I noticed that two of the slots in the back of the Wood Gun kept burning the coals through and I would have to keep pushing the coals back to the rear to cover them back up.
Then I said to myself, Doh!
Because I remembered what I had advised a fellow Wood Gun owner to do. Make sure you rake the coals around and don't let the slots get plugged up. So, for some of the newer guys in here, like me :cheese: :lol: Sometimes the coal bed in your boiler will get nice and thick. And if you get some idleing, the coals down by the slots can cool down and eventually plug a slot or two. Doesn't happen to me much, but every now and then. So I took my long handled cleaning tool and lightly scrap the coals right down to the slots in the front in order to break up any that are all stuck together. The front three slots were partially or completely plugged. This is the third time this has happened to me since I started October first with my boiler. I am thinking about how that must cut down on efficiency and how fast the boiler gets heated up.
Then I said to myself, Doh!
Because I remembered what I had advised a fellow Wood Gun owner to do. Make sure you rake the coals around and don't let the slots get plugged up. So, for some of the newer guys in here, like me :cheese: :lol: Sometimes the coal bed in your boiler will get nice and thick. And if you get some idleing, the coals down by the slots can cool down and eventually plug a slot or two. Doesn't happen to me much, but every now and then. So I took my long handled cleaning tool and lightly scrap the coals right down to the slots in the front in order to break up any that are all stuck together. The front three slots were partially or completely plugged. This is the third time this has happened to me since I started October first with my boiler. I am thinking about how that must cut down on efficiency and how fast the boiler gets heated up.