Help identifying this All Nighter, and maybe a couple general tips?

[DDK319]

Hi All,

Curious which model All-Nighter this is, and if anyone can give some input as to proper use and/or a manual. It's an older stove that was in this place when I moved in 6 years ago. It works very well, just curious if I could optimize my burn in any way with any additional knowledge.

It seems to keep the place warm overnight and still have coals in the AM if I leave both circular vents 3/4 of a turn open and keep the damper almost closed. The damper won't seem to stay in place overnight (2nd flue pipe with damper, both had the same issue. I'm missing something). I have been using a piece of wire to hold it in the desired position, which works but is not the most esthetically pleasing.

Nice to meet you all and thanks in advance for any possible insight.

Dan

 

[DDK319]

Apologies, I did not link the picture correctly the first time around. Original post updated.

 

[SpaceBus]

Interesting stove for sure! I see it was used to heat water at some point.

 

[begreen]

Mo info
https://www.hearth.com/talk/wiki/all-nighter-stove-co/

 

[Adabiviak]

Oh man, check out that blower attachment. That's... one way to force air into a stove.

 

[wooduser]

Oh man, check out that blower attachment. That's... one way to force air into a stove.

Yes, but is that a good and/or safe thing to do?

I'm not a wood stove Xpert, but my understanding is that there are good safety reasons for not putting a wood stove under positive pressure with a fan lest you 1) overfire the stove 2) force combustion gasswes out of every nook and cranny of the stove and venting system, risking carbon monoxide exposure to dwelling occupants.

Stoves designed for gravity venting should operate that way. If they aren't burning properly that way, the cause should be determined and corrected.

But as I say, I'm not an Xpert....

 

[Adabiviak]

Maybe it's just an air mover (and it blows air around the sides and over the top to get air flow around the stove) as opposed to blowing into the intake? Either way, if it's original OEM equipment, I'd call it good, but yeah... I turned the stove at our college/party house bright red by feeding the air intake chute with a blow dryer more than once. It was not safe in any way.

 

[begreen]

That's correct. There is a convection jacket around the firebox. This is what the blower is attached to. It does not feed the fire. I don't know for sure but this looks like the OEM blower system.

That said, that wood is stacked too closely to the stove. Wet wood?

 

[KJamesJR]

No clue, but it appears to be turbocharged.

 

[begreen]

No clue, but it appears to be turbocharged.

 

[KJamesJR]

View attachment 237739

Yeah those are the same style blowers used on syrup evaporators. Wish I could afford a setup like that in the sugar shack.

 

[begreen]

Attaches to the stove's - convection system, not the combustion system.

 

[Metalmantma]

All nighters, they have a port on front left side or on the rear just under the flue to connect a blower unit into. There are tubes connected to the port holes that travel inside the firebox and out of the top of the stove. The heating tubes are sealed off from the fire itself(unless they rusted and rotted out) so the blower unit gathers cooler air from outside of the stove and pushes thru the heat tubes and expels the hot air into the room. I use a big moe with a blower and heat the basement, 1st floor and 2nd floor no problem. North of 3600 square feet in Vermont. The blower is a nice option to have.

 

[glenlloyd]

The blower is not pushing air into the firebox, it's pushing it into the space around the firebox that vents on top (note round outlets). This blower (and setup) was quite common, especially on the All-Nighter.