Blue flame...

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Hi all, I achieved a blue flame after 4 hours of burning and some red hot coals, anyone have any input on it, is it a chemical reaction, it is nice and toasty in the room tonight, my sil, took my ir meter last night so I can't take a temp reading while I have it. Any input would be great....

 

[webby3650]

Blue= complete combustion! Nice!

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Great thanks bud, how have you been......

 

[YkDave]

Yup, that's nothing but a good clean burn!

 

[BrotherBart]

Be down to a small coal bed for the night load right about now.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

I was burning more wood, 6 splits, this time, usually I do 2-3, had the air closed completely for most of the run, near the end before the blue flame I was playing with the air, opening it up getting a bigger flame and the closing it down, did that 2-3 times and then the blue flame came on, that stayed for about 40 minutes. The splits were also damp, on my back deck with covered awning, but it's been raining all day...

 

[Backwoods Savage]

We've also noticed more blue flame when burning white birch.

 

[webby3650]

I also see lots of blue flames, after a while it's almost all blue.

 

[DevilsBrew]

I have seen posts about this with gasifiers. Now I know what they are talking about.

 

[Charles1981]

I almost always see blue flames in the coaling stages, but never really anytime else.

 

[YkDave]

If I'm burning with little air on a full load I will have mostly blue flames for nearly the whole burn, but if I've got the air opened up a decent amount it will start throwing out mostly yellow.

 

[rideau]

Lots of blue flame in the PH.

 

[jharkin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame#Flame_color

 

[webby3650]

Great thanks bud, how have you been......

Never been better, or warmer!

 

[Paulywalnut]

Blue is a clean burn or some kinds of firewood. Mulberry or osage. Nice looking in the stove though.

 

[blades]

Co burning- if I am not mistaken, just means nice clean burn