Got distracted reading a long post here this morning after the morning reload, and when I looked up, the fire was burning a little too well.
The adapter and liner were both glowing. I shut the air down, and the glowing faded pretty quickly. The stove temp was about 730° f. at it's hottest point, almost 100° below the overfire temp of to the stove. Most other spots on the top of the stove were in the 600° range.
The load was some oak that could use just a little more seasoning and two pieces of tulip poplar to get it going. The fire was vigorous, but not gates of hell fire like most of us are familiar with.
I don't have a surround attached, so I can see the adaptor and bottom 2" of liner.
Based on this, my guess is that lots of folks have glowing adaptors behind their surrounds, and don't realize it.
I suppose that any creosote that had accumulated since the last sweep are now ash. Makes me glad to have the liner insulated.
The adapter and liner were both glowing. I shut the air down, and the glowing faded pretty quickly. The stove temp was about 730° f. at it's hottest point, almost 100° below the overfire temp of to the stove. Most other spots on the top of the stove were in the 600° range.
The load was some oak that could use just a little more seasoning and two pieces of tulip poplar to get it going. The fire was vigorous, but not gates of hell fire like most of us are familiar with.
I don't have a surround attached, so I can see the adaptor and bottom 2" of liner.
Based on this, my guess is that lots of folks have glowing adaptors behind their surrounds, and don't realize it.
I suppose that any creosote that had accumulated since the last sweep are now ash. Makes me glad to have the liner insulated.
