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Woodburning efficiency in a multi-fuel stove.
I'm looking around for a small (400mm wide), low power ~4KW stove. I
particularly like some of the small Morso stoves but they are all multi-fuel. I only burn wood. Is the wood burning efficiency of a multi-fuel significantly poorer than a dedicated wood burner? Thanks. |
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I have a Bont ESSE Model Four solid fuel stove of about 12kWatts
rating. I do burn wood during the warmer months but use Anthracite (actually Chinacite) during the winter months. That's Aberdeenshire winter. My stove has sliding bars under the fire which can be shaken to allow the ash to fall through. Apparently pure wood burners have a flat plain bottom to the fire so that the wood burns in its own ash which keeps the heat in. If the fire does got out then this would have to be shoveled out before relighting. This also makes the draughting different. With solid fuel it is from underneath whereas with a wood burner it would be from the front or sides. Chris. PS.. We have ALL lost a lot of basic knowledge about how to keep warm. |
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Our Aarow. http://www.aarrowfires.com/ has two settings on the grate one for coal which leaves gaps in the grate and the other closing up the grate for wood one also removes a bar from the front for wood use. Chris |
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