Being a newbie and all, I had another "practice" fire today and had a little trouble at first. I've burned wood for the past 12 years or so in an open fireplace without much trouble at all. I imagine this is a whole different ballgame.
Today, I had to keep the air open all the way and even had to have the door open quite a while just to get close to 4oo degrees and that took me about 1 1/2 hours. The wood burned up relatively quick, so I reloaded several times with some smallish splits. Finally I git frustrated and loaded it up with 3-4 decent size splits and that seemed to do the trick. I was able to cut the air down to about 1/2 way or a little less and the fire was then cooking along nicely getting up to 500 degrees according to the stove top thermometer. I did not turn the fan on (automatic) until it hit 400 degrees.
It seems like this stove might prefer bigger fires. I did start the fire using 1/3 of a free Super Cedar and numerous pieces of kindling.
Any advice is sure to help.
Thanks
Today, I had to keep the air open all the way and even had to have the door open quite a while just to get close to 4oo degrees and that took me about 1 1/2 hours. The wood burned up relatively quick, so I reloaded several times with some smallish splits. Finally I git frustrated and loaded it up with 3-4 decent size splits and that seemed to do the trick. I was able to cut the air down to about 1/2 way or a little less and the fire was then cooking along nicely getting up to 500 degrees according to the stove top thermometer. I did not turn the fan on (automatic) until it hit 400 degrees.
It seems like this stove might prefer bigger fires. I did start the fire using 1/3 of a free Super Cedar and numerous pieces of kindling.
Any advice is sure to help.
Thanks