Well I have had a few fires in the nc30 and things seem to be going well. Still learning and trying to refine with each burn. Got the STT to 730 or so and it made me a little nervous. I didnt even load the stove full and reduced the air pretty early on in the reload. So I'm sitting here keeping an eye on her before I go to bed and sweating lol.
That's pretty hot for this time of year. I usually start reducing the air by at least 1/2 when the STT gets around 400 or so. Lots of variables re: how much wood, outside temp, type of wood, how soon you reduce air and by how much.......etc., etc. I can run the stove at about 500 very easily without it getting out of hand. Don't be afraid to shut the air all the way once the stove gets hot. If you lose flame, open it back up and the flame will come back. Give it time. VERY small adjustments make big changes, once you get down to less than 1/2 air. Now's the time to play a little, before it gets too cold.
Beautiful setup, my friend! Once you get the stove dialed in, you'll find it quite enjoyable to operate I'm sure. I had to go so far as to modify my Napoleon NZ3000's air intake and even the center door gasket to finally get it to operate like I desired. I did a thread on it quite some time back, it's here somewhere. Anyway, we are ALL learning constantly, which makes this site and all of its members so great to be a part of!
Wow, that looks like a January fire. Open the windows. Great that you got it installed and running properly.
As much as I love my 13NC; in perfect 20/20 hind site, I wish I'd gotten the 30NC. Mainly for the "For Sure" overnight burn times.
This stove loves to run between 700-750 when it's cranking. Just keep it south of 800 and you don't have anything to worry about. It's a great heater, and would be at double what they charge for it.
Cant wait till it gets cold. Looks like I wont have a fire till the weekend and nowhere near 750 degrees needed.
Same setup i have. 730 is nothing. It cruisees 750-800 at peak burn. Been over 900 before . Knoww of people that hit 1k. Not somethinf you want. But the usa made nc30 beast can handle it. Before you know it gonna be cold and you will have it at 800 and go right to bed...
Yikes! The heat must just pour off that thing at those temps. Sounds exciting ... a bit too exciting for us rock lovers; 700 is red line for me and I hope to keep it to about 600 tops.
Starts getting pretty toasty around 450-500, and just seems to be quantum leaps from there. I've been thinking of getting the side shields....not because of CTC, but to maybe keep the stove room from baking and to help get the heat into the rest of the house better. I've also thought that once this house gets tightened up some more, this stove is probably too much. We'll see. Our old stove liked to run way hot like that, but partially because of air control issues. Someone (before we bought the house) ran it to the point of popping welds....no idea how hot it got to do that.
