I see some frustrated newbies here- maybe a post gathering some tips would be helpful. Post 'em if you got 'em.
2 things I know for sure- One of them has to do with Scarlett Johansen, and the other has to do with running my insert. Maybe the new to EPA2 stove folks expressing some frustration could give this a thought.
We all know about dry wood, etc etc. Also- my insert runs better when it's completely full of wood. It gets going with secondaries all lit etc if it's completely full of small splits.
If I screw around with a couple/few splits in there for a "low fire"- it's a pain to get it operating. If I want a "low fire"- I put a couple in NS, and lay the rest EW on top of them so that there's wood near the secondary burn tubes (and airspace under the charge- less wood in a load, but still burns great). Maybe it's because there's coals providing more heat where needed. Maybe because it restricts the airspace up there- forcing combustible gas to mix with secondary air. I really dunno- but it works better.
So load that sucker up and see what happens.
2 things I know for sure- One of them has to do with Scarlett Johansen, and the other has to do with running my insert. Maybe the new to EPA2 stove folks expressing some frustration could give this a thought.
We all know about dry wood, etc etc. Also- my insert runs better when it's completely full of wood. It gets going with secondaries all lit etc if it's completely full of small splits.
If I screw around with a couple/few splits in there for a "low fire"- it's a pain to get it operating. If I want a "low fire"- I put a couple in NS, and lay the rest EW on top of them so that there's wood near the secondary burn tubes (and airspace under the charge- less wood in a load, but still burns great). Maybe it's because there's coals providing more heat where needed. Maybe because it restricts the airspace up there- forcing combustible gas to mix with secondary air. I really dunno- but it works better.
So load that sucker up and see what happens.