I come from many years of wood burning in traditional wood stoves. For a while that worked out but since I switched to a wood furnace, life has been much better. I hooked up the furnace to an existing chimney that was once used to run a wood stove in my basement. And, the stove pipe I used was from the wood stove with a manual pipe damper already in it. Up till about a few days ago, I have always ran the furnace with the damper wide open as I didn't think it would benefit this unit. I never opened the bottom knob, and most of the time I ran the top air slide almost all the way closed. That seemed to work ok, but sometimes the furnace would smoke a lot, especially after a reload. But most of the time, the smoke wasn't too bad.
Well I got a small education on more higher end furnaces the other day, and it appears that most of those guys run baro dampers. So I decided to play around with the manual damper and see how things go.
I have been closing the damper down. Its not completely flat in the pipe, maybe a 30 degree angle or so. It definitely seems to push out more heat now, and the stack temp has gone up. I am assuming that is because its slowing down things and allowing some kind of reburn to take place. Wood also seems to last a bit longer too. And it still smokes, but definitely not as much.
The install manual doesn't mention anything about dampers. But it does say that you should not hook the furnace to a chimney that pulls more than .05 inches water column.
To me, that obviously means a damper of sorts is required on some installs.
What is everyones thought on a baro damper on an Englander 28-3500?
I do not have a manometer....yet.
Well I got a small education on more higher end furnaces the other day, and it appears that most of those guys run baro dampers. So I decided to play around with the manual damper and see how things go.
I have been closing the damper down. Its not completely flat in the pipe, maybe a 30 degree angle or so. It definitely seems to push out more heat now, and the stack temp has gone up. I am assuming that is because its slowing down things and allowing some kind of reburn to take place. Wood also seems to last a bit longer too. And it still smokes, but definitely not as much.
The install manual doesn't mention anything about dampers. But it does say that you should not hook the furnace to a chimney that pulls more than .05 inches water column.
To me, that obviously means a damper of sorts is required on some installs.
What is everyones thought on a baro damper on an Englander 28-3500?
I do not have a manometer....yet.