I'm new to this forum and I've been looking around for a while but haven't found any information pertaining to my problem. I have an old 1978 Shenandoah Heaters wood stove that came with the house that we just bought this past February. We used it for a couple months, and it was fine. The weather got warmer and we stopped using it. This year as I'm burning everything is fine, its cooking at 400/500 *F for about an hour, and eventually the air intake closes and the stove starts cooling down to about 200*F. It probably would kill the fire if I let it, but I just crack the door to get air in there and maintain the 400/500 *F temperature.
The adjustment for the intake is not too precise, I can get it to where it needs to be, where its maintaining a temp, but then the intake just closes, as if its a protection device to keep the stove from over-firing? Once it closes, it won't open until the stove cools down, normally overnight, and it repeats this process. I've taken it apart and looked at it, cleaned everything, and it just seems like its a protection device. I don't have any manual on this stove, but I didn't have this problem until just recently, this season. Anyone ever have any issues like this, am I doing something wrong? Is it time for a new wood stove? Thanks
The adjustment for the intake is not too precise, I can get it to where it needs to be, where its maintaining a temp, but then the intake just closes, as if its a protection device to keep the stove from over-firing? Once it closes, it won't open until the stove cools down, normally overnight, and it repeats this process. I've taken it apart and looked at it, cleaned everything, and it just seems like its a protection device. I don't have any manual on this stove, but I didn't have this problem until just recently, this season. Anyone ever have any issues like this, am I doing something wrong? Is it time for a new wood stove? Thanks
