the temp is supposed to drop to -18 here tonight with a -47 windchill. My guess is I will use a lot, but It'll be interesting to see.
Introducing Brand New Wood Furnace to Market - The Drolet Tundra!
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im heating roughly 1800sq ft so i may have to crank it up then.
I don't have a moisture meter, but I'm burning some oak that seems to be dry. I don't see any moisture coming out of it when it burns and I don't hear it sizzling.
my blower has only turned off a few times. I wonder if that is because it is set too low? What you think?
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Yes, the lower the temp setting the more heat you will get out of it.
but since the blower is going nonstop doesn't that cool the fire box down too much?
brenndatomu
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No, running the blower too high will though. A nice steady low flow of warm air circulating through your house will be the most comfortable too. I'd say SBI set the blower on that speed at the factory because it is optimal under the most conditions, having to change the blower speed should be the exception rather than the rule. Really, the only reason to speed it up would be if you absolutely need it to push air to the far corners of your house.
brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
I will let some of the guys that have had a Tundra installed for a while comment, but I don't think they are running much higher than that normally. If it is making enough heat I wouldn't worry about it too much. If the heat output is poor, then I'd say your wood is not really dry enough. Any secondary burn type of stove like the Tundra will see a HUGE increase in heat output with dry wood, longer burn times too.
It appears that I'm getting the secondary burn with no problems. So I'm not sure.
I would agree 100% with this ^
brenndatomu
Hey you woodchucks, quit chucking my wood!
Lowes, HD, Amazon, Harbor Freight, Fleabay, lots of places to get moisture meters.
Without a meter...bang a couple splits together, they should clank like a wooden baseball bat. If they make more of a thud, wet
Without a meter...bang a couple splits together, they should clank like a wooden baseball bat. If they make more of a thud, wet
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Thanks for the quick reply. We always just clank the wood together and if they clanked they were good. But to me it sounds like these new drolet stoves need to have good dry wood to get the hottest and longest burn out of em.
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check amazon.com probably the cheapest place to get one.
I think I figured out my problem with why my blower is running nonstop. It appears my cold air return is restricting it. As soon as I take off the back panel the blower shuts off. So I ran it with the back cover off and the blower runs for about 5 minutes and turns off and turns back on like normal.
brenndatomu
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That'll do it. FYI, cold air returns are normally sized larger than the supply side. Also, any filter will restrict some, but the better the filter, the more the restriction
