Excessive Soot

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Jackrabbit

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Jan 24, 2013
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Hiya,

The Husband and i recently purchased a King 5500M. i havent had any complaints at all about it, but Hubby noticed that the pipe venting outside has some soot around the end of it (the end thats outside). He asked a friend about that who told Him that we need to play around with the settings, but according to some folks, here, we have to override the factory's default settings.

Big surprise! The manual doesnt tell me diddely about that...

I apologize if this topic has been brought up before in this forum, I've looked but couldnt find a similar thread. Might someone be able to tell me how to do this like i'm 5 years old? I'm not very technical and ive got a headcold thats getting the best of me at the moment, lol. I know I have to mess around with the damper, but this stove is nothing like the old Breckwell.

Also, will overiding the default settings permanently screw things up for the stove? Its colder than a witch's you-know-what these days and i have a vested interest in keeping the homestead warm!

Thanks for reading,
Jackrabbit
 
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