i insatlled a pipe damper on my tucker allagash when installing for piece of mind. the stove is a old insert converted to be free standing in my shop. chimney is 27.5 feet. 10 feet of single wall,45*, one foot, 45* then 17 feet of double wall. double is 7 inches and single is 6 inch.
i get such a good draft that the sound of air sucking into the holes in front of the door can be heard on the other side if the shop! i recently started messing around with the damper to adjust heat. after i get a good fire going i need to close the air down to about 1/4 shut. this keeps stack temp around 450* and stove top at 500. i have my thermometer 18 inches up and the damper is just below it.
if i have a well estableshed fire and a good bed of coals with air set at 1/4 to keep the 450 stack if i close the pipe damper almost all the way my stack temp will climb to 500-550. is this because im holding the heat in the stove better? maybe because im necking it down and the compressed gasses are hotter?
is 500* stack temp acceptable or should i try to avoid temps that high? i notice when im at or over 500* i smell the pipe paint(2 week old) another thing is after inital startup there is no smoke visable! when i check outside it dosnt even look like the stove is running!
i get such a good draft that the sound of air sucking into the holes in front of the door can be heard on the other side if the shop! i recently started messing around with the damper to adjust heat. after i get a good fire going i need to close the air down to about 1/4 shut. this keeps stack temp around 450* and stove top at 500. i have my thermometer 18 inches up and the damper is just below it.
if i have a well estableshed fire and a good bed of coals with air set at 1/4 to keep the 450 stack if i close the pipe damper almost all the way my stack temp will climb to 500-550. is this because im holding the heat in the stove better? maybe because im necking it down and the compressed gasses are hotter?
is 500* stack temp acceptable or should i try to avoid temps that high? i notice when im at or over 500* i smell the pipe paint(2 week old) another thing is after inital startup there is no smoke visable! when i check outside it dosnt even look like the stove is running!