Last night I woke about an hour after I went to bed... It was quite warm in the house, which wasn't a surprise since we loaded the stove for an overnight burn and it wasn't particularly cold outside. Mid 30's. I happened to look at the stove and the stove top temp was off the thermometer... point to about 5-o clock when its top number is at 3 o clock.. The thermometer goes to about 900 degrees and it was far past that.
Upon looking closer to find out why.. I could find nothing particulary out of place... The cat was flipped.. nothing special about the wood... I choked down the air all the way (it was halfway closed) and the temp started to go down....
It was a bit unnerving. I usually have the air choked down to about 1/3 when I do an extended burn.... but I routinely run it at half open during the day and never experienced heat like this. I'm trying to find out why.
Luckily.. the stove wasn't red.. nor was the stove pipe. The wood used was Ash... and it was even a bit wet from melting snow.
I'm puzzled.
Upon looking closer to find out why.. I could find nothing particulary out of place... The cat was flipped.. nothing special about the wood... I choked down the air all the way (it was halfway closed) and the temp started to go down....
It was a bit unnerving. I usually have the air choked down to about 1/3 when I do an extended burn.... but I routinely run it at half open during the day and never experienced heat like this. I'm trying to find out why.
Luckily.. the stove wasn't red.. nor was the stove pipe. The wood used was Ash... and it was even a bit wet from melting snow.
I'm puzzled.