I have a harman p68, It's 6 years old and about 2 years ago in a major rain storm I notice sparks and small flames jetting out of my outside pipe. Icalled my dealer for advice, they said to disconnect my oak. So I did that and had no issues, however my kitchen gas range has a orange flame when me pellet stove is running rather than blue.I think this is because of my pellet stove taking inside air.I think maybe I should reinstall my oak but I dont want to risk taking outside moist air into my stove and making creosol that could cause a fire in my pipe, I clean my stove often about every 35-45 bags and clean my pipe at the end of season. When problem occurred I was burning pelletsales.com this year I'm using energex hard wood pellets,any advice?
oak vs inside air
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tnt8281
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I would hook it back up. If its doing that to your stove imagine what its doing to the hot water heater and furnace.
Dr_Drum
Feeling the Heat
Generally speaking, cold winter air is considered dry air, summer air is moist. I would hook up the OAK and see if the flame on the water heater turns blue again to confirm. The sparks coming from the exhaust vent is not abnormal and doesn't mean your vent has creasote.
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peirhead
Feeling the Heat
The only reason I can think of for NOT having an OAK installed would be if you need to reduce the humidity level inside the house and don't want to add an air exchange system....some stoves are better designed to use them than others though...sometimes they will dump cold air into the room when the stove is off...nasty!
krooser
Minister of Fire
Most folks don't realize that NOT having an OAK can be a safety issue... the fact that your gas stove is starving for oxygen is a good indicator that your stove is competing for the available oxygen.
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