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[dolphin13]

My second year burning my stove.I fired  it up Monday (10/21) everything went as it should,but since then the fire has went out twice.I don't remeber having that problem last year at approx the same ambient temps.Heatmor recommends 185 degree shutoff w/ a 15 degree diff.
I ran it that way all last year,w/ the problems I am having this year I am considering lowering the differential.What do others do in this kind of weather......55-60 highs and 35-40 lows here in NW Va. I probably should have waited another week or two but I have lots of wood to burn.   

[CountryBoyJohn]

I'm in my rookie season and had my fire go out once last week.  What I figured out was start with lots of smaller pieces.  The small pieces will burn down quickly to establish a good coal bed.  I loaded every couple hours with these small pieces to ensure that they burn down to coals quickly, the gradually start adding bigger pieces.  Hope that helps! 

[golffanman]

The coal bed is the key. I'm a rookie also and have lost my fire a couple of times. I even thought there was a problem with my stove. My dealer said "work on your bed of coals".  This morning, my fire is fine. 

[yoderheating]

 Drop that 15 degree differential down to about 5 until the weather gets colder, that will help you a lot.

[stretch184]

Hello everybody, I,m having trouble with my fire going out too. I am trying to burn wood and coal at the same time. Last night at 7:00 pm 3 pieces wood 2 shovels of run of the mine coal temp on furnace was 176 when I went to bed. At 1:00 am furnace temp was 148 and no fire wood was half burnt. This has happened about 6 times so far. I have my high temp set at 180 and low temp at 170. Any suggestions?

[duke]

I agree with others, good coal bed is key, and once you have that I don't load mine but maybe half full. I started my stove up October 3 and it hasn't went out once, temps were even in 70s back then.

[victor6deep]

Im burning great seasoned wood and running 160 with a 15 diff and am having 0 issues. I would say a 10 or 5 degree diff should help you. Maybe burn splits until it gets colder. Pull all your coals and ash to the front and load your wood on top of the pile leaning towards the downhill side of the pile.

[baldwin racing]

My second year burning my stove.I fired  it up Monday (10/21) everything went as it should,but since then the fire has went out twice.I don't remeber having that problem last year at approx the same ambient temps.Heatmor recommends 185 degree shutoff w/ a 15 degree diff.
I ran it that way all last year,w/ the problems I am having this year I am considering lowering the differential.What do others do in this kind of weather......55-60 highs and 35-40 lows here in NW Va. I probably should have waited another week or two but I have lots of wood to burn.

get your coal bed built up like mentioned.......re clean your chimney pipe if it not working hard it will build creosote.....that will help with the draft to keep the air flowing threw the coal bed......witch will keep the ambers going......put less wood in it at a time and maybe try turning heat up in the house or shop to call for heat more often.....
let us know how you make out.
Kelly