like that, but I do get useful heat out, right until the cat drops out of the active range. (My 30 box record was 37 hrs.) Of course when running like this it's 40 F or so outside, so "useful heat" is (for what my home needs) not very much. It's easy to get "not very much" out of a few glowing coals right up to the end.

 

[Highbeam]

All heat is useful heat.

 

[Tron]

All heat is useful heat.

Right, we should probably rephrase to "sufficient heat".

 

[stoveliker]

Right, we should probably rephrase to "sufficient heat".

Not even that; it may not be sufficient but it still offsets other heat sources and is thus useful.

My "useful heat" above was meant more stringently though: no other heat sources were needed to stay at the aimed-for temperature in the home. (Hence the emphasis on needing only a little heat in my post.)

 

[Highbeam]

Right, we should probably rephrase to "sufficient heat".

We often hear a lot from the non believers or noncats users how at such low burn rates those BKs aren’t making any heat or not making enough, useful, meaningful, etc. heat. That’s just not true.

 

[Todd]

Well I think for me useful heat is enough heat to maintain my comfort level in my cabin and there’s no way a 30 hour burn in a BK 20 will do that in NW Wis when it’s below zero outside. I’m pretty sure I’d be filling it three times daily running pretty much wide open.

Now when it’s 40’s outside it would be nice to take advantage of those long burns and I’m wondering if the BK20’s can go a full 24 hr reload schedule?

 

[stoveliker]

I think so.
Same for the 30 box; folks in AK run them hard with 3 reloads per day. Nothing gained then - other than a much more even heat output courtesy of the thermostat. But when one does need a low output, one can.

 

[moresnow]

You get 32.5 hrs burn time and your glass stay clean ? Can you explain me how you do that?

Clean glass? Nope! This was simply a low burn rate load due to warm weather.

 

[moresnow]

Well I think for me useful heat is enough heat to maintain my comfort level in my cabin and there’s no way a 30 hour burn in a BK 20 will do that in NW Wis when it’s below zero outside. I’m pretty sure I’d be filling it three times daily running pretty much wide open.

Now when it’s 40’s outside it would be nice to take advantage of those long burns and I’m wondering if the BK20’s can go a full 24 hr reload schedule?

I am running roughly 12 hr reloads when the oat is below zero or even single digits above. For sure. And we do it often. My home temps require that level of maintenance when it's cold.

I would never rely on a 24 hr schedule unless I had an exceptionally insulated/efficient home. And when it's really warm out.

I ran a 20hr reload the last round. Overnight temp around 30 and its 47 now at 1 pm.

Enjoy spring everybody. Hope you are getting the sun and nice temps we are today. Easy livin in this weather.

 

[moresnow]

Impressive indeed! What kind of wood?

Red Oak and Ash. Likely about as good as it gets around here honestly. Very premium fuel.

 

[bholler]

You get 32.5 hrs burn time and your glass stay clean ? Can you explain me how you do that?

They restarted from coals that doesn't mean the stove was putting out any heat. Coals can stay hot for a long time buried in ash. Still impressive from a medium sized stove for sure. But I have dug coals out of ash after 3 days that would be enough to restart.

 

[bholler]

We often hear a lot from the non believers or noncats users how at such low burn rates those BKs aren’t making any heat or not making enough, useful, meaningful, etc. heat. That’s just not true.

I have been both and really only burn 24 hours 8 to 10 days a year. I just don't find the heat useful when it's that low.

 

[Highbeam]

I have been both and really only burn 24 hours 8 to 10 days a year. I just don't find the heat useful when it's that low.

I too have a noncat and a cat and they both make 100% useful heat at all burn rates.

Maybe what you meant to say is that when you are burning with 24 hour burn cycles the output level is not enough heat to keep your house warm enough for you without help from your central heat source.

 

[bholler]

I too have a noncat and a cat and they both make 100% useful heat at all burn rates.

Maybe what you meant to say is that when you are burning with 24 hour burn cycles the output level is not enough heat to keep your house warm enough for you without help from your central heat source.

No i said exactly what I meant to say.

 

[stoveliker]

Useful heat is any heat when you need heat. Whether it's enough to be comfortable or not.

It all offsets paid for heating. Even the heat from a wax candle.

It's not useful heat when the AC is on.

Whether the heat from the stove is enough to be comfortable depends on the ratio of it's output over the need for heat of your home in the weather at the time.

Edit: addition; my nr of hours mentioned above was usable as in sufficient to avoid needing another source of heat.

So the difference is my home versus your homes need for heat.