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[ms1780]

For the money it seems like these would be hard to beat. My concern is that in my relatively mild climate that the stove will have problems going out when it doesn't call for heat very often. Has anyone had issues with this or has anyone added a blower to the door?

[Scott7m]

For the money it seems like these would be hard to beat. My concern is that in my relatively mild climate that the stove will have problems going out when it doesn't call for heat very often. Has anyone had issues with this or has anyone added a blower to the door?

its all about coal bed development, if you can develop a thick bed of coals it will refire easily even in warm weather where there just idling along to make hot water
There is thousands of central boilers with same draft setup that run year round

[Speed]

I ran mine all last summer for dhw. Never once did it fail to take off. As previously stated as long as there is a coal bed, it wouldn't surprise me if an owb could go 12 hours or better and still fire off again. I wouldn't bother with a fan, just one more thing that could fail, and that you will need to keep in stock for such an occasion.

[johnmn]

I have been looking a these and was wondering on the inside of the fire box what does it look like what kind of baffle do they have to prevent the heat from just going up the chimney

[6pacmac]

It has a small box under the chimney opening with a sliding dampner on the base of the box.  The rear side of the box is open, but extended to the rear. I just burn with the dampner closed. 

[golffanman]

ms1780.........you can adjust the temp differential so the damper will open sooner if you run into problems. Like Speed said,,,,the coal bed is your friend. Once you establish a good bed of coals, it will burn just fine for you.