Chimney Fire and Eating Crow

[Island View Tree Farm]

No problem. Ill come back after I get back up and burning.

 

[Island View Tree Farm]

God is great, beer is good, people are crazy and wood heat is king. F propane. It has only been a few hours but everyone is finding peace again with the stove running good and hot. So far I have noticed that this double wall does draft better. With a straight shot of single wall it drafted good but this is definitely better. Got the Condar flue guard temp gauge installed at 19” (says to install a little higher than 18” above stove). Those are reading out about 700* and stove top on one of the four corners is reading about 450* with another magnetic temp gauge and 600* stove top dead center. Jotul says to put a temp gauge on one of the four corners. By doing that I don’t typically see anything over 500* without going over 1000* on the flue temp so I figure:

700* Flue
450* Stove Top Corner
600* Stove Top Center

are decent temps right? Just following manufacture directions.

 

[begreen]

700º flue is hot. Close down the air more and try for equilibrium between the flue and stove top temp. More like 600º STT and 5-600º flue temp.

 

[Island View Tree Farm]

Ive got it running more consistent now. 600* top of stove in the center and about 600* flue temp. Jotul says to take the temp from any corner of the stove not the center. Id have a tough time getting any corner over 450-500 without flue temps being super high. Like 800-1000*

 

[begreen]

Our F400 had no problem reaching 600+ in the corners. Turning down the air to encourage robust secondary combustion will raise the stovetop temp while reducing the flue temp.

 

[Rickb]

Check your wood. If its a bit wet you will have some issues getting the stove as hot as you want.

 

[SpaceBus]

It seems like I have no issue with getting the flue hot with marginal wood, but firebox temps always suffer.

 

[Island View Tree Farm]

Thank you guys. I will keep tweaking things making sure I burn as clean and efficient as possible. It absolutely drafts better with this double wall.