Shorty Core Performance Update,
Shorty is finally drying out.
The drips are almost gone from the stack pipes..
It has been so warm that even one fire a day caused us to have a window open all night.
Finally, today it is getting cold enough, so I had a morning fire, as well as a studio fire and a shop fire!
This afternoon while sitting next to Shorty I still felt chilled so I lit her off again... Man, this is SO NICE with the gentle heat rather than the scorching heat the old stove gave off if you opened it up.
My riser so far seems to like the 1200F range
The arch top has not gotten over 380F
The exhaust stack just this afternoon started rising from 130F and hit 180F and has now settled around 167F
There was some concern that my arch top would get too hot and I would need to open it up and add Superwool.
Shorty's horizontal exit is holding the heat mid-bell rather than blasting it up to the roof of the bell,
So far the clay brick surface temps near the core are 150F or less, and the arch top is running 110F.
With no secondary air tube in front of her riser port, care must be taken to leave a gap between the wood and the port opening while loading wood.
This is no problem as you only need one load at a time, currently, other than yesterday I'm going 24hrs between loads
She flies so different from the other girls, soft, steady, calm, but still pumping out the heat.
The others roar and fly about and then want a nap... Shorty's just cruising!
The bottom line, in my opinion, the Shorty Core is harder to build having to hand-cast large slabs.
But her short stature and increasing performance have put a large smile on my face.
I highly recommend considering a Shorty build, she will not disappoint you!
A tip of my hat to Master Builder Peter Berg he has done it again and developed what I believe is equal to or even better than his original design Batchbox!
