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[heat550]

I burned this heatmor for years. I don't know if its the wood I got oak 50% dried or what but if I do half fills with wood . load every 4 hours I go throw way less wood and water temp is higher more off cycles  . Has anyone else noticed this .  by the way this is at -20f also .  warmer outside temps I never noticed this . Ya we have had a cold snap for a week so I had a chance to try different things . 

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[juddspaintballs]

Mine always seems to burn less wood and wind up with a cleaner firebox if I only fill it halfway or so and keep all of the wood directly over the grates with a clear ash tube. 

[heat550]

Mine always seems to burn less wood and wind up with a cleaner firebox if I only fill it halfway or so and keep all of the wood directly over the grates with a clear ash tube.

Yes your right on the money . I got lucky this year I got 10 cord of 15-20% oak and wow talk about awesome heat output . I found out it was wet wood messing with me . Ya with dry wood and clean fire box the draft fan even cycles at -25 f think I even burned paint off chimney outlet Dry wood always fixes all the issues . Now I need to cut this spring because I think this load I bought was a blue moon event . 

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[ITO]

 I have been trying this method too and I gotta say it works better. I have always had fairly dry oak but I didn't pay attention to cleaning out the ashes very often and I would load it to the gills. After reading Judd's post last January I gave it a try and it does produce good heat while using less wood, thanks.