So with he cold tonight I’m curious how you are running the stove. My thoughts are that you’re getting close to needing max output?
I watched my flue temp hit 920 damper and air full closed. Nothing else I want to do I could open the door but then when I close it it just burning all the faster.Well, that’s not quite accurate….This just in….
I’ve been running my standard 2-3 splits of
Bradford pear or oak, the burn the coals down with a single or double split of pine.
This 3 splits of pine just took off on me since the last post. I tried to damper it down as it was nearing 600 in the flue, which means around 700-750 STT, and steady climbing. Not full on panic mode, but time to start watching it closer. It was climbing fast enough I didn’t think it would settle before it hit 650.
When I turned down the flue damper, it went from a ball of flames to a dark box, except some medium-lazy flames coming out of my primary air. The glass started getting sooted up too, and smoke was coming out from around the flue collar.
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I opened the air pack up. (I probably just shut it down too fast.) The flames came back, and I heard a ball of fire rush up the stack. It was one and done, just burning off the gasses I had trapped up. ( I clean my chimney so often it has calluses. A little fire ball ain’t gonna hurt it, but it might have been cool to have been outside to see if it spit it out the cap.)
Next step was to shut the air down at the intake. I slid my home made damper a little at a time and watched the temp climbing, slide, slowing, slide, slower yet, slide, drop a degree, and I stopped moving the intake damper. It then went from 600 to 450 in the flue over the next few minutes, and settled in there for a half hour, and cleaned the glass back off.
This is where it settled. Maybe a 1/16” open.
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A while later, it’s 316, and I open it back up, wiped the glass with a dry paper towel, and settling in around 350 for the coaling stage.
Glass wiped when I turned the air down.
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Won’t be long and I’ll rake the coals, toss that big log on and head off to bed.
Sheesh.I watched my flue temp hit 920 damper and air full closed. Nothing else I want to do I could open the door but then when I close it it just burning all the faster.
Stay warm.
I like to keep it under 850. Anything below 1000 I’m ok with. I suspect measuring at the adapter under the damper leads to higher temps.Sheesh.
Is your flue or STT usually hotter?
I’m usually hotter on the STT.
I’m gonna watch this for a minute, then catch ya in the flip side.
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Yeah. I’m 24” up due to adding the damper section after the probe was installed in the telescopic pipe.I like to keep it under 850. Anything below 1000 I’m ok with. I suspect measuring at the adapter under the damper leads to higher temps.
I’ve sad it before if you can get dense southern yellow pine it’s amazing firewood. I’ve got into some live red oak. I’m not impressed. I thought another year drying would make it better. Nah. It’s slow to light coals like a boss and has 3 times as much ash.Got a chunk of oak warming up for tonight.
I’m really liking the pine for steady heat and burning down coals. I alternate hard and softwood loads to keep the coals at bay.
66 in the hallway
24 outside, headed to 18 for the low.
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You have any hickory?I’ve sad it before if you can get dense southern yellow pine it’s amazing firewood. I’ve got into some live red oak. I’m not impressed. I thought another year drying would make it better. Nah. It’s slow to light coals like a boss and has 3 times as much ash.
No. I don’t go very far for my wood. 80% maybe more came to my back yard in a wheelbarrow from the neighborhood. I’m not picky. Got some poplar in this morning and had to run the air full closed Vs 10% open for pine vs 25% for oak. Found it interesting.You have any hickory?
I have a two year old stack I’m getting into now. I need to check it for MC. It burns fine, but every time I pick a piece up, I think it’s wet, just by the weight of it. It lights a little slower than the oak, but burns clean and less coals and ashes than the oak.
I don’t mind my standing poplars, but I hate the gum trees I have. For no good reason, but I want all gum treats to die. I plan to cut a few, but I hear they are a beast to CSS.No. I don’t go very far for my wood. 80% maybe more came to my back yard in a wheelbarrow from the neighborhood. I’m not picky. Got some poplar in this morning and had to run the air full closed Vs 10% open for pine vs 25% for oak. Found it interesting.
It's similar to our setup. Looks like the chimney pipe needs a brace at the 5ft level.
@begreenHave had this on the porch for a couple weeks now if it will stop raining long enough to drill some holes and seal them. I just want the shingles to be good and dry when I do it.
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