How long will my surdiac heat? headed out for T-day

 
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Post by Sopwith » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 2:48 pm

Hi all been a while . This stove has been great it fits the house perfect. I'm headed to my sons in Maine for thanksgiving and was wondering how long this stove will heat if I fill it. I'll be gone less than 48 hrs.
The wife is worried about the cat. ( the dog gets to go.) :D .
there is oil back up .


 
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Post by Sopwith » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 3:02 pm

Just to add . I fired up the oil burner to make sure it still worked , it was sluggish but it fired up. the fuel is a bit old.
The house is covered but not the cat.

 
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Post by franco b » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 3:40 pm

48 hours is too long to expect a shallow fire box to stay lit, even at minimal setting. Even 24 hours is too long. Let the stove go out and have piece of mind.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 4:12 pm

A big safety based +1

 
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Post by joeq » Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 4:24 pm

Totally agree with above. So how long have you had your stove, and what's the longest burn you've gotten?

 
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Post by Sopwith » Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 6:14 am

joeq wrote:
Wed. Nov. 22, 2017 4:24 pm
Totally agree with above. So how long have you had your stove, and what's the longest burn you've gotten?
Thanks for the replies and the advice , I think I'll take it.
This my second year with this stove . (Thanks to the help from this forum.) I never really fill the stove and let it go but I think the longest I may have just let it run is maybe about 16 hrs but I'm sure I did some ash cleaning during that.
The funny thing is I'm a little worried about the oil burner coming on. I may have neglected it this past year.

But thanks again for the input and have a great thanksgiving.

 
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Post by Lakehouse » Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 8:47 am

Hi,
This is my 1st year burning coal but so far my Surdiac 715 burns unattended for 12 to 15 hours every day, and by the looks of it I think it would go even longer. I never tried 24 hours, but I do fill hopper to the top every time After shaking away the ash. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!


 
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Post by joeq » Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 8:54 am

Welcome aboard Lakehouse, and have a Happy Tday to you. Have you posted your story in our introductions thread? We'ld love to hear it.

 
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Post by warminmn » Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 9:41 am

you'd get the longest burn by letting it burn down low, get all the ash out, then add all fresh coal including the hopper, SLOWLY, so you dont smother the fire. That or starting out fresh. I wont guess how long it will go.

 
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Post by Marcus » Wed. Apr. 18, 2018 4:10 am

Lakehouse wrote:
Thu. Nov. 23, 2017 8:47 am
I never tried 24 hours, but I do fill hopper to the top every time After shaking away the ash.
Works for me!

 
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Post by Lakehouse » Wed. Apr. 18, 2018 7:37 am

Hi
Now that my 1st heating year coming to end I can report that my longest burn was 32 hours, back in early January, during the coldest days we had.
Left house on Saturday morning and was back Sunday afternoon. I left stove on the lowest possible setting, practically shot closed, and when was back home stove was all clogged up wish ash, but it was still burning!!!
I am very happy with my Surdiac 715.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Wed. Apr. 18, 2018 10:00 am

Good deal L. Watch ya don't get spoiled!!! :)

 
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Post by joeq » Wed. Apr. 18, 2018 7:18 pm

A new world record! Did it recover? Did you shake it down, and lose the fire, or did you methodically floss, riddle, add to it, and continue the burn?

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Thu. Apr. 19, 2018 10:45 pm

Lakehouse wrote
32 hours
Left house on Saturday morning and was back Sunday afternoon. I left stove on the lowest possible setting, practically shot closed, and when was back home stove was all clogged up wish ash, but it was still burning!!!
I am very happy with my Surdiac 715.

That is about it for those European stoves of the late 70's. My Buderus was about the same, ash build up kills those stoves.

 
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Post by Lakehouse » Fri. Apr. 20, 2018 7:29 am

When I said that my stove was still burning, I meant berely alive, on life support, but alive never less 😁
I’ve riddled some ash very carefully, not all at once, just enough to get some air through, and let my stove to recover. In 30 minutes or so when it was looking more itself, then I’ve riddled scraped and flosed to clean and refilled the hopper.

I’ve read someplace here, that when stove is in that dire of condition due to ash, not to be too aggressive cleaning all ash, or I would have smothered the last of life right away.
I am sorry for high jacking the thread and Thank you to Richard for this site and all who write in support and suggestions.


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