Question about the flue turning red

[Wormyone]

So last night I started the wood stove and let it burn 3 sticks of wood for a few minutes and then I stuffed it VERy full....I had dinner and checkd on it about 15 minutes later and when I did I noticed that the flue pipe was glowing red. Im not sure how far up it was glowing but I removed some wood and it seemed to cool down and run fine. The weired thing is that the stove was no where near hot enough for the blower to kick on by itself.....Does anyone think any damage was done to the stove or liner? If so what can I check? Could this have been caused by the wood being stuffed up to close to the flue opening in the stove??

 

[begreen]

Leaving the stove for 15 minutes is not a good idea when the fire is starting up. With dry wood a good blaze can be happening in 5-10 minutes. With the air wide open the flue was being turned into a blowtorch. You probably have a very clean chimney now. It's not good for the liner, but one short occurrence is probably not going to damage anything.

What stove is this with? Can you add it to your signature line?

 

[Wormyone]

Buck Model 21......Just added it

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Hopefully, you learn from this one!

 

[Highbeam]

Many stoves can overheat the flue before the stove top is hot. That's why many of us measure flue temps as well as stove temps.

 

[Wormyone]

Oh yea.......l have learned my lesson for sure.....I'm such an idiot

 

[Excavator]

Oh yea.......l have learned my lesson for sure.....I'm such an idiot

You are NOT a idiot if you learn from this

 

[etiger2007]

Your not an Idiot, these are the things that make us good burners. If thats the case Im an idiot too because my SS liner glowed once.

 

[Wormyone]

I have learned for sure..Thanks for all of your help guys!

 

[BurnIt13]

Many stoves can overheat the flue before the stove top is hot. That's why many of us measure flue temps as well as stove temps.

Makes perfect sense when you think about it. The steel on the top of the stove can be 1/4" thick or more, the flue is probably 16 or 18 gauge.

 

[Dakotas Dad]

Bah.. I have seen 1000 degrees in the flue with a 175 degree stove top.. can happen.

Your only an idiot if you didn't learn anything.. or if this causes you to leave wood heat.

Other than that, you are just a bit more experienced, which is a good thing.

I have heard of people doing it a time or two, but the whole concept of removing wood from a burning stove kind of scares the crap out of me.. that is an experience point I hope to never try for.

 

[Highbeam]

I have heard of people doing it a time or two, but the whole concept of removing wood from a burning stove kind of scares the crap out of me.. that is an experience point I hope to never try for.

Yes, I would suggest shutting the draft to zero, shutting the doors tight, and sitting back and watching before trying to remove fuel. If the red goes to white you should consider calling in the FD. In no case would I try and pull wood out. Yikes.

A wet kitchen towel maybe.

 

[BCC_Burner]

Agreed, the idea of removing wood from an actively burning stove is terrifying and baffling to me. Seems like one of the more dangerous things you could do in operating a woodstove.

 

[jzinckgra]

Yes, I would suggest shutting the draft to zero, shutting the doors tight, and sitting back and watching before trying to remove fuel. If the red goes to white you should consider calling in the FD. In no case would I try and pull wood out. Yikes.

A wet kitchen towel maybe.

Also, old ashes or sand also work.

 

[Fire Breathing Dragon]

Yikes! Perhaps reducing air and/or closing the damper (if applicable) earlier may help? Our stove can and will glow red at the tee connector (rear exit flue from stove for 3' into the tee connector and straight up from there) on any given evening. After filling the stove for the evening on a hot bed of coals it would start to almost whistle and make soft but quick back puffing noises, a minute or two later and the back side of the tee connector is starting to glow red. This happens with the air almost all the way open, the bandaid solution for me was to close the damper when this happens and the stove is happy. Not sure if this will work for you but it works for our Encore when stuffed.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Oh yea.......l have learned my lesson for sure.....I'm such an idiot

Indeed you are not an idiot. Idiots would not learn from their mistakes. Pesonally, I should be one of the wisest man in the States simply because I've made so many mistakes. Fortunately, I have learned from most but am not about to stop learning either.