Blaze King Princess startup glowing stovepipe!?!

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jrendfrey said:
i dont know anything about catalytic stoves but ive had an englander and a hearthstone and it sounds to me like you are putting wayyyyy to many pallet pieces in just for startup. have u ever thrown a couple pallets on a bon fire? it will have 15 ft jet flames and burn hotter than i can stand to be within 50ft of. i havent had to cold start my furnace since november but with my other wood stoves couple pallet pieces is all i put it let her burn then add my hardwood that usually work very well. i dont think youi need to get your stove so hot so fast take her slow for a couple tries see what happens.
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He burns pallets it's not for start up. A few people here burn only pallets in BK stoves and it works for them. The BK stoves control the fire really well once the cat is engaged and the air is turned down.
 
pinewoodburner said:
Beetle-Kill said:
I'm guessing that you're putting new wood on a hot coal-bed. Really dry "soft-wood"? Pallet wood is just as good for this scenario.
-rake the coals, and load the stove as full as you wish.
-Open T-stat, 3+, (if wood is dry)- close bypass lever when it gets to 400+ (the time lag on the thermometer sucks)
-when the guage reads 1100, turn it down to 2.5 or less, depends on your fan speed. (fans help keep the CAT temp. appear cooler)
-IMPORTANT- once you have the stove loaded, and a bit of flame working the new wood,...... shut the fricking door!
use the T-stat- it's kinda there for a reason. Give it 10 minutes or so, it will work.
I'm adamant about this, 'cause the wife just let the flue pipe go red-hot, by keeping the door open and not adjusting the T-stat. Flue hit 1400 before I could bring it back down.
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Its not the wood but its the "fricking door" that is not shut.
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The OP mentioned, in post #17...

greythorn3 said:
just for the record, the loading door was not left open, it was closed at first sight of flame.
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rdust said:
Todd said:
It's the pallet wood your using along with having it in the bypass mode with full air which gives the flames a straight shot up the pipe. Stay in the room and once it gets going shut the door and turn down the air so more heat stays in your stove which will give you a quicker light off temp for the cat.
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x2, I find once the fire is going I can turn the air down some and the flames stay in the stove. If I don't turn it down I have flames going crazy rather quickly shooting right up the bypass. I burn mine on "2 1/2" until the temps are up then close the bypass.
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ya i been trying this method, works allot better, or just shutting the bypass before its in the zone. it still gets into the zone after a while with the bypass closed.
 
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