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Post by corey » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:06 am

Lightning wrote:Oh yeah, when mine gets hot I get smell it on occasion also. Probably just dust on the fire box.
Hey Lee bout 10 minutes ago I opened the load door to stir. Well got it closed draft shot to .35 I thought a plane was flying over from the rumble. Have not burnt any wood to have creosote fire. Perhaps gasses ignited in my flue??


 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 8:20 am

Very well could be, did it go on very long?

 
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Post by warminmn » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 10:47 am

That was likely secondary air burning the gasses. I get that all the time with top vents open. That is why you don't want wood creosote in your chimney as they could ignite. Ive had those gasses/flames going several feet up my chimney before which is not good. Its if I put too much wood or soft coal (which I am finally out of) in the stove at one time.

As lightning said, that smell is just dust burning from on top of your stove. I have to run my stove much hotter than you so I get it often. No big problem there.

 
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Post by corey » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:11 pm

It didn't last long guess I cleaned the bit soot out last night. I've finally been able to run ashley up to 600 range been very cold here.

Like to make an announcement about next year if I have a good summer I'm thinkin about buying a pallet of anthracite. I have confidence inot ashley I I think she can handle it.p

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:13 pm

Cool, have you used anthracite before?

 
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Post by warminmn » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:54 pm

Double cool! Hope it will burn good and hope you can afford the price difference.

600 degrees, when I hit around that temp on the side of my stove, is about when I start smelling the dirt/hot smell from the top of my stove. I wont tell you how hot Ive run it before :lol: Not my Chubby though, Im real gentle with her.

 
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Post by corey » Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 1:04 pm

warminmn wrote:Double cool! Hope it will burn good and hope you can afford the price difference.

600 degrees, when I hit around that temp on the side of my stove, is about when I start smelling the dirt/hot smell from the top of my stove. I wont tell you how hot Ive run it before :lol: Not my Chubby though, Im real gentle with her.
I've been thinking about anthracite for about a month now budget looking up now days. May have to block the front liner for anthracite no big deal. Don't get me wrong I love bit coal but I've tried anthracite before in a different stove and heat was rock solid steady.


 
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Post by corey » Thu. Mar. 16, 2017 4:14 pm

Lightning wrote:Cool, have you used anthracite before?
In my buck stove was steady as a rock.

Well the way the forecast looks its warming back up id say we just saw winters last stand here.

for next year im thinking of buying a pallet of anth also this summer removing the mpd and installing a baro. Think my wood burning days are over unless things go bust.

 
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Post by corey » Tue. Oct. 31, 2017 9:03 pm

I fixed an air leak.

Last year I was unsure about the ash door gasket I replaced it this fall. It made a difference if I turn air down too soon I loose my fire this year.

 
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Post by Lightning » Wed. Nov. 01, 2017 7:30 am

Good deal, you should have better control of your stove now. :D

 
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Post by corey » Mon. Nov. 06, 2017 7:19 pm

Well Ashley got about week or so break but after tomorrow looks like i can start her back up. Way it looks she may stay lit for a while forecast is showing the cold staying here.

 
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Post by corey » Sat. Nov. 25, 2017 8:41 pm

Last night I let the fire die well tonight I lit back. Normally I don't use too much junk mail but did tonight with kindling on top then coal. In about a minute I hit 361 degrees with ir gun on flue pipe looked over .10 on the mano.

I broke my record for a fire start normally it about 15 minutes.

 
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Post by corey » Mon. Nov. 27, 2017 12:32 pm

This year I still have to use the mpd but I'm finally realizing my chimney is strong drafting. I've been thinking my last 2 stove done the same my buck stove went to 800 degrees several times cause I did not have mpd. My epa wood stove would run hot if I didn't close the mpd. I remember waking up and a thermometer had slide off the side of the stove. Cause I forgot to set pipe damper the window was very clean.

Just sharing what I've been thinking about.

 
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Post by Lightning » Tue. Nov. 28, 2017 5:41 pm

Yeah man, maybe you could get a manometer, it would help you set the draft pressure at a more healthy level.

 
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Post by corey » Tue. Nov. 28, 2017 8:40 pm

Lightning wrote:
Tue. Nov. 28, 2017 5:41 pm
Yeah man, maybe you could get a manometer, it would help you set the draft pressure at a more healthy level.
I got one last winter I'm really rethinking the baro idea. My last pipe clean out the mpd had a lot of soot on it and the pipe was were fine I'm cleaning the pipes often with the mpd. But I need to regulate my chimneys draft.

It would be a lot easier to clean a baro flapper then taking things apart to even get to the pipe damper.

I know Ashley has liners to prevent puff backs but my biggest worry would be soot flying out the baro. But it sure would be a better way to calm my draft down.
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