The video below shows the “endpoint” of a high burn,
according to a new draft protocol industry has suggested for cordwood
testing. This “endpoint” would also be
the “start-point” for medium and low burn cordwood tests.
The high burn endpoint/low burn start-point shown here
consists of a charcoal bed that is 30% of a high burn test load. We arrive at the 30% figure because the
protocol suggested by industry lets us begin the high burn with a coalbed of
20% of the test load, and terminates the high burn when 90% of the test load
has been consumed, adding another 10% to the coalbed (20% Beginning + 10% High
Burn remainder = 30% coalbed to start low burn).
The suggested industry protocol would require going through this process before beginning a low
burn. This is alleged to mimic “real
world” conditions.
Watch the video below, and ask yourself: is this the condition most people achieve before loading their stoves for an
overnight burn?
