I tried putting it on the stove but it caught on fire and the duct tape melted.Larry, make a copy of that post, put it in a plaque and hang it in your stove room where you can see it at every tending.
Made a heck of a mess.
Ky Speedracer, you are the E.F. Hutton of burning bit in a Hotblast.
I appreciate that you take the time to give such detail.
Here's my update and all of this is after I read your post around 4 PM.
It was @ 8-1/2 hours since the last tending.
I had a decent bed of hot coals that were clumped together.
After shaking the grates and breaking them up and spreading the coals out, I could only get 3 shovels full in to fill it.
Did not open the ash door but opened the slider on the load door completely and left the MPD wide open.
After @ 45 minutes, I closed the slider but left the MPD open.
As of 8 PM, the house is quite warm.
(It's 45 outside).
I probably won't go back down for several more hours to see what I may need to do to be ready to put the furnace to bed.
It's going to be colder for a day or two.
See how things work.
Thank you