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I have been burning very small logs that were left over from my pile, mostly avaraging about 6'' in length. Well the other night, it was burning around 500* and just about all red coals, when I stuffed it for the night, I wasn't too concerend with it burning all night, but I wanted it to maintain for a few more hours. Anyways the combination of the temp of the stove already and how rapidly the small pieces go up and the amount of heat they put out, even though they are hard wood, in a very short time the stove was glowing.
I have a magnetic temp gauge on the side of the stove, and it reached about 700* . the top of the stove and the pipe going in to the t-pipe was glowing red. the damper was nearly closed when i did this, and while the temp was going up, I kept closing it down, to eventually closing it all together. it took a little while, but the temps started to drop.
clearly oporator error, and still learning the draft control on this stove, and the combination of small logs contributed to this happening. Now i know i went over the operating range of the stove, but did I possibly do any damage? It doesn't seem like i did, but just want to be sure.
its a jotul castine 400 btw
I have a magnetic temp gauge on the side of the stove, and it reached about 700* . the top of the stove and the pipe going in to the t-pipe was glowing red. the damper was nearly closed when i did this, and while the temp was going up, I kept closing it down, to eventually closing it all together. it took a little while, but the temps started to drop.
clearly oporator error, and still learning the draft control on this stove, and the combination of small logs contributed to this happening. Now i know i went over the operating range of the stove, but did I possibly do any damage? It doesn't seem like i did, but just want to be sure.
its a jotul castine 400 btw
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