Does Power Loss Always Produce a Smoky Condition?

I have the same stove and same pipe setup as yours. I have been burning mine the past week for 8 hours and really windy days. I have had no issues.

Did you install the OAK? Also did you try letting the stove run a while till nice and hot and pulling the power cord to simulate an outage? Ive done that about 3 times. No sign of smoke what so ever at least not yet anyways.

There is always a chance that smoke could enter into the house with the right conditions with wind , variables etc. At least we have a vertical rise (draft) which gives us alot less chance of that happening than a straight out install. I would not worry to much about it.

What about hurricane tests? I think a leafblower to the exhaust, (in non-cleaning mode), is the only way to be absolutely sure.

Keep the wife/girlfriend away...

The easiest way to do a smoke test is to just pull the plug or turn off the breaker.

No need to reverse flow with a leaf blower you are simulating a condition that will not occur even in a hurricane.

When you have the case of wind entering the exhaust under natural conditions and you have an OAK installed the pressure will almost be totally equalized provided your OAK exits on the same side as the vent in addition your vent if it is terminated horizontally would have to have the air enter from below.since a proper termination is pointing downward for all or the most part.

I also have an answer for the question in this threads title.

Loss of power doesn't doesn't always cause a smoky condition in the house, it however does cause smoke to be produced.

If your venting is up to snuff the smoke will be drawn out through the vent system.

SmokeyTheBear said:

The easiest way to do a smoke test is to just pull the plug or turn off the breaker.

No need to reverse flow with a leaf blower you are simulating a condition that will not occur even in a hurricane.

When you have the case of wind entering the exhaust under natural conditions and you have an OAK installed the pressure will almost be totally equalized provided your OAK exits on the same side as the vent in addition your vent if it is terminated horizontally would have to have the air enter from below.since a proper termination is pointing downward for all or the most part.

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What about stoves that have a one way valve on the oak? Would it still equalize? Joking on the part of the leaf blower.

ehkewley said:

SmokeyTheBear said:

The easiest way to do a smoke test is to just pull the plug or turn off the breaker.

No need to reverse flow with a leaf blower you are simulating a condition that will not occur even in a hurricane.

When you have the case of wind entering the exhaust under natural conditions and you have an OAK installed the pressure will almost be totally equalized provided your OAK exits on the same side as the vent in addition your vent if it is terminated horizontally would have to have the air enter from below.since a proper termination is pointing downward for all or the most part.

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What about stoves that have a one way valve on the oak? Would it still equalize? Joking on the part of the leaf blower.

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Stoves with a one way valve on an OAK should equalize as well under normal outside conditions since the air flow will be coming into both sides, that one way valve is to prevent smoke from exiting the OAK(well actually into the house because there was no OAK installed). The valve should be closed under that condition.