On Jan 13, 8:18 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:15:44 -0800 (PST), Jim K wrote:
We are burning seasoned

define "seasoned" - have you done it or are you buying it in?

Bought in but as I said bark falling of and shakes in the end grain. The
supplier stores them in 400kg dumpy bags in a well ventilated barn. We
have 'em stacked at the side of the carport. Bought in to sit beside the
stove a couple of days before they end up inside it.

at what stove air vent level?

3/4 on the top "air wash" vent, under grate vents closed. Never riddle
the grate but the fire bars do seem a little wide apart so maintaining a
decent ash bed isn't easy. It could be that it just needs a harder burn
occasionally.

IOW is the fire "smouldering", "bit of flame & smoky when door
opened", "plenty of flame & no smoke", "roaring blaze"

No smoke, lazyish bluey yellow tinted flames that are frequently not
attached to the logs. ie they are burning the gases emmited by the logs.
Once a log has been in there for 30 to 45 minutes if you bash it with
tongs it will fall apart and be glowing anything from dull red to red all
the way through depending on how long it's been in.

Of course a fresh log burns with bright yellow attached flames initially.

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Cheers
Dave.

mmm can you describe the baffle? presume your descriptions of flame
are with this in place?

Jim K