This will be my first year as a wood burner so I still have a lot to learn but very excited. I have been spending a ton of time reading the great information on this site. I want to say thank you, I have been spared many headaches and troubles because of some of the lessons shared here.
Over the last winter and spring I have worked my butt off cutting close to 30 cords of wood to try and get a head so we will have dry firewood.
My Setup:
This summer I installed a Daka 521 fb (non epa) wood furnace add-on connected to our propane furnace plenum / duct work. The stove is setup with a single wall stove pipe, barometric damper that connects up to a through the wall 6" double wall supervent chimney. The chimney is about 23' tall.
The Stove:
Chimney:
Stove Pipe:
With our setup we seem to have great draft with the current setup. The few break in fires we have had, we had no issues getting a good draft in the warmer weather. Stove pipe is around 500f - 600f with little effort and burning small amounts of poplar.
My question revolves around getting the draft dialed in so that I get the most amount of heat without it all going up the chimney while still maintaining safe stack temps. Since we have only been having small fires with wood like poplar, come this winter I would imagine the stove will be running a lot hotter using more wood and higher btu species like ash.
Is it as simple as burning a good hot fire and adjusting the biometric damper to the desired stove pipe temp? (the safe zone)
How many people use a barometric damper?
How much trust can I put in my Condar Chimgard Magnetic Thermometer?
Where would you recommend placing a thermostat on a stove like this? When I emailed Daka about this, they replied with the following information.
"Eric depending on where you take the reading at, you will find the temps to very greatly. The temp on the front door can jump as high as + 900 degrees when fired hard. You’re going to find the upper half of the front and back plates will run close to what you are showing as a stack temp. This may tend to run a little higher but within 100 degrees. Your best off selecting one location and monitoring that location and creating a base line temp and note the temp where you are getting the best results and then going from there. "
What temp do you often run your stove top at in the coldest months?
The main thing I am after is getting the most amount of heat out of the stove while maintain good / safe burn practices. I understand this stove is running off older technology and probably needs to be ran a little different then the nicer epa stoves. Any tip and information shared is greatly appreciated.
A couple wood piles / what was on my phone (It did happen) :
Over the last winter and spring I have worked my butt off cutting close to 30 cords of wood to try and get a head so we will have dry firewood.
My Setup:
This summer I installed a Daka 521 fb (non epa) wood furnace add-on connected to our propane furnace plenum / duct work. The stove is setup with a single wall stove pipe, barometric damper that connects up to a through the wall 6" double wall supervent chimney. The chimney is about 23' tall.
The Stove:
Chimney:
Stove Pipe:
With our setup we seem to have great draft with the current setup. The few break in fires we have had, we had no issues getting a good draft in the warmer weather. Stove pipe is around 500f - 600f with little effort and burning small amounts of poplar.
My question revolves around getting the draft dialed in so that I get the most amount of heat without it all going up the chimney while still maintaining safe stack temps. Since we have only been having small fires with wood like poplar, come this winter I would imagine the stove will be running a lot hotter using more wood and higher btu species like ash.
Is it as simple as burning a good hot fire and adjusting the biometric damper to the desired stove pipe temp? (the safe zone)
How many people use a barometric damper?
How much trust can I put in my Condar Chimgard Magnetic Thermometer?
Where would you recommend placing a thermostat on a stove like this? When I emailed Daka about this, they replied with the following information.
"Eric depending on where you take the reading at, you will find the temps to very greatly. The temp on the front door can jump as high as + 900 degrees when fired hard. You’re going to find the upper half of the front and back plates will run close to what you are showing as a stack temp. This may tend to run a little higher but within 100 degrees. Your best off selecting one location and monitoring that location and creating a base line temp and note the temp where you are getting the best results and then going from there. "
What temp do you often run your stove top at in the coldest months?
The main thing I am after is getting the most amount of heat out of the stove while maintain good / safe burn practices. I understand this stove is running off older technology and probably needs to be ran a little different then the nicer epa stoves. Any tip and information shared is greatly appreciated.
A couple wood piles / what was on my phone (It did happen) :
