I'm sure all of you veteran woodburners would not make this mistake but me being a newbie just about overfired my newly installed Yosemite stove.
I usually fire up the stove when I get home from work and run it hot all evening before shutting it down for a long burn over night. I was proud that I got a good fire started quickly that evening vs the previous day that it took me over an hour to get a good hot stove. I threw a couple more logs in for a full load and pulled the air control out to about half before sitting down for dinner. Because I am still a new burner I decided to check on it in the middle of dinner and found a roaring fire and the stove pipe collar on the top of the stove was over 600F. I closed the primary down fully and finished dinner. Immediately after dinner I check again and the fire was still roaring and the temps were about 700F. I couldn't figure out why it was running so hot.
Then I remembered I had checked the ash tray before starting the fire. Maybe I didn't get the door closed all the way. Layed down and checked it and sure enough it had a very small gap around the ash tray door. After some fiddling I was finally able to get the door fully closed and the fire slowed way down immediately.
That was much too close for comfort. Especially for a brand new stove (it was a floor model that had been fired several times at the stove shop).
Lesson learned, ALWAYS make 100% sure the ash tray door is fully closed.
Craig
I usually fire up the stove when I get home from work and run it hot all evening before shutting it down for a long burn over night. I was proud that I got a good fire started quickly that evening vs the previous day that it took me over an hour to get a good hot stove. I threw a couple more logs in for a full load and pulled the air control out to about half before sitting down for dinner. Because I am still a new burner I decided to check on it in the middle of dinner and found a roaring fire and the stove pipe collar on the top of the stove was over 600F. I closed the primary down fully and finished dinner. Immediately after dinner I check again and the fire was still roaring and the temps were about 700F. I couldn't figure out why it was running so hot.
Then I remembered I had checked the ash tray before starting the fire. Maybe I didn't get the door closed all the way. Layed down and checked it and sure enough it had a very small gap around the ash tray door. After some fiddling I was finally able to get the door fully closed and the fire slowed way down immediately.
That was much too close for comfort. Especially for a brand new stove (it was a floor model that had been fired several times at the stove shop).
Lesson learned, ALWAYS make 100% sure the ash tray door is fully closed.
Craig
