No Over Night Burn

sav wrote:I thought that the addition of my cast "coal panels" would help me with over night burns but not yet!

Maybe the "coal panels" aren't helping. It's possible they are taking up space that coal could be using and also cutting down on heat transfer by insulating the fire box some... Just a thought.

My Buderus had similar panels. If casted as originals it should not be an issue.

sav wrote:Nortcan- The fire box itself has vertical walls. They are just the "coal panels" which have sloping sides.

I give a good shake when refilling but I guess I must do a more thorough job. The shakers don't do much shaking (poor design). I don't do this all the time but the most effective way to clear the bottom of the box is to open the barrier door and get a shovel or a long poker in there and scrape the clinkers into the awaiting half pulled out ash pan. Kinda dangerous and damn hot!!

I merely suggested that stove replacement would be wise based on your post !!!!!!! I also posted WHEN THE $$$$$ ARE AVAILABLE.This was your second post that this stove has a poorly designed grate system. There are stoves out there for $200 or less that can be put to use effectively heating your home without all the fussing with it ,my stove is proof of that at $100 purchase + $31.00 for a window. You even posted about cutting the grate to improve it since the manufacturer had no clue what they were doing when they originally designed it.That is why I posted my opinion the way that I did.

If all goes as "usual" tamara morning when the fire is out I'll take some photos of what is in the fire box, the stratigraphy of the ash bed and once I clean out, a photo of the less than efficient grate system.
The idea of shaking intermittently sounds like a wise idea.