Quad 4100I spike in temps

[Dustin]

My quad, has been kind of a bear to operate.

At times, I can't get enough draft. I have a fully lined SS chimney at about 25 feet. When I open the door even at full tilt hot temps it spits smoke in the room.

Last night, I loaded it up with maple and turned the air all the way down and went in the other room with the blower on low. I came back in to find the secondaries firing and the thermo reading at about 700*.

Generally when my secondaries take off the temp spikes up to around 700 or higher unless I have the blower on high. Do you think this is a safe temp? My "start up air" control does nothing. No change in the fire. I worry that maybe it's stuck open?

 

[lopiliberty]

My stove likes to run at 700 too and I thought that was a little high so I asked my local hearth shop owner about it and she said that is perfectly fine for my stove. Any thing over 750 is when I start to get concerned.

 

[pen]

If the stove can climb to 700, then it sounds like you are getting a great draft. Other than the smoke in the room, are you having other symptoms of a poor draft?

In general, the stove door shouldn't be opened at full tilt unless there is a problem and you want to introduce cold air into the stove.

Some smoke spillage may occur here simply because of the stove having a large baffle and all the smoke has to move back to the front of the stove for it to have an opportunity to be burned. W/ an old smoke dragon w/ little or no baffle, the access the smoke had at the flue was much more direct.

Location of the stove in the house, especially in a basement may increase smoke spillage. Running an exhaust fan like a kitchen fan, bath fan, dryer, or even a gas hot water heater can also increase the chances of this when the door is opened.

Next time, try cracking a window open and leaving it slightly open when you open the door and see if that helps counter any negative pressure you stove room is seeing.

pen