England we will not damper down

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Englands15ssw01

New Member
Jan 21, 2023
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My englands15ssw01 will not damper down after it got really hot. One night I couldn’t get the fire to start. I left the dampers open and fell asleep. Now I can not get it to to secondary burn. Looks like only 1 tube is burning?
The gaskets and window seals are good. I just put them in about a month ago.
I use to be able to open it up, get it going, then put the secondary burn on and damper it down and go to bed. Not anymore. Now it gets up to 500 f and I close the pipe damper and the secondary burn on and it just keeps climbing. I figured the only thing I could replace would the the actuator. But it didn’t make a difference. Can anyone help me out? It’s a simple stove and can’t get it to damper down.
I’ve attached a pic of the fire at 700F I dampered down at 500 and secondary burn on.

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