Burn cycles way too short

[Bluetick]

I have an Englander add-on furnace. I fire it up in the morning, load up the box, and it's embers within two hours. I have the bottom draft nearly closed, and the top slide draft at about half way open. I suspect my logs may be split too small; they are mostly split in eighths. I'd llike to get a five to seven hour burn. Any thoughts?

 

[mohick]

Like you said , quit burning toothpicks!!!

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Without knowing how big, hard to say. 1/8s...is it an 8" dbh tree or 48"?

 

[Bluetick]

Some are about 3 by 4 inches, others are flat; 1 inch by about 6 or 7 inches. My neighbor went little nuts with the wood splitter. Luckily I have some wood that I split and it's much heavier pieces.

 

[mijdirtyjeep]

Some are about 3 by 4 inches, others are flat; 1 inch by about 6 or 7 inches. My neighbor went little nuts with the wood splitter. Luckily I have some wood that I split and it's much heavier pieces.

yeah, those are some small splits!

Wish you were close by! I would trade you some splits that would be perfect and use yours for my bundled firewood operation.

Only thing you can do now is to try and stack the wood in the stove tight so there is not a lot of airspace around it, just think of it as a puzzle!

 

[GVS]

Some are about 3 by 4 inches, others are flat; 1 inch by about 6 or 7 inches. My neighbor went little nuts with the wood splitter. Luckily I have some wood that I split and it's much heavier pieces.

That's kindling size,way too small.I'll bet she's hot for 35 or 40 minutes though!

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

My Blaze King isn't too fussy on small stuff, but it's a good air tight stove.

The shop stove is homebuilt, it'd near glow red if I put a bunch of kindling size pieces in it. We usually use 2ft long "chunks" that are probably a good 40-50lbs. 8-10" and under isn't split.