Stove Tetris

Loaded at 10pm and just got home around 12:30 (only worked 5 hrs today). So 14.5 hrs later. But normally I get home around 4-5pm and it's still just as good.

Here is what it looks like before I stir the ashes.



Here is after... And if I let the coals sit with the air open for a few minutes, it's even better. But mama is on the way back from taking our daughter to gymnastics class and we'll be heading out to eat ND shop shortly.



And here is a couple minutes later. No matches needed

 

Same here on both accounts. Wood needs to be dry!!! And the control rod spring (sometimes it's closed more and sometimes open more, depends on the load).

 

LoL!! Once you get through the long pieces you'll be a contender !! That looks like a pretty big firebox!

 

With your new stove it's understandable... but you'll get to the point of trusting it and your adjustments... you'll get there..

 

Load for tonight.. Healthy load of all ash for the 30!

 

Nice!! Right back at ya!

 

Oh it's hot. I should have let the coal bed burn down some more. Stove top is around 900° and flue temps are 700°.

But with a big load and a big bed? That's normal. After 5 years I have become accustomed to seeing 800°-900°. If it's one thing this stove does well at? It's put up with a lot of abuse!

To answer your 1st question. Yes. It will burn well and is currently. Because of the large bed (and secondaries within minutes), it only continued to get hotter. And very quickly.

I'd normally wait but I thought we were going to bed and the wife wanted to watch a movie after our daughter went to bed.

 

Stove top is still around 900°. Flue dropped a little but I closed the primary a little more. Almost all of the lower pieces are still solid (except the 2 that the doghouse blow through. That gap between them is vital for me to have a good burn. You want that hot air blowing between splits and hitting where the secondary air comes in and gets preheated) and the right side is always the last to burn in my stove.