I got a fire going yesterday morn at 7am (1st one in a week). Loaded it up to the top and went to work. The house was at 64* so I figured by the time we all got home it would be warm instead of even cooler.
When I got home at 5pm the unit was running, water temp was around 160, the house was at 70* (which is where I have the stats set) and the fire was burning and there was still some big charcoaled splits left.
I threw a couple splits in to keep it goin.
10pm last night I loaded it up full. I woke up at 2:30am and heard the zones circulating (still an issue that I haven't fixed but may not want to since I like knowing when the house is calling for heat) Was tempted to check the fire but went back to bed.
At 5:30am I checked on it and it was burning real well and still had half the wood from 10pm (it had dropped to 26* last night)
I added 3 more splits at 9 am and it shut down on its own around 9:30
I was home in my office all day (I hate paperwork days) the house never called for heat until at 4:30pm I heard the unit kick on. I waited about 15 minutes and went out to check. Yep it was amazing after 7 hours of sitting dormant it "re-lit" and was burning real well, super hot coals with plenty of the wood from 9am.
This has happened several times through out the season. However there have been many more times after only 4 hours the unit wouldn't "re-light"
Just thought I'd share that with you guys.
I'm kinda glad it got cool again. I love burnin. Was feelin a little lost for the week it got warm.
What will I do all summer?
Oh I know, split lots of wood!
When I got home at 5pm the unit was running, water temp was around 160, the house was at 70* (which is where I have the stats set) and the fire was burning and there was still some big charcoaled splits left.
I threw a couple splits in to keep it goin.
10pm last night I loaded it up full. I woke up at 2:30am and heard the zones circulating (still an issue that I haven't fixed but may not want to since I like knowing when the house is calling for heat) Was tempted to check the fire but went back to bed.
At 5:30am I checked on it and it was burning real well and still had half the wood from 10pm (it had dropped to 26* last night)
I added 3 more splits at 9 am and it shut down on its own around 9:30
I was home in my office all day (I hate paperwork days) the house never called for heat until at 4:30pm I heard the unit kick on. I waited about 15 minutes and went out to check. Yep it was amazing after 7 hours of sitting dormant it "re-lit" and was burning real well, super hot coals with plenty of the wood from 9am.
This has happened several times through out the season. However there have been many more times after only 4 hours the unit wouldn't "re-light"
Just thought I'd share that with you guys.
I'm kinda glad it got cool again. I love burnin. Was feelin a little lost for the week it got warm.
What will I do all summer?
Oh I know, split lots of wood!