E-classic 2300 bridging

[leeallen]

I clean mine once a week as well - must the proximity to Sebago - I am in Windham.

[waorgany]

Yes I too clean ours way more often than I was lead to believe. I do the reaction Chamber about every two weeks, and the main area can go a little longer for the most part. I have had to do the Reaction Chamber more often here as of late since we have been having real cold temps. Need to do it more often. I too have switched to load the wood "sideways" in stead of long ways and this has seem to help alot with preventing bridging and allow more air circulation. I will fill it up about 1/2 to 3/4 every 12 hours or so, less wood seems to do better than fully loaded.

[leeallen]

I have not tried the sideways loading technique but I find if you use fairly small pieces of split wood it seldom bridges- it's a pain loading it that way though.

[Hackberry]

T.T.T.

This is for you Mr.Crowley!

Good Luck and welcome to the forum.

Hackberry

[Tim Crowley]

Thanks Hackberry,

I have learned SOOO much on this site I can't believe it!  I've learned that I need to look at some pretty specific things:  fusion chamber for cracks, etc., bricks, sideways placement of wood (haven't tried that yet), monitor cleaning schedule with more frequency than CB suggests, watch those holes on the side, use (mostly, anyway) split vs. rounds, etc.  To all those "pioneers" of the 2300:  Thanks very much.  Just as I learned from my three older brothers, I'm learning from those "who came before me" to the e classic 2300!  Tim