Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
Ditto. Using this definition, we get 8-10 hours with the Oslo, depending on wood species, split size, and how carefully the firebox is packed.Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
That then can spawn another debate on what constitutes kindling. What some call kindling, I call small splits. IMHO kindling is sticks no fatter than your thumb.Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
LLigetfa said:That then can spawn another debate on what constitutes kindling. What some call kindling, I call small splits. IMHO kindling is sticks no fatter than your thumb.Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
3-4 hours with a full load of DRY wood. Semi-dry wood takes an hour off that.precaud said:Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
Me too. I think it would help if we also had one for the length of the flaming stage of the burn cycle. Like, ummm, flame time?
Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
wendell said:Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
I use to use this definition but I'm know drifting toward the usable heat life.
For me lately that is one in the same. When it's as warm outside as it has been here lately then all I need is coals in the stove to keep the house warm. So by "definition" enough coals to light the fire again without a match is plenty of "usable heat".Todd said:wendell said:Todd said:For me it's having enough coals to just reload with more splits and not have to use kindling.
I use to use this definition but I'm know drifting toward the usable heat life.
There's another can of worms.
LLigetfa said:What some call kindling, I call small splits. IMHO kindling is sticks no fatter than your thumb.
Smokey Bear said:When you discuss a burn time of 8 hours or whatever. When do you consider the burn time to end?
firefighterjake said:Smokey Bear said:When you discuss a burn time of 8 hours or whatever. When do you consider the burn time to end?
As others have mentioned this definition is pretty elusive . . . it's one of those things we all look at when buying our first stove . . . and yet we all have different ideas of what that definition is . . . and never think to ask the dealer what their definition of burn time is to them.
My original burn time definition was the time the stove would have visible flames to the time when the flaming stage moved into the coaling stage.
I later changed that definition to the time when meaningful heat was being produced (typically around 300 degrees) to the time when the stove stopped producing meaningful heat to warm up my house (typically around 300 degrees stove top.)
Nowadays I often consider burn time to be the time it takes from when I reload the stove and get meaningful heat and get good heat to the point where I have enough coals to easily restart the fire with either kindling or small splits . . . of course, as mentioned, this brings a whole other problem . . . how does one define kindling, small splits, meaningful heat, etc.
Best advice . . . take the whole burn time numbers folks throw out (and the brochures and website promote) with a grain of salt . . . realizing that definitions are a bit vague . . . and in the case of the manufacturers they are no doubt burning in optimal conditions with optimal fuel.
PapaDave said:OK now, someone define cold, ....or hot. :lol:
BrotherBart said:PapaDave said:OK now, someone define cold, ....or hot. :lol:
Easy. There is no such thing as cold. Just an absence of heat.
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