chadihman
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I have a quadrafire 5700 wood stove. It's a heat beast and I love the fact that I can fit 24'' splits in it. There's just one issue. I get loads of coals I can't get rid of fast enough when it gets really cold outside. I pack the stove full of hardwood in the morning before work and get it good and hot then cut the air supply almost all the way shut. It goes through a really hot gas burn in about three hours then there's not enough air to make good heat from the coals. When I get home from work the house is cooled down a bit and I have to wait for the coals to burn down before I can load it with more hardwood. I usually throw a small split in and open the startup and main air feed all the way open but it still takes a long time to burn the coals up. Opening the air up more from the start just makes a hotter, faster and less efficient burn.
I found a programmable timer that I want to wire to a relay that will control a door lock actuator mounted on the side of the stove that will open the startup air control. I want to set the timer to activate the actuator three to four hours after I set the timer. This would let the stove burn through its hot gas burn with little air in three hours then the timer would open the air control and burn the coals down before I get home. The only thing that worries me is the possibility of the fire going out and smoldering for three hours then the timer opens the air and the fire goes out of control. I thought a bout adding a snap disk switch that would switch on at 600 deg and close the lock actuator in an over fire situation.
I found a programmable timer that I want to wire to a relay that will control a door lock actuator mounted on the side of the stove that will open the startup air control. I want to set the timer to activate the actuator three to four hours after I set the timer. This would let the stove burn through its hot gas burn with little air in three hours then the timer would open the air control and burn the coals down before I get home. The only thing that worries me is the possibility of the fire going out and smoldering for three hours then the timer opens the air and the fire goes out of control. I thought a bout adding a snap disk switch that would switch on at 600 deg and close the lock actuator in an over fire situation.