Whats in your stove after an overnight burn

[begreen]

Oh lawd that pic kills me! Here in softwood country after 8 hrs I wake up to just a couple small coals left In a bigger stove...
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That's not too bad, you are still learning. There are some variables to consider which make this highly variable. The amount of coals left is going to be relative to how hard the stove is being pressed for heat, the wood species, wood dryness, size of splits, fuel load packing density, draft strength, stove design, wood orientation and operator control.

 

[vwmike]

That's not too bad, you are still learning. There are some variables to consider which make this highly variable. The amount of coals left is going to be relative to how hard the stove is being pressed for heat, the wood species, wood dryness, size of splits, fuel load packing density, draft strength, stove design, wood orientatio and operator control.

Oh for sure! I’m certainly quite happy with how it’s working, certainly much better than my
little vista.

 

[Woody Stover]

Last night, I cut the air to cruise setting in the dark, and set it a little too low; When I re-loaded I still had one intact but coaled split, and one that had broken into chunks. With the air set too low, room temp had dropped to 65. House is a little under 1000 sq.ft. total and we have the 250 sq.ft. mudroom/bedroom door closed to about 6" so it stays 5-7* cooler than the main room. The log structure has no wall insulation, just 1" of wallboard, and the house needs a good bit more air-sealing. It's probably like heating 1500 sq.ft. in an average house here, but that's a guess..
I couldn't jam the box with the coals still in there. Pic isn't great but I didn't want to open the door. Maybe I'll post another run at some point with the haze cleaned off the glass so I can get better pics.



I was able to load two decent Black Locust splits and one Red Oak, maybe 3/4 of a full load. Fire box I've measured at about 1.4 cu.ft. usable..andirons keep the wood back a little, reducing the fire box size slightly from what the maker states.
I ran the new load with the air set 1/4 open with a little flame, for about an hour. Then I cut the air to cruise, a bit above minimum, slightly above 1/8 open.
Starting OAT was 23*. Afternoon temp got up to 34 or so. Wind about 10 mph all day. Stove temp crested around 525.
At about 8 hrs. I had a couple of intact coaling splits left. STT was around 300, room temp 70. I upped the air to about 1/4 open. A couple of small, thin, barely visible blue flames began coming off the coaling splits. Temp went back up to 330, then back to 300 over a period of three hours.
So at 11 hrs. this is what's left in the stove. Hard to see the size of the chunks, but you can see the back of one that is close to the door, lower left. The others in the background are similar. I'd subtract an hour or two off the effective heat time if the load was all Red Oak, a medium-high output fuel. If it was warmer out, I could have cut the burn rate down a little further and added a couple hours. Black Locust raises peak stove temp a little bit and burning down BL coals yields a little more stove temp as well. I probably won't load for a couple more hours since it's 71 in here. Headed to the teens tonight but the wind is slacking off..

My firebox is only about 1 sq ft., Jotul 3cb.

Gotta be bigger than that, doesn't it? Did you ever measure actual usable space? Stove makers sometimes list inaccurate volumes.

Oh lawd that pic kills me! Here in softwood country after 8 hrs I wake up to just a couple small coals left In a bigger stove...

Yep, hardwoods produce a bunch of coals will last a good while and keep pumping heat. But if you need max heat, the coals get in the way of another full load, and must be dealt with. There's a 1/4" hole that they put in the back of the Keystone ash pan housing, which admits a little air. If I run a poker along the back of the fire box floor, ashes will fall through the grate in that area and the ash pan air will enter back there and eventually bore a hole through the coaling back splits, resulting in a hollow "coal cave" of glowing coals about the size of a cantaloupe.

This thread shows the value of having the stove make and model in the signature line.

This thread, and just about every other one where someone is asking questions of "stove temp, burn time, loading my stove, smoke roll-out," and on and on.....and on forever! It's usually a case of TLI..Too Little Information.

 

[edyit]

Loaded the stove last night at around 730ish here it is around 5am

 

[kennyp2339]

Did a full reload at 7pm
10.5 hrs later this is what’s left, 18deg this morning, upstairs temp was 69deg
Loaded her up and she’s set to go until I get home from work around 4:30, when I reload I’ll use just a few small splits and run the stove at high setting, this will burn the coals down leaving lots of room a big splits

If you can post a pic

 

[Dug8498]

Not sure if I’m allowed to contribute on this one as my stove is technically a classic stove... I figure I’ll try anyway as I think it’s a cool thread.

Loaded last night at 8:45, this is from 5:45 this morning. Stove top thermometer was at just under 400. First pic is what I see when opening the door, second pic is after raking coals forward

 

[kennyp2339]

Not sure if I’m allowed to contribute on this one as my stove is technically a classic stove... I figure I’ll try anyway as I think it’s a cool thread.

Loaded last night at 8:45, this is from 5:45 this morning. Stove top thermometer was at just under 400. First pic is what I see when opening the door, second pic is after raking coals forward


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You can always add wood burning / operations pics

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Not sure if I’m allowed to contribute on this one as my stove is technically a classic stove... I figure I’ll try anyway as I think it’s a cool thread.

Loaded last night at 8:45, this is from 5:45 this morning. Stove top thermometer was at just under 400. First pic is what I see when opening the door, second pic is after raking coals forward View attachment 235381View attachment 235382


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This is not limited to just EPA.. please post away.. i encourage it..

 

[Woodsplitter67]

Not sure if I’m allowed to contribute on this one as my stove is technically a classic stove... I figure I’ll try anyway as I think it’s a cool thread.

