So, as a new burner, what is considered a "long burn?" I see that a lot of people strive to get an overnight burn, what what do they mean exactly?
Clearly, several splits are not going to have lapping flames and secondaries for a straight eight-12 hours. So, if you load your stove/insert at lets say 10pm, and you will have good size coals at 6am, is that considered a success?
Our coldest spell here in the DC burbs was last weekend. It got down to the upper 30s at night and was mid 40s during the way. I had a good fire that night and woke up up at around 6:30am. The blower was in "auto" and was off but there was some good sized coals. Since the house was chilly, I reloaded and got a fire going very quickly. I only loaded 3 medium-small sized splits. The fire burned for maybe four hours before it was nothing but large chunks of burning charcoal. The blower didn't automatically stop until around 4pm. I was quite impressed. I actually kept checking to make it was still in "auto."
Clearly, several splits are not going to have lapping flames and secondaries for a straight eight-12 hours. So, if you load your stove/insert at lets say 10pm, and you will have good size coals at 6am, is that considered a success?
Our coldest spell here in the DC burbs was last weekend. It got down to the upper 30s at night and was mid 40s during the way. I had a good fire that night and woke up up at around 6:30am. The blower was in "auto" and was off but there was some good sized coals. Since the house was chilly, I reloaded and got a fire going very quickly. I only loaded 3 medium-small sized splits. The fire burned for maybe four hours before it was nothing but large chunks of burning charcoal. The blower didn't automatically stop until around 4pm. I was quite impressed. I actually kept checking to make it was still in "auto."