Help: Stove Will Not Turn Down!
When I first started my DS Champion it was fine, but I burned it on low for the first part of the season. It finally got cold here and I turned it up and I noticed that it stinks at about 400 degrees. So I sniffed around the hopper cover and it was leaking. Put aluminum foil around it and it got better. Next I noticed it would not turn down from 400 degrees. THen I put some foil around the door vent spinners and got it down to 300 degrees where it is stuck. The stove is new, but the gaskets seem hard. If the hopper door is leaking all I can assume is that the other ones are bad too. I guess I'll repleace them all tonight or tomorrow when the fire finally goes out. THe gaskets are a gray woven material. Going to replace with white. Aggravating, but I need a stove I can turn off. What do you think?
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Yes, if you are leaking air into the stove anywhere, it will fuel the fire, and yes, you cannot damper it down easily.
The gaskets shouldn't be hard, they should be semi soft and make a good seal. The Rope type gaskets work good.
Have you checked your draft with a gauge and set your baro accordingly?
The gaskets shouldn't be hard, they should be semi soft and make a good seal. The Rope type gaskets work good.
Have you checked your draft with a gauge and set your baro accordingly?
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400* is when the paint on a new stove will start to smoke...
Have you had it to 400* before...
Hold the stove at 450* for an hour and keep the windows open and pull the smoke alarms...
Have you had it to 400* before...
Hold the stove at 450* for an hour and keep the windows open and pull the smoke alarms...
No I haven't set the draft with a guage. It hasn't been cold here enough and its been burning on a partial charge.
I took it up to 550 for a while, just below where my stove themonmeter says "overfire", and held it there. I thought the smell was paint. Turns out the gaskets are cheap, I guess. They are all hard. I guess the fire pulls pretty hard for air.
I took it up to 550 for a while, just below where my stove themonmeter says "overfire", and held it there. I thought the smell was paint. Turns out the gaskets are cheap, I guess. They are all hard. I guess the fire pulls pretty hard for air.
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The OVERFIRE on the gauges are usually for Wood stoves. it will smell for a while if pushed hard, I have had my stoker up to 500 on the sides for extended periods without problems. it kinda smells like hot metal, but it's an older stove, so the newness smell is gone.
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NosmoKng, I have a #1DS Circulator with no hopper.i have had trouble to getting it shut down.I put a manuel damper in the pipe. which has helped some,but not good enough still getting really hot. I think you are right about the door gaskets.My brother has a #3 ds circulator,has really good luck with it.we was looking at his door gaskets they don't seem to be making good contact.
check your door glass were the metal holders touch it, also the nuts on the knobs on the door,they would not let the knobs close tight. we took them off and grind the nuts down. the inside nuts, until the knobs close all the way.also make sure your automatic damper on the make back is closing all the way. Mine had a clip in it for burning wood.
check your door glass were the metal holders touch it, also the nuts on the knobs on the door,they would not let the knobs close tight. we took them off and grind the nuts down. the inside nuts, until the knobs close all the way.also make sure your automatic damper on the make back is closing all the way. Mine had a clip in it for burning wood.
I use an old drill bit and a battery powered drill to get the old gaskets out. Don't drill straight down just lay the bit tip on it's side. Works for me.NosmoKng wrote:So my guess would be that a coal stove would be more durable than a wood?
Whats the best way to strip rope gasket out of 1/2" channel? Was thinking about bending a screwdriver. Maybe just a screwdriver.
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Great tip Maxie,thanks!
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It sounds like your Rope-gaskets were completely submerged in the gasket glue or furnace cement. Little bit of an overkill, as the gaskets get too hard. Try to apply the gasket glue or furnace cement just to the side of the gasket that makes contact with where it should be sticking.