Seems odd to put the fire lighter at the top of the heap of fuel. Wouldn't the fuel catch fire sooner if the flame from the firelighter was below the fuel?
@@vikitheviki Um, Chris asked about "sooner". Not about "clearer" or "effecient". And, exactly how is a fire that takes longer to start, clearer and more effecient?
How come the official Jotul video's show different ways of lighting a fire.... I saw a video of the F500 with newspaper being used and starting bottom up, while this video shows the 'swiss' method....
I use no fire lighter. I just pile up scrunched newspaper, kindling, small wood, larger wood. I leave the door open at first, as advised. I miss the damper in the door of older models which gave more direct control of air supply when lighting.
@@colefisher4010 That's interesting. Shame we can't post photos here. Is yours the same model - F 602 Eco? I think that the F 602 CB has a damper - in the door at the bottom. I guess the CB is an older model than the Eco.
My new 602 v2 (US epa approved) arrived yesterday and has the slide damper in the door. My previous stove was the older 602 and I used to blow through a plastic straw as a bellows to help get things going and the new one doesn't like that too much, probably related to the recirculating, more efficient and cleaner air flow pattern. Never tried lighting a fire from the top down in 50 years of using wood stoves and reading the manual yesterday it said the same thing - burning paper on top will fall and ignite kindling and fall on and ignite the logs. My world is literally turned upside down (I heat primarily with a wood stove).
Can anyone (eg Jotul?) link me to a diagram showing the inlet air path in the new 602? I want to work out the exact best position between front and back for setting the fire. I think it may be a little further back than in this video which has wood burning so close to the door that it might deposit soot on the door.
I don't like this. I have heated my home with a jotul 602 for 25 years. I don't use fire starters or kindling. I just use birch bark or rolled cardboard under my wood. It is much less work and faster to light.
sorry but that is the wrong way of lightning the fire, it should go exactly the opposite way, smaller wood at the bottom and bigger wood at the top, because the fire goes up and not down
Putting larger firewood at the bottom and building up with smaller kindling is a more modern lighting technique that is often preffered to putting the kindling at the bottom. If you light from the bottom the heat rises and the fire will attempt to ignite all the wood at the same time, creating excessive smoke. If you light from the top the fire will have to "lick" its way down, only igniting the next layer of fuel once it has burned through the current layer. This ends up giving a cleaner burning fire creating less creosote in the chimney.
@@AlagomSwede lol, um.......isn't actually STARTING the fire, just a weeee bit more important, than having some more initial smoke? Unless you're a Liberal, of course.
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Seems odd to put the fire lighter at the top of the heap of fuel. Wouldn't the fuel catch fire sooner if the flame from the firelighter was below the fuel?
We've always done it like this. It creates a much clearer and efficient fire with less smoke.
@@vikitheviki Um, Chris asked about "sooner". Not about "clearer" or "effecient". And, exactly how is a fire that takes longer to start, clearer and more effecient?
Kako izgleda lozenje na brikete?
How come the official Jotul video's show different ways of lighting a fire.... I saw a video of the F500 with newspaper being used and starting bottom up, while this video shows the 'swiss' method....
The F500 is triple the size of this one.
I use no fire lighter. I just pile up scrunched newspaper, kindling, small wood, larger wood. I leave the door open at first, as advised. I miss the damper in the door of older models which gave more direct control of air supply when lighting.
I just bought mine brand new. Damper is in the door on mine.
@@colefisher4010 That's interesting. Shame we can't post photos here. Is yours the same model - F 602 Eco? I think that the F 602 CB has a damper - in the door at the bottom. I guess the CB is an older model than the Eco.
My new 602 v2 (US epa approved) arrived yesterday and has the slide damper in the door. My previous stove was the older 602 and I used to blow through a plastic straw as a bellows to help get things going and the new one doesn't like that too much, probably related to the recirculating, more efficient and cleaner air flow pattern. Never tried lighting a fire from the top down in 50 years of using wood stoves and reading the manual yesterday it said the same thing - burning paper on top will fall and ignite kindling and fall on and ignite the logs. My world is literally turned upside down (I heat primarily with a wood stove).
Can anyone (eg Jotul?) link me to a diagram showing the inlet air path in the new 602? I want to work out the exact best position between front and back for setting the fire. I think it may be a little further back than in this video which has wood burning so close to the door that it might deposit soot on the door.
Found it in Jotul's video: ruclips.net/video/TfOWT5fUf40/видео.html
I don't like this. I have heated my home with a jotul 602 for 25 years. I don't use fire starters or kindling. I just use birch bark or rolled cardboard under my wood. It is much less work and faster to light.
sorry but that is the wrong way of lightning the fire, it should go exactly the opposite way, smaller wood at the bottom and bigger wood at the top, because the fire goes up and not down
Putting larger firewood at the bottom and building up with smaller kindling is a more modern lighting technique that is often preffered to putting the kindling at the bottom. If you light from the bottom the heat rises and the fire will attempt to ignite all the wood at the same time, creating excessive smoke. If you light from the top the fire will have to "lick" its way down, only igniting the next layer of fuel once it has burned through the current layer. This ends up giving a cleaner burning fire creating less creosote in the chimney.
@@AlagomSwede lol, um.......isn't actually STARTING the fire, just a weeee bit more important, than having some more initial smoke? Unless you're a Liberal, of course.