Demonstration of Energy Logs Long burn time

In this demonstration we want to show the advantage that Energy Logs have over regular cord type firewood. Note the time stamp on the photos.

Energy Log briquettes are a man made product that are produced using a huge compression machine that compresses the wood fiber under extreme pressure, which in turn cause the natural lignin in the wood fiber to liquify and form a "log" or "Briquette" of very density. The natural lignin in the wood is the material that holds the log together ..there are NO ADDITIVES in our Energy Logs..
just natural fir and larch wood fiber.

You only need pick up an Energy Log to feel the weight (8 lbs each) to understand why they are different from other compressed log products.

The other big difference with our Energy Logs is the type of wood fiber we use. These logs are made from higher quality Fir and Larch wood fiber rather than lower grade pine and spruce. There is a big difference..these wood species have much higher lignin content and therefore produce higher BTU's of heat than other fiber logs do. This is also why the density is higher.

During the process of making these briquette E Logs , the wood fiber is ground to a finer size, dried to a very low moisture content (about 3%) and then compressed in the briquette or log form. This process renders the E Log into a dense state that makes it comparable to the best hardwood firewood. Hardwood such as oak and maple will not perform better or produce more heat than an Energy Log will.

These hardwoods are better than softwoods because they naturally form a denser wood, but the Energy Log process creates a product that in almost every way matches what nature has produced...with a one big difference, our Energy Logs are is most cases drier than natural firewood. This means the E Log will burn at a hotter temperature and produce very little to no creosote and very little smoke as the combustion is hotter and more complete.

 

Here we see the Energy Logs shortly after properly stacking and lighting
using a half of Super Cedar Firestarter . Air and damper is set full open at this time,
once the logs are burning and fully engaged, the air and damper can be set to low or medium.

 

Here we see the Energy Log after about 3 hours of burn time. The heat output has been very high during this time period. Most cord firewood would be completely burned out by this time.

Although the logs are covered in fine ash, the core of the log is still mostly unburned.

The air setting on the stove was medium to facilitate higher temperatures.

 

Here we see the log almost 10 hours after ignition...there is still hot coals and the stove is very hot and radiating heat. At this stage a new log or two can be added onto the hot coals for easy ignition of the new E-Logs.

You can easily heat your home with constant heat on the coldest days using 4-6 logs in a 24 hour period. If you were using cord firewood, you would be stoking the fire every 2-3 hours to maintain this kind of heat...even with an efficient air tight stove/fireplace.

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How to light an Energy Log or Fire Log

 

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