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gaz1, Nov 4, 2015 post
#7
further info to the above post
Gary B. here from Minnesota. The burning season here is winding down and I thought I would share how my second season went.
burning season of 2015-2016.
my stove was over sized for the my 2000 square ft shop.
he entire inside burn chamber is built of .375 mild steel. Wood consumption down. I have never once let my shop go below 60 degrees all winter and I am just over one loggers cord(48 inches x 48 inches x 96 inches)(128 cubic feet) burnt red and white oak.
The fire is ripping almost instantly. Once the stove is hot (15-25 minutes) I switch around my air controls to where my under fire air setting is just enough to maintain a slow rolling fire(flame). Then I adjust the preheated air slide to where my burn chamber flame goes purple with just orange
Tips on the flames.
So I have burnt this stove all winter with this preheater and here is what I have learned. I have probe thermometers so I can tell the combustion air entering the burn box runs between 800-1200 degrees F. depending on how hard I am running it. For same heat out put I have to run air controls much more closed down. So now fire is burning slower but just as hot as it not getting cooled down by combustion air flying in and out of my burn chamber. So less air in less out.
#7
further info to the above post
Gary B. here from Minnesota. The burning season here is winding down and I thought I would share how my second season went.
burning season of 2015-2016.
my stove was over sized for the my 2000 square ft shop.
he entire inside burn chamber is built of .375 mild steel. Wood consumption down. I have never once let my shop go below 60 degrees all winter and I am just over one loggers cord(48 inches x 48 inches x 96 inches)(128 cubic feet) burnt red and white oak.
The fire is ripping almost instantly. Once the stove is hot (15-25 minutes) I switch around my air controls to where my under fire air setting is just enough to maintain a slow rolling fire(flame). Then I adjust the preheated air slide to where my burn chamber flame goes purple with just orange
Tips on the flames.
So I have burnt this stove all winter with this preheater and here is what I have learned. I have probe thermometers so I can tell the combustion air entering the burn box runs between 800-1200 degrees F. depending on how hard I am running it. For same heat out put I have to run air controls much more closed down. So now fire is burning slower but just as hot as it not getting cooled down by combustion air flying in and out of my burn chamber. So less air in less out.