Close call tonight! Stove top temp hit 800!

The stove and hearth look great!

Ray

WES999 said:

pen said:

Steel stoves can take quite a bit of abuse.

For future reference, some people have actually found that they can drop their temps by opening up the primary air all the way or even opening the door. It seems counter-intuitive but doing either thing shifts the balance in the stove away from the secondary burn action which is getting the stove top so hot.

My wife has a tendency to see the stove do this sort of thing quite often. As such, I installed a flue pipe damper and when she's got things ripping a bit more than she anticipated she closes that down which reduces the draft and helps regain control.

glad it didn't split in 1/2 (BTW, my stove saw 904 °F on the IR the other night after one of the aforementioned loads) This is why I think I'll only ever own a steel stove and will only ever buy one of the plain Jane budget friendly models like I have. If this gets tweaked, I can buy another and still be in it for less than the cost of one of the more expensive brands.

pen

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I don't think I would recommend that, while it may cool down the stove top I think that flue temp would go sky high.

I just did a little experiment, my stove top was at about 550* and the flue temp was at about 650*, I opened the door slightly and the stove turned into a blast furnace, the flue temp went up 300* in less than a minute. :ahhh:

On my stove I like to keep it under 700* My blower will turn on high at 675*, even with a full load of pallet wood it generally won't go above 700*

I think if your stove is getting too hot, turn on the blower on high, if that does not work, plug the secondary air intake with foil, that should bring the temp down quickly.

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Actually Pen is right on! It does sound wrong...but it works. I think fire_man also posted one time about his stove going wild and he recalled one time I talked of doing this very same thing. He opened up his draft and the stove cooled. Yes, it will take the flue temperature up for a short time but should not take it to any where near the critical point. Just remember that we are talking about a very short time here to have the draft full open. The stove cools and then you close it down again.

We had a case of the same thing here one time this past fall. My wife was going crazy when I came in. Seems she was having a problem keeping the stove top temperature below 700. I walked over and opened the draft, not full open, but about 30% open. The stove top cooled down to 650 in no time at all. She had forgotten about that little trick but hopefully she remembers it now.

Also, on your experiment, you stated the flue temperature was 650 with stove top 550. Then you said the flue temperature went up to 300. Something is wrong there...

Backwoods Savage said:

WES999 said:

pen said:

Steel stoves can take quite a bit of abuse.

For future reference, some people have actually found that they can drop their temps by opening up the primary air all the way or even opening the door. It seems counter-intuitive but doing either thing shifts the balance in the stove away from the secondary burn action which is getting the stove top so hot.

My wife has a tendency to see the stove do this sort of thing quite often. As such, I installed a flue pipe damper and when she's got things ripping a bit more than she anticipated she closes that down which reduces the draft and helps regain control.

glad it didn't split in 1/2 (BTW, my stove saw 904 °F on the IR the other night after one of the aforementioned loads) This is why I think I'll only ever own a steel stove and will only ever buy one of the plain Jane budget friendly models like I have. If this gets tweaked, I can buy another and still be in it for less than the cost of one of the more expensive brands.

pen

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I don't think I would recommend that, while it may cool down the stove top I think that flue temp would go sky high.

I just did a little experiment, my stove top was at about 550* and the flue temp was at about 650*, I opened the door slightly and the stove turned into a blast furnace, the flue temp went up 300* in less than a minute. :ahhh:

On my stove I like to keep it under 700* My blower will turn on high at 675*, even with a full load of pallet wood it generally won't go above 700*

I think if your stove is getting too hot, turn on the blower on high, if that does not work, plug the secondary air intake with foil, that should bring the temp down quickly.

Click to expand...

Actually Pen is right on! It does sound wrong...but it works. I think fire_man also posted one time about his stove going wild and he recalled one time I talked of doing this very same thing. He opened up his draft and the stove cooled. Yes, it will take the flue temperature up for a short time but should not take it to any where near the critical point. Just remember that we are talking about a very short time here to have the draft full open. The stove cools and then you close it down again.

We had a case of the same thing here one time this past fall. My wife was going crazy when I came in. Seems she was having a problem keeping the stove top temperature below 700. I walked over and opened the draft, not full open, but about 30% open. The stove top cooled down to 650 in no time at all. She had forgotten about that little trick but hopefully she remembers it now.

Also, on your experiment, you stated the flue temperature was 650 with stove top 550. Then you said the flue temperature went up to 300. Something is wrong there...

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I should have stated it more clearly, the temp increased by 300* (was 650*, after one minute with the door open 950*).

Different stoves and chimneys may behave differently, but on mine if I open the door for any length of time when it is really hot the flue temp will shoot up like a rocket. I like to keep the flue temp under 1000*

So cute....Sorry about your dog, they do become a part of the family. Don't have one, only a parrot but I love pugs and now I want one along with the 30.....I gotta stop frequenting this site.......I keep getting all these new ideas......can't help it!

GAMMA RAY said:

So cute....Sorry about your dog, they do become a part of the family. Don't have one, only a parrot but I love pugs and now I want one along with the 30.....I gotta stop frequenting this site.......I keep getting all these new ideas......can't help it!

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Nurse heal thyself..

Ray