Liberty starting to burn strangely

[lopiliberty]

I have been filling the stove more this year than ever before. Last week I noticed after I got it dialed in it started to burn only on one side with strong secondaries but the other side had no secondaries at all. After about 4 hours the other side kicks into gear and starts to burn like the other side did. Then on the next reload it will burn on the opposite side as before or right down the middle or the hole load will burn. Use the same technique each time I reload and air setting is the same. I don't much care if it burns on one side then the other because it extends my burns, but I get some smoke from the stack not alot but enough and I don't want smoke. Can't figure out what is going on because it just started this. I know its not the gasket problem or it would burn on the same side where the leak is all the time. Any other stove owners or liberty owners have this problem?

 

[HotCoals]

Is your would maybe not as dry this season?
Are you burning bigger splits maybe?
Chimney cap clean?

 

[BrotherBart]

Has to be the arrangement of the coal bed. Gotta be. Used to happen to me then I noticed that I pulled more and better coals to the right front than I did to the left because being right handed I would drag them straight from the back on the right but I was reaching across to pull them to the left side.

 

[Jags]

My bet is that it is a subtle difference in something you are doing (as BroB suggests) or in the fuel (as Hot Coals suggests). It could also be in the stove adjustments. Are you allowing the stove to come up to full temp before tuning it down. Shutting down the air a little sooner, etc.

How long between when the one side starts to flame well, till the other side does? We talking 20 minutes or two hours?

 

[corey21]

Sounds like the position of the coals.

 

[wkpoor]

have been filling the stove more this year than ever before. Last week I noticed after I got it dialed in it started to burn only on one side with strong secondaries but the other side had no secondaries at all. After about 4 hours the other side kicks into gear and starts to burn like the other side did. Then on the next reload it will burn on the opposite side as before or right down the middle or the hole load will burn.

Different stove but that sounds perfectly normal to me as mine does the same. I agree with others in thats its something to do with the fuel and where the coals are.

 

[thewoodlands]

I have been filling the stove more this year than ever before. Last week I noticed after I got it dialed in it started to burn only on one side with strong secondaries but the other side had no secondaries at all. After about 4 hours the other side kicks into gear and starts to burn like the other side did. Then on the next reload it will burn on the opposite side as before or right down the middle or the hole load will burn. Use the same technique each time I reload and air setting is the same. I don't much care if it burns on one side then the other because it extends my burns, but I get some smoke from the stack not alot but enough and I don't want smoke. Can't figure out what is going on because it just started this. I know its not the gasket problem or it would burn on the same side where the leak is all the time. Any other stove owners or liberty owners have this problem?

We have not seen that in our Liberty. I agree with others on the coal bed placement.

 

[lopiliberty]

Sorry its been so long but my computer crashed and just got a new one. I didn't think it was my coal bed because it all looks the same when I rake it to the front in a row but it could be

 

[lopiliberty]

Is your would maybe not as dry this season?
Are you burning bigger splits maybe?
Chimney cap clean?

Wood is bone dry
4 or 5 larger splits on the bottom and medium and small ones on top
No chimney cap, removed for 24/7 burning

 

[lopiliberty]

How long between when the one side starts to flame well, till the other side does? We talking 20 minutes or two hours?

It could be 20 minutes, an hour or two. Wood is usually charred really well and glowing ready. Whole top of the stove has secondary flames then it stops and moves to one side or the other