Your terminology is as good as anyone's. Looking forward to hearing you have this stove figured out. Keep us posted.
Standard Cat stove low burn rate. Gotcha!
If you have a walkout no problem. Your outdoor air intake location/wall penetration should be level with, or lower than the level of the stove...
Please define "come out of cat mode" ? Once you get the stove hot enough to engage the cat it generally stays engaged until your fuel is used up...
Can the outdoor air go down through the floor into the basement and straight out? Eliminate the long, drooping flex run? 2 X 45* is what I'd try...
Dec 2..... Why is it 50F outside? Odd. Looks like we get winter back Mon. The stove is barely at idle with a 3 split load from last evening....
Along the lines of tiny stoves I recently came across one I had never seen before. SMALL STOVE: The Dwarf 4kw - Tiny Wood Stove Interesting...
ADV 350 I believe? The 150 is here already and apparently it's a popular ride. I bet it's nice. I have a little 50cc stir fry built scoot and it's...
Without question that's the cleanest loading door/glass I've seen in some time:whistle: I'll second the razor blade/damp paper towel with ash as...
Nice stash! How much will you likely use for the season?
Not sure if you are asking me for the make/model M/C meter I use? Fleabay China special. Likely straight from Wuhan:D The entire investment was...
Try measuring some splits outdoors Fri. afternoon. If you can, also take a few splits indoors for 24 hrs and test them afterwards for a...
Testing cold splits will give unrealistic low M/C readings. Species Correction Table (delmhorst.com)
Are you immediately reducing primary air after engaging the cat? If so... why? Let that sucka run with the freshly engaged cat with full air until...
Is there a OAK supply hooked up that could have the intake surface covered/reduced outdoors? Worth experimenting.
You lucky bugger. I am not far west of you and cant buy the beer in your pic. Forgetting stove talk for a distracted moment:thumbs:
Troutbum have you purchased/installed a Cat gauge yet to be able to really know when the cat is ready to be engaged? Does the AS have a port for...
That oughta squeeze any residual moisture out in a hurry:cool: Thats an awful vigorous/violent blaze. I'd be following Oldhippie in his...
3 cu/ft firebox and a factory listed burn time of 10 hrs max according to a quick search. Factory listed burn times have a notorious reputation of...
Nothing wrong with exercising a high level of safety/caution around fire. Mostly when it's in a box in your home! Most moisture meters are...