Something weird happened last night im trying to figure out. .....Vogelzang wood furnace.
Ok so last night before bed i go down, load the furnace up pretty good for the night burn. Temp on the front mag. gauge was 300ish. I left the door open to let the fire get going and get the temps up. I let the front temp get to almost 500 before i closed the door and i check the back mag gauge on the uninsulated double wall stove pipe going into the chimney and thats 600+ degrees, the highest i have ever seen it and in the over fire zone.. So now im kind of worried, pipes smoking a bit and the smoke alarm goes off. So i cut the air back, run up on the roof and look, the chimney cap is glowing in spots where the creosote started to catch fire and burn, there a few sparks coming out the chimney but nothing bad. I go back downstairs and by this time temps are back down in high end of the normal range so i crack the air open a little bit , wait awhile and go check the chimney again, the smoke looked thicker than normal against the night sky but i couldnt tell in the dark what color it was. I watched it for awhile, temps all back in normal range everything seemed fine so i went to bed after awhile. In the morning i figure i'll clean the chimney, it was a few days past due anyways. I always clean it once a month and i usually get a coffee can of creosote out of it without fail. Past couple weeks i got into some wetter wood so i figured it'd be pretty bad. I pull the cap, clean that, look down the SS liner and im shocked at how clean it is, didnt even need cleaning when it should have been dirty as hell. So now im wondering if i had an over fire or if i had a chimney fire and it cleaned the chimney out? Nothing laying on the roof top besides a little creosote from the cap. No flames shooting out, no loud rumble, no mess on the roof, no bitter smell. I just cant understand why the liner was so clean. The first two pictures are from today, the 3rd picture is what my pipe usually looks like after 30 days of burning. Only thing different is last few weeks i have been burning more ash as part of the mix but like i said its a bit wetter in the low 30s. Prior to that it was box elder, aspen, some pine & maple all in the mid teens.
Bare spots on cap are the areas that were glowing and on fire.
what my liner looks like today after 32 days of burning.
what my liner USUALLY looks like past 6 times i have cleaned it in the past.
Ok so last night before bed i go down, load the furnace up pretty good for the night burn. Temp on the front mag. gauge was 300ish. I left the door open to let the fire get going and get the temps up. I let the front temp get to almost 500 before i closed the door and i check the back mag gauge on the uninsulated double wall stove pipe going into the chimney and thats 600+ degrees, the highest i have ever seen it and in the over fire zone.. So now im kind of worried, pipes smoking a bit and the smoke alarm goes off. So i cut the air back, run up on the roof and look, the chimney cap is glowing in spots where the creosote started to catch fire and burn, there a few sparks coming out the chimney but nothing bad. I go back downstairs and by this time temps are back down in high end of the normal range so i crack the air open a little bit , wait awhile and go check the chimney again, the smoke looked thicker than normal against the night sky but i couldnt tell in the dark what color it was. I watched it for awhile, temps all back in normal range everything seemed fine so i went to bed after awhile. In the morning i figure i'll clean the chimney, it was a few days past due anyways. I always clean it once a month and i usually get a coffee can of creosote out of it without fail. Past couple weeks i got into some wetter wood so i figured it'd be pretty bad. I pull the cap, clean that, look down the SS liner and im shocked at how clean it is, didnt even need cleaning when it should have been dirty as hell. So now im wondering if i had an over fire or if i had a chimney fire and it cleaned the chimney out? Nothing laying on the roof top besides a little creosote from the cap. No flames shooting out, no loud rumble, no mess on the roof, no bitter smell. I just cant understand why the liner was so clean. The first two pictures are from today, the 3rd picture is what my pipe usually looks like after 30 days of burning. Only thing different is last few weeks i have been burning more ash as part of the mix but like i said its a bit wetter in the low 30s. Prior to that it was box elder, aspen, some pine & maple all in the mid teens.
Bare spots on cap are the areas that were glowing and on fire.
what my liner looks like today after 32 days of burning.
what my liner USUALLY looks like past 6 times i have cleaned it in the past.
