finally up and burning with my russo 1 question on damper

[piponss]

ok guys just want to say thank you to everyone who's dedicated to helping others.....
My stove is up and burning and its going great except one thing .. i can't seem to get this thing dialed down without having smoke coming from chimney pipe ( little white smoke )
when i dial it down i feel like I'm choking it and smothering it out but at the same time i get a nice creepy burn in my stove on top how do i get that nice burn without the smoke as i know smoke is not burning right

i hope i got that right but any suggestions would be well appreciate it

 

[bholler]

Where are you getting smoke from? and what damper are you referring to the stove air control or a stove pipe damper?

 

[piponss]

smokes coming from top of chimney and i have a single slide damper in the center on bottom

 

[bholler]

Oh ok i though that you were talking about smoke spillage into the house. Now that i know what you are talking about what types of temperatures are you running at on the pipe and stove top? What type of wood and at what moisture content? When and how far are you shutting down the air

 

[piponss]

ok i don't know what temp I'm running at cause i don't have a thermometer but i guess ill get one of those,, I'm burning pretty well seasoned oak,,and when i start the fire i let it burn hot for a good 30 min then start dialing down

 

[bholler]

you need a thermometer for sure. I actually recommend 2 one for the pipe one for the stove top. And what do you mean by pretty well seasoned?

 

[piponss]

been drying out for a year
why is there a way to tell if its fully dry or something
do you think i have wet wood

but it can't be because when the damper is all the way open i get blazing hot and no smoke out the stack

 

[piponss]

even when the wood starts to get smaller and smaller with the damper open it doesn't smoke

 

[bholler]

Well oak usually takes longer than a year so that could be the problem for sure and yes you can get a moisture meter to check it. But it is hard to give you much help without knowing the temperatures

 

[piponss]

ok I'm going to get a couple tonight
anything else i can do

 

[bholler]

Get some of the compressed wood blocks to try also to see if it is the wood. Also tell us about the whole setup what height and type chimney what type and length stove pipe how many elbows ect.

 

[piponss]

ok i have a 1980 russo 2wc stove , rear exhaust with damper for flu built in to 6 inch single wall tee right on the back , going up 3 feet then 45 forward with 2 foot piece into another 45 going up with another 1 foot piece to ceiling support ,, then 6 feet of class a pipe going thru roof to be 2 feet above anything 10 feet away

 

[bholler]

Well the chimney is pretty short for one thing but with that old stove i would think it would work. But if you are getting it to burn with just a little white smoke coming out that is not to bad for an old stove like that

 

[piponss]

do you think it could be just that its an old stove

 

[piponss]

chimney is total of 12 - 13 feet