![]() We burn "low" BTU firewoods during the daytime to maintain house temperatures. and firebox temps will be much higher also. A firebox full of oak will burn twice as long (or even longer) as a firebox full of aspen. same goes for the difference between soft and hard maple. Think of it in terms of weight the same "volume" of oak will weigh twice as much (or more) as aspen or Boxelder. If ya' want "hot", overnight (8 hour) burns ya' ain't gonna' get it from those types of wood. Second, aspen, (soft?) maple, Boxelder and Black Ash are not high BTU firewoods. You may need to experiment a bit to find the best setting for your setup. as well as keep your firebox temps higher, which will help reduce creosote formation. I believe the "default" setting on the Honeywell Controller is 130° ON/OFF 90°, changing that to something like 160° ON/110° OFF will cause the blower to come on less often and run longer when it does. You can set the on temp, the off temp, as well as the amount of difference between the two. if you think they're cycling on/off too often you can adjust the on and off set points (the instructions for doing so are on page 17 of your owners manual). Well, first of all, your blowers are controlled by an adjustable "blower/limit control". That really surprised me as i always worried to much wood would get me a runaway fire. I had trouble hitting 400 on the magnetic thermometer above the door last night with it fully loaded. It doesnt do that with a smaller load, burns nice then but doesnt burn long. I even got up, gave it more air and let the fire get going more before tamping it down again and got the same results. After awhile i'd hear the thermostat get low enough the blower fans would go off, then kick on a minute or three later, pretty much ran like that all night,cycling on and off instead of getting hot and staying on. Last night i really loaded the stove as full as i could get it(1st time i ever did this), let the fire get going good, by that time the flapper damper on the door was hot enough to be fully closed and useless so i had the ash spinner half way open and went to bed. No barometric regulator, seems to draft pretty good once its warmed up. Double wall pipe comes off a 45 from the stove, 4 ft over diagonally to another 45 into the wall and chimney and up a 20 ft uninsulated liner. First picture of the stove is when it was newly installed. Its been in a covered shed for 1 yr and averages about 16% on a moisture meter when i split a piece open. Wood is generally aspen, maple, box elder, black ash. ![]()
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