Damper for Mansfield?

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yanksforever

yanksforever

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Our new Mansfield seems to have terrific draft and when it starts burning hot the fire seems to burn real hot and fast even on Low burn or air control all the way closed. Is this normal or do i need to install a baffle on the Selkirk Double walled pipe to slow down combustion? And my next question is if I do get a baffle, is it the same height as the stove adapter that is on there now? Can i just switch it out or do i have to modify it?
 
i reckon you might mean a damper?

How tall is your total flue?

and finally, whereabouts would this stove adapter be right now?
 
Oops sorry..i do mean damper. I believe the total flue height is about 25 feet. the adapter I was talking about is the 6" high piece of selkirk pipe that sits on the top hole of the stove and connects to the double wall pipe that shoots straight up from the stove. The pipe that comes off the top of the stove is about 3' long and then a 90 degree through the wall into an existing chimney and the into the flex chimney liner straight up to the top...in total about 25'.
 
Updated the thread title to say "damper". This had me confused too.
 
yanksforever said:
No more replys on the draft question??? Where did all the knowledgeable people go?
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Man I had a similar situation with my mansfield.It would burn up a load in about 6 hrs. turned all the way down.After I put in the pipe damper I'm getting 10-12 hours of heat.Go with the pipe damper.Also when I turn the damper to the forward position for some reason the stove throws off even more heat.
 
as much as it pains me to potentially help a yanks fan.... ;)

damper may or may not be called for in this case. You don't sound like you have an overdrafting chimney, tho you're at the long end of the stick there. So could it help? Probably. Still wanna burn it wide open every day for a good 15-20 minutes of Inferno Mode to clean things out. Not knowing other things about your primary settings, wood loading, ash-door seals, etc - kinda tough to say. But if you can handle the extra difficulty in cleaning, then sure - go for it.

we couldn't get the performance we do without our damper.

oh, and... GO SOX! :)
 
First thing I would do is make sure the air control is working and do the dollar bill test on the load and ash pan door, then try it again
 
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