The Defiant, the 30, new blower, air flow, and the new front door

Up to 12 hours in the den. Not sure how long I will get usable heat with it in the living room.

I already bring the coals forward. I also load east/west most of the time. I prefer it as it give longer burn times in the 30.

On this new chimney, my reloads are really quick with the pine. I had a good bed of coals last night, and from reload to shut down, was five minutes. It was great.

 

That room is pretty drafty. And the stove pulls harder than it did in the den. A lot harder. But, I still get some smoke on reload. Could I do an Oak in that room? Yes. I don't think that would solve the problem at this point. I am going to button up any air leaks in the pipe this weekend and see if that helps.

 

12 hours is pretty good. 8 to 10 is all I need. As I load up before I go to work, When I get home, then load up before I go to bed. Thats 3 times.
3 x 8 = 24 so I guess all I really need is 8 hour burn cycles. Now two 12 hour loads would be less work for me but thats ok.
Whats really important for me is for my 3 loads a day that my coals are burnt down just right for me on all of my 3 loading times.
So I strive to get the right amount of coal burn down also. I am learning with this new bigger Drolet Myriad I have. As this Myriad seems to
maintain some coals for a very long time to start my next load with. And with my bypass damper I can restart a load on very little coals as I get lots more air flow with the bypass damper open. I think part of it too is that the air flows changes how it flows over the coals with the bypass open.
I am trying not to waste wood with this bigger stove as its easy to do. My stacks of wood are going down faster as I have bigger splits for this new bigger stove and loading 5 pieces of bigger stuff is using up my stacks faster. So its not just that I have a rick of wood but how big are my splits in that rick.

 

12 is about max. 8-10 with hard wood is the norm. 6-8 with pine.