heat, what kind of burn times have you been seeing??? i know you have much more of a load on your stove that i do on mine....just curious?
only reason i tried taking the restrictor tube out is i wasnt getting much air to that back of the firebox at all....i clean out ash weekly and also check tube for build up. also i check and clean grates almost daily.
My burn times are about 12 hours with wheel barrow of wood . I can measure it closer . but these warm temps its all over the place .
If I burn it heavy Im wasting wood . If I fill it go easy a day 24 hours . seems to me below 32f it does burn alot better with my 1/2 dry wood . Its taking enough wood but houses are running warm 70-75f shop, garage 55f here catch though boilers only set at 150f I will set up higher when outside temps drop . Im just watching for leaks and issues before I set it up but I probably set to 170f max . I do notice comparing to 200css the 400 dcss the 400dcss does burn less wood If your there to feed stove and keep water temp above 120f .. if you let it drop to say 80f it really burns that wood out fast to get up to temp . It really hasn't been cold enough to start the serious feeding the stove . but I bet I went throw about 1 1/2 cord sense starting it . I will keep closer track and get back to ya .
( its like im not burning it hard enough but if i do Im wasting wood its the warm weather )
one of the cooler nights I fired it and 10 mins it was up to temp I was like
that was fast . It will be interesting once we do get the cold weather . Because I think it burn pretty crazy 10f and colder . old 200css liked it 10f and colder also . that's crazy part about heatmors they like it cold . or this could be my location also stove in middle of 100 year old oaks and it might be the way it draws air . yes Im still in the learning how stack wood in it . right now Im just piling in middle 25-30 inch pieces . 400 dont like the 200 style of wood loading v to start dont work you need keep bottom 2 parallel cross pieces on top . this just my findings on start up . already at 10 gallons of ash ( its telecom powder ash )
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