Wind and stove temp

[Butcher]

35 mph sustained winds today. Cant seem to get the stove temp much over 450°. I havnt over load the fire box because the draft is so great that the air intake will suck the dust bunnies outta the next room. I dont want to shut the air down to soon and have a smoldering fire niether. Stack temps are staying as they normally do, right around 400°, the stove is still crankin heat as the basement temps are staying at 80° and with no fans or nothing the upstairs is staying at 70°. Wood is in good shape and took right off on the first reload of the day and after 3 hours I still have small blue flames and a good coal bed. Any thoughts?
In case your wunderin why I got so many stupid questions, until this fall, this is what I was dealin with for a stove.

Oh, incase your wunderin, that hot water heater aint piped into the same flue as the woodstove.

 

[mellow]

Good choice on getting rid of the franklin. You might have to tweak your damper (if you have one above the stove), all your heat is being sucked up the chimney by the winds.

 

[Gark]

Hey, this post is just in time. Real windy here tonight and I wondered if strong wind improves or slows the draft. We have an old Franklin just like that sittin' out in an outbuilding. It's disconnected & just needs a purpose. Should I try to sell it or have it melted down and made into a Subaru?

 

[CTYank]

Hey, this post is just in time. Real windy here tonight and I wondered if strong wind improves or slows the draft. We have an old Franklin just like that sittin' out in an outbuilding. It's disconnected & just needs a purpose. Should I try to sell it or have it melted down and made into a Subaru?

It depends, and you'll be the first to know.

Depends on the height of the top of the flue, height of neighboring objects and wind direction.

They don't use that kind of arn in Subarus. Maybe Chivvies.

 

[wkpoor]

I installed a damper this yr and wow what an difference especially on windy days. We are having those winds today and I am running the primary and damper fully closed and still have 500+ stove top temps. Air is pulling though the thottle plate with such velocity its whistling.

 

[Butcher]

Hey, this post is just in time. Real windy here tonight and I wondered if strong wind improves or slows the draft. We have an old Franklin just like that sittin' out in an outbuilding. It's disconnected & just needs a purpose. Should I try to sell it or have it melted down and made into a Subaru?

Iffn I was you I would do like I did to get that ole Sears&Roebuck; stove outta the basement. Take an air chisle to every stove bolt on the thing. After seeing how thin that thing was gettin on it's innards after so many years its a wonder it still had any outters. As far as the wind and draft, in my situation it sucks more air up the stronger the wind out here in the flatlands. I can hold my hand over the air intake at the back of the stove and feel the household air being sucked up into the stove. Maybe I just need to load the box heavier and keep an eye on it so I dont get me an outta controlle far. Guess there really is no cookie cutter way when it comes to useing these new fangled stoves huh? I'm thinkin that part of my problem right now is that I have such a wide varity of wood that I burn. Everything from birch, red elm, maple, ash, ginko, walnut, even fruitwood and flowering crabs and pears, that it's hard to get a handle on how to run the stove on which wood. Unless of coarse I would want to sort my splits by wood types which ainta gonna happen. Next year will tell the tale though as I have around 4 to 5 cords of nothing but red elm that will be ready to go. Iffn I live that long.

 

[Gark]

Butcher - it won't take long at all to tune in your Oslo for the mixed species wood. Love the avatar- methinks "Oh %$@'*+!! OVERFIRE !!". Back in Maine, a company was rebuilding old stoves like the Franklin for yuppies for big bucks. Was hoping to get a thing started here too and maybe get $15.00 for it or somesuch. Or we could use it for a boat-anchor...

 

[Butcher]

Butcher - it won't take long at all to tune in your Oslo for the mixed species wood. Love the avatar- methinks "Oh %$@'*+!! OVERFIRE !!". Back in Maine, a company was rebuilding old stoves like the Franklin for yuppies for big bucks. Was hoping to get a thing started here too and maybe get $15.00 for it or somesuch. Or we could use it for a boat-anchor...

15 bucks for an old stove like that would be a strech wouldnt it? Might make more money savin the brass balls offn it and sellin them to some porn site for, well, nevermind. %-P