I just installed a free standing Frontier Box in my garage.....does a great job. Here's my question......with the thermometer on the flue coming out of the woodstove.....it's not a problem to get the flue temp in the non-cresote area as long as there are flames comming off the logs.........but if I have a a good bed of coals in there....the thermometer will drop down into the creasote range.......even though the stove is nice and hot. Does this mean that too much cooler air is flying over the coals from the vent and up the flue before it can be warmed up? Should I close the vents down even more?
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BJ64
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I'll bump the thread.
Do a search on "wood burning cycles". Various parts of the wood burn at diferent parts of the burn cycle.
During the first part of the burn, we can create smoke and creosote easily. That is why we ramp up the temp rather quickly in that stage. At the coal stage of the burn, there is not much left of the wood that creates smoke or creosote. I think you will be fine at that point.
Do a search on "wood burning cycles". Various parts of the wood burn at diferent parts of the burn cycle.
During the first part of the burn, we can create smoke and creosote easily. That is why we ramp up the temp rather quickly in that stage. At the coal stage of the burn, there is not much left of the wood that creates smoke or creosote. I think you will be fine at that point.
is their smoke pouring out of the chimney in the stage you are worried about?
If not then I would say that you are fine as by the time it gets to coals almost all of the moisture is gone. Which by the way that is where creosote comes from the moisture condensing on the walls of the chimney.
If not then I would say that you are fine as by the time it gets to coals almost all of the moisture is gone. Which by the way that is where creosote comes from the moisture condensing on the walls of the chimney.
No smoke at all.........maybe just a wisp in the right light. I just thought you had keep it in the target temp zone......but if just coals are going...I guess the flue temp is not that important. That really explains a lot to me. So I guess I could back down the vents some more once I reach that point in the burn.
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