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Old 02-24-2008, 09:40 PM
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Default Re: First fire in Wisconsin

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Originally Posted by gjbingham View Post
JCG,
How hard is it to maintain the temps according to the plan? Does it go up and down 100 degrees everytime you add wood then let it die down?
George

It hasn't been too difficult (although time consuming) because I am using small pieces (1/8 splits) and just adding two to three every 20 minutes or so.
Put a 1/4 split on hoping I could extend the refresh time, but had to take it off because it moved the temp 50 degrees. So back to every 15-20.

Jim
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