green wood in a stove with a catalist?

[farmermike]

Buddy of mine just got a stove with a catalist in it. Can he burn green ash? Any green wood? Do the catalist plug? It's his first wood stove and doesn't have a clue, I don't either. My stoves don't have a catalist in them. How hot should they be run? Gonna fire it up tomorrow for the first time. Kindof a last minute thing. We cut some red elm and ash today and the ash is kindof green. Will it work? Thanks for the help

 

[aandabooks]

How high's the chimney and how close are the neighbors?

I sure wouldn't want to be stuck with a new stove and green wood for the rest of the winter. You wouldn't know the potential of the stove until next year and you'd be burning away good wood for less than optimal BTU value.

That being said, most on this site agree that you have to burn green wood then ash is the way to go.

 

[farmermike]

It won't be all green wood. Tomorrow were gonna cut up some elm and I gave him a truck load of dry ash. I wondered if he could burn green ash in a stove with a catalist. I burn green ash in my furnace all the time and don't have any problems. I find that it dries real fast once it's in the basement. A week or so and it burns real nice, but I have cut ash and used it right away.

 

[wkpoor]

If its green then burn it hot like 500-600 surface temp. and over 300 on the pipe. You'll still get creosote but it will be dry.

 

[KsWoodsMan]

I don't have a catalyst stove but I do remember reading that the catalyst doesn't light off till it reaches a temp of 600° F. That is when you change over from straight pipe to through the converter. Then start to close off the air supply, keeping the heat output in the 600+ range. If you cant get these temps it will clog the honey comb. If he doesn't ever change over it will be the same as burning in a regular stove and shouldn't cause anymore problems than burning in your furnace.