Cleaned stove now operating totally different.

[HighHeat22]

I cleaned out my chimney and cleaned out my stove very good including the secondary's. This my second season with this used stove a Country s210 about 8 years old. Last year I cleaned my chimney out 2 times but did not really get into the stove at all since everything seemed to be OK.

Well, now the stove is burning totally different from before I have to run with much more primary air just to burn. Before, after had good coal of hots could run at about 25% to 30% air. Now I have to keep at around 50% air to operate anything lower and fire goes out ? Burn times on a load seem to be around the same.

The stove was dirty and secondary's where dirty so is this normal. I did not break anything in stove. Just wondering if any one else's stove operates different after cleaning.

 

[mellow]

You might have blocked an air port, blow it back out again to make sure.

 

[HighHeat22]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing that I somehow blocked an airway. I vacuumed out everything though pretty darn good.

 

[FireWalker]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing that I somehow blocked an airway. I vacuumed out everything though pretty darn good.

Switch from suck to blow!

 

[Highbeam]

I suspect that you removed your ash bed. Without the ashes keeping the coals hot, it takes a lot more air to burn the wood. I get that change every time I clean the ashes out. I know I should just leave an inch of ashes on the bottom but I want that space for more wood.

 

[Jager]

I suspect that you removed your ash bed. Without the ashes keeping the coals hot, it takes a lot more air to burn the wood. I get that change every time I clean the ashes out. I know I should just leave an inch of ashes on the bottom but I want that space for more wood.

+1

And just like Highbeam, I clean 'em all out, even though I know you're not supposed to.

With a couple burns you'll be back to normal.

 

[BrotherBart]

I suspect that you removed your ash bed. Without the ashes keeping the coals hot, it takes a lot more air to burn the wood. I get that change every time I clean the ashes out. I know I should just leave an inch of ashes on the bottom but I want that space for more wood.

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Every time I forget and clean all the ashes out it is a pain in the butt to get the stove going again until an ash bed builds back up.

 

[HighHeat22]

Hey FireWalker. What do you mean "Switch from suck to blow!" I thought by blowing I would make a bigger mess.

Yes, I have had a couple of fires now and is running better with less primary air. I am just trying to get this stove figured out. I would love to get a newer stove with CAT but I doubt it is going to happen any time soon there is to many other things money seems to run too.

This forum is Great all the advice is appreciated.