Super 27 air leak? See video

[claytonboyle]

See above video. Does it look like I have a leak somewhere?
Still have trouble keeping flue temps down with 23 ft of chimney.
Decent full load of 15-20% ash and cherry
This is after about 45 mins.
STT are about 650
Auber probe reads 950-1000 cruising, slowly tapers down but it does burn all night

What are your thoughts does this look right or should I be seeing more secondaries in there and are my pipe temps too warm?
Or am I over thinking it

 

[begreen]

Nothing immediately jumps out. Make sure the ash trap door is closing tight and doesn't have a coal fragment holding it open a little. The flue temps are high. I prefer to keep the flue temp at 700º for a 650º stove top.

As a test, take a magnet or some metal tape and block off the boost air intake hole (front and center on the bottom) and try that for a couple of days to see if there is an improvement. Or, add a key damper to the stovepipe to reduce draft.

 

[claytonboyle]

Nothing immediately jumps out. Make sure the ash trap door is closing tight and doesn't have a coal fragment holding it open a little. The flue temps are high. I prefer to keep the flue temp at 700º for a 650º stove top.

As a test, take a magnet or some metal tape and block off the boost air intake hole (front and center on the bottom) and try that for a couple of days to see if there is an improvement. Or, add a key damper to the stovepipe to reduce draft.

Will try that. Nothing for the stove to jump to 1000-1200 on a reload if I’m not watching it which I think is normal. Then it wants to settle in 900-1000 for the first hour id say. Never really see it cruise at 700 until hours into the burn

 

[Vg3200p]

This doesn't help you any. But that is a very classy looking stove

 

[claytonboyle]

This doesn't help you any. But that is a very classy looking stove

Why thank you. I’m pretty proud of it mostly because I picked it up for $3-400 can’t remember but that included a bunch of piping and delivery! Needs a coat of paint and a handle. Is the handle on the super 27 wood of some sort does anyone know?

 

[begreen]

Will try that. Nothing for the stove to jump to 1000-1200 on a reload if I’m not watching it which I think is normal

Try closing down the air much sooner and don't reload on a 3-4" bed of coals. Burn them down a bit more to 1-2" and rake them forward before reloading. With a hot reload the air should be closed at least 80% once the Auber flue temp reaches 600º. If it keeps climbing, close the air more until the temp plateaus. Remember that the air control is not linear. Most of the control, once the fire is burning well, is in the last 1/2" of travel.

This thread shows some typical start-up temps.

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[claytonboyle]

Try closing down the air much sooner and don't reload on a 3-4" bed of coals. Burn them down a bit more to 1-2" and rake them forward before reloading. With a hot reload the air should be closed at least 80% once the Auber flue temp reaches 600º. If it keeps climbing, close the air more until the temp plateaus. Remember that the air control is not linear. Most of the control, once the fire is burning well, is in the last 1/2" of travel.

This thread shows some typical start-up temps.

Starting a fire and running an EPA stove

Questions about starting a fire and avoiding a runaway stove come up so frequently I decided to document starting our stove. This is a Pacific Energy Alderlea T6 with about a 3 cu ft firebox. The stove is connected to a straight-up, 20' interior flue. The outside ambient temperature is 34ºF. The...

www.hearth.com

Thanks!
I’ll try that. Last year was my first year burning wood and I started out with subpar wood so that system didn’t work very well.
I would just end up snuffing the fire or it wouldn’t burn very well.

Im probably used to that and not turning it down soon enough. Will work on that