Napoleon 1100P air adjust

[pellet9999]

I have a Napolean 1100P and it burns pretty good . Sometimes it has trouble with dry Douglas fir,our Rocky Mountain DF has slightly different qualities all around compared to the stuff further north and west.
It doesnt seem to want to burn as cleanly but Lodgepole burns fine. I have never adjusted the air intake slots underneath,I just assumed the Factory did that. THis model doesnt have air coming up from the bottom but a small hole for air in the front and the top air and glass wash air. This is not the best stove,I have seen better but it was cheap at 900$.

Is it worth me playing around with those intake slots ,they are adjustable, and if you think its worth it,
what tips do you have to do that..??

 

[begreen]

Your location says ny, but this doesn't sound like NY at all. Where are you located and at what altitude? This might be a case of weak draft. How tall is the chimney?

 

[pellet9999]

Your location says ny, but this doesn't sound like NY at all. Where are you located and at what altitude? This might be a case of weak draft. How tall is the chimney?

wyoming at 6000 ft. my draft is about 6 ft.

 

[begreen]

I'm not following the draft is about 6 ft.? Can you describe the entire flue system from stove to chimney cap including height, elbows or tees, pipe size.

 

[pellet9999]

stove pipe goes up 1 ft then horizontal 3 ft and then up 5 ft. The stove runs ok.... its just not the premium models that are engineered better
and have better air piping....

 

[begreen]

6 feet of vertical pipe is all, is that correct? If so, the problem is not the stove it is the flue system. This stove needs about 16ft of vertical piping and that is without the double-90 in the stove pipe. Is this stove connected to a chimney?

 

[Grisu]

6 feet of vertical pipe is all, is that correct? If so, the problem is not the stove it is the flue system. This stove needs about 16ft of vertical piping and that is without the double-90 in the stove pipe. Is this stove connected to a chimney?

Would he not even need more than that at 6000 ft of elevation?

 

[begreen]

Yes. That's why I asked. I suspect the weak performance is not the stove at all, but a weak draft.

 

[mepellet]

If agree with you BG. My 1100c performs very well. Sometimes it is almost like there is too much draft. I have 5' of dbl wall stove pipe and about 13' of class a. It's a straight up install except for a 15 degree offset in the attic.