Fairly nice today, so as the oil is draining from the Jeep, I cleaned out the stove, pulled the baffles, then went on the roof. Pulled the top section of pipe and ran the brush down a few times. Put the pipe back and went back to the stove for a pic of the pile of crud. Here's the result..... I had about 1/2 that from the top section and cap and I left that on the roof. Last time I cleaned was around the time I installed this stove back in March. To be honest, I expected a little more, so this is gooder. I'll check again during our January thaw, and would expect this much or less with the stove burning hotter during the next couple months.
What the pic shows doesn't look like very much to me, unless your stove has a 7 cubic foot firebox. That's nothing like our old 2550 used to make ( tons).
Yeah, that's the 30NC box. I could have just not bothered, but I'd already checked twice and not swept so I thought I should before things get cold. Such a small amount compared to the old stove. I also don't need to empty ashes very much, where I was taking 'em out of the Ashley every few days.
I wouldn't even bother getting up on the roof in January, one less chance you have of rolling off the roof.
Me too...I love how much ash is holds, so much better than my NC13...Thats a very nice clean and free sweep, thats Gooder.
Not really sure yet. Since I didn't burn the stove very long earlier this year, and it was new to me, it's tough to compare. So far, the humidity in the house is still around 40%, but it hasn't gotten real cold yet. I'd say the butt dyno is telling me it's gooder. Still waiting to be able to tell if it's helping the drafts.
That is a very small amount. This is the top of my 18' of Class A looking down. And the pile I was left with. Less than a quart total and last year was the first time I went a full year without cleaning (took a couple years of cleaning and checking to be comfortable, but I think I could go a couple years easily). The 30-NC is a clean burning machine! So long as you feed it good wood!
Dex, this was after burning close to 1/2 cord from Mid-Sept. to now, plus mid-March through mid-May. I'd guess if I added the stuff from the top of the pipe and the cap, it was maybe a cup.
Mine was really clean too. Much cleaner than the cat stove in the house, though to be fair it get's less use.
Good sign you have good dry wood. Mine looks to be pretty clean, will know in a bit. Much improved over what we had 5 years ago, eh?
It actually seems as though it just isn't there. I think this stove burns the wood so completely, there aren't many pieces of coal......it's all ash. Although, last week when I got home after being gone for a few days, my wife had shoveled out a bunch of coals and ash. I almost put 'em back in the stove.
