Vogelzang frontiersman

[Archminer]

So it been in the 40's around here. I have been playing with my wood stove and trying to experiment with it. Ended up taking the grate out and sticking a metal bolt plate in front of one of the air intakes, to help control the burn a lil more. Installed a barometric damper. I'm still not sure what stack temps are supposed to be. Depending on how I burn it, and what kind of wood I load. Once it's hot and I damp it back all I'm running between 250 and 350 degrees about 12 inches up the stack. Is this normal, low, high?

Right now I have 2 bigger pieces of maple slow burning. Manual draft open, still playing with the barometric draft. Stack temp sitting at 250.

Does this all sound good or what?

 

[realstihl]

Don't see a barometric damper in pic. Hope you didn't install one. It will cool the pipe and that is bad.

 

[Seasoned Oak]

Don't see a barometric damper in pic. Hope you didn't install one. It will cool the pipe and that is bad.

Ditto on that,wood stoves are designed to operate WITHOUT a flue damper. It will definitely reduce the draft which is usually a BAD thing.

 

[begreen]

The VG Frontiersman is an EPA exempt 35-1 stove. It has the flue collar damper built in. Usually that is adequate and a barometric damper isn't necessary. Is this an unusually tall flue or are you in a very windy location?

 

[Archminer]

The VG Frontiersman is an EPA exempt 35-1 stove. It has the flue collar damper built in. Usually that is adequate and a barometric damper isn't necessary. Is this an unusually tall flue or are you in a very windy location?

We are in a windy location. We are on top of a hill and it very rare that the wind isn't blowing.

I do have a bd installed. It's hidden by the horizontal pipe. After burning it last night it seemed to be a steadier burn and not as finicky to control with the bd.

 

[begreen]

The stack temp is low if this is single wall pipe. Creosote starts forming below 250F. Keep a close eye on it and clean frequently. Maybe adjust the BD so that it only opens up with the windiest gusts.