The manual for the AS has the same recommendations as my IS using flue temps as the guide for engaging the cat. Flue probe would be helpful IMHO.
Can you just leave the side panel off for the time being so you can use the cat probe?
"Is there a brand of stove top thermometer that is accurate? Right now I'm kinda shooting in the dark, cause I don't know what I'm doing, I've got...
Was not aware 600 degrees was the limit on a soapstone stove. My IS has soapstone in it but not classified as a soapstone stove I guess as many...
Nothing wrong with 600 degrees correct, unless it converts your house to a nudist colony.
Dont have much to add, moresnow has it nailed, can't see the cat on my IS either, according to the manual the cat starts to function at 500...
You might be doing this already but start the fires with the ash and cherry and put the oak and hickory on a bed of coals. Use the tunnel of love...
Maybe we could sell ashes and call it used firewood.
A lot of people selling things that they dont have a clue about. Some midget slot cars (nice ones) on Ebay have a price tag of 300 to 500 dollars.
What species of wood do you have, that can make a difference also?
For starting a fire from a cold stove (and your chimney) i would use 3 or 4 inch splits and lincoln log it. Lots of aiir space helps a bunch.
Can you post a picture of how you are building the fire, the one that wants to go out?
Interesting and nice write up, i like the way you use your kindling.
Turned into a hit and run thread.
How does your wood compare to theirs, and (if better) have you tried some of yours in their stove?
No point in throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
I assume its because it's a brand new stove, mine does not stick out that far at all.
Yep that's what it is.
If it's what I think it is, is a bolt for the expansion of that plate, it appears to be loose but that's the way it's meant to be .
6 pages for this subject, we must be bored. For the sake of conversation lets say it works, not very feasible though.