Loaded last night at 8:45, this is from 5:45 this morning. Stove top thermometer was at just under 400. First pic is what I see when opening the door, second pic is after raking coals forward View attachment 235381View attachment 235382


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What is your stove

 

[Dug8498]

What is your stove

Jotul F118b, believe it was made 1983


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[vwmike]

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Did a full reload at 7pm
View attachment 235368 10.5 hrs later this is what’s left, 18deg this morning, upstairs temp was 69degView attachment 235369
Loaded her up and she’s set to go until I get home from work around 4:30, when I reload I’ll use just a few small splits and run the stove at high setting, this will burn the coals down leaving lots of room a big splitsView attachment 235370

Quite interested in getting a princess to replace my summit. Just curious on these shorter burn for a bk what kind of stove top tempatures your seeing?

 

[Manly]

I know - very well aware of that. And I think that it's been hashed through here multiple times, with my conclusion being using it to go from coals to flames is not bad, but any more than that is too much. And much better than a simmering smudge pot waiting to get going. A hand on the handle giving it some air, I'm comfortable with that. That's just me. And that's coming from a trained monkey, so don't try this at home.

On occasions I do this same forbidden function with my Jotul 3. Keeping my hand on the ash door handle, slightly opened just until flames get established, and typically telling my wife, “I don’t ever want to see you opening this ash pan door!”, typically under threat of sexual abuse.

 

[kennyp2339]

Quite interested in getting a princess to replace my summit. Just curious on these shorter burn for a bk what kind of stove top tempatures your seeing?

When temps drop into the low 20's I switch over to 12hr cycles, I'm heating from the basement which is non-insulated block wall, non-insulated sill plate, small stairwell to the upstairs, If this stove was upstairs I'd be in the 24hr club even on the coldest of days.

 

[Trey1979]

This thread shows the value of having the stove make and model in the signature line.

I do u look at someone's signature and I have yet to figure out how to add my stove in my signature

2018 drolet ht2000

 

[toddnic]

Stove temp around 300 degrees and a whole lot of coals. That's after around 10 hours with the PH.....

 

[Dug8498]

I do u look at someone's signature and I have yet to figure out how to add my stove in my signature

2018 drolet ht2000

That’s actually something I’m curious about. If I use the website on my computer, I can see my signature w stove etc, but cannot when using Tapatalk. In fact, I can’t anyone’s signature when using this app [emoji848]


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[David.Ervin]

Depends on what I load up with before bed.
Oak and hickory: Nice coals
Ash: ashes, a smear of coals I have to nurture along to get the next fire going.
Hedge: exploding sparklers!

 

[begreen]

That’s actually something I’m curious about. If I use the website on my computer, I can see my signature w stove etc, but cannot when using Tapatalk. In fact, I can’t anyone’s signature when using this app [emoji848]


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That's a shortcoming of just using tapatalk which puts it's own advertisement in its own signature line.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/how-to-post-on-the-hearth-com-forums.139782/#post-2257451

To add a signature to the forum avatar, move your mouse over your forum name in the upper right of the screen and hover over it. A menu will show listing account options. Click on Signature.



That will bring up a dialog where you can enter Signature info. Please keep it limited to no more than 3 lines.

 

[Woody Stover]

If I use the website on my computer, I can see my signature w stove etc, but cannot when using Tapatalk. In fact, I can’t anyone’s signature when using this app

That's just one of the many reasons that phones blow for internet use.

 

[Woody Stover]

When temps drop into the low 20's I switch over to 12hr cycles, I'm heating from the basement which is non-insulated block wall, non-insulated sill plate, small stairwell to the upstairs, If this stove was upstairs I'd be in the 24hr club even on the coldest of days.

What's the sq.ft. on each level?
And where do you live? All I see for your location is some map coordinates.

 

[Dug8498]

That's a shortcoming of just using tapatalk which puts it's own advertisement in its own signature line.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/how-to-post-on-the-hearth-com-forums.139782/#post-2257451

To add a signature to the forum avatar, move your mouse over your forum name in the upper right of the screen and hover over it. A menu will show listing account options. Click on Signature.

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That will bring up a dialog where you can enter Signature info. Please keep it limited to no more than 3 lines.
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So I believe I do have a signature? I’m hoping other people can see this. I just went on my computer to verify this. My issue is I can’t see it or anyone else’s with Tapatalk but I can see it if I click on an individual user and go into their profile. If I’m browsing the site on my computer I can see the signatures on every post

Anyway, no big deal, thanks for the help. I don’t want to hijack this post


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[Dug8498]

That's just one of the many reasons that phones blow for internet use.

Haha agreed


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[Kevin Weis]

Depends on what I load up with before bed.
Oak and hickory: Nice coals
Ash: ashes, a smear of coals I have to nurture along to get the next fire going.
Hedge: exploding sparklers!

The sparklers are Mulberry. Loves to do that when a little extra O2 is sent they're way.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Glad someone said that pine is not the evil stepchild anymore. Don't have any now, but may cut up that 16" White Pine Trunk that I pushed to the side of the property with the tractor loader now, if its not rotted by now. Kevin

 

[Dug8498]

Glad someone said that pine is not the evil stepchild anymore. Don't have any now, but may cut up that 16" White Pine Trunk that I pushed to the side of the property with the tractor loader now, if its not rotted by now. Kevin

I’ve got about 3-4 cords I’m splitting at the moment. Its relatively easy to find around here because everyone either (1) doesn’t want it or (2) thinks it can only be burned in an outdoor fire pit. I just kept a few of the trees the tree guys took down a few months ago. Burns quite nicely when dry I think


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