Stove hard to start
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Good afternoon and thank you for taking the time to read this. I have a Hitzer 5093 and have been burning it since November. I let it go out as it warmed up a little and now I cannot seem to get it fired. I start a wood fire and it burns normal but as I start to introduce nut coal it just seems to slowly die out. Ok have burned coal for a couple of years and haven't run into this. Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Get some match light & put a bag in & light--slowly add coal once the briquettes get going good. Open ash door vents 1/4 & open back flap a bit. Weird huh??????????????????????????
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I use wood also to start my stove. I have to let the wood burn for a hour +/- to warm up the flue before I add coal. My chimney is masonry on the gable end of a 2 story. It it takes that long to warm up flue before I get a good draft.
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I always let the wood burn down to a heavy bed of coals before I start loading. Then I tried the match light trick. Now I just use that unless I plan on burning wood and want to switch to coal.
Last edited by fig on Tue. Jan. 19, 2021 5:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Just lit my huge parlor stove and a couple handfuls of matchlite was all I needed and my micca isnt sooted up.
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Keep us updated H.
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2nd Match Light.freetown fred wrote: ↑Tue. Jan. 19, 2021 3:31 pmGet some match light & put a bag in & light--slowly add coal once the briquettes get going good. Open ash door vents 1/4 & open back flap a bit. Weird huh??????????????????????????
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Okay the matchlight did the trick. Stove up and running. Thank you for all the help. Now the fire is getting pulled up to the hopper. I replaced the gasket with a 1/2 inch rope style gasket and it still is pulling the fire up. Can I put a 5/8 inch gasket on it to fill the gap or maybe put a bead of high temp caulk on the stove top where it makes contact with the hopper door gasket?
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Yes on the 5/8 if 1/2 isn't workin--put something heavy non-flammable on hopper door. Make sure there's no lil coal crumbs under door.
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See what Fred is suggesting...seal off the top of the hopper so air doesn't follow out of it. Flame follows draft.freetown fred wrote: ↑Fri. Jan. 22, 2021 9:24 pmYes on the 5/8 if 1/2 isn't workin--put something heavy non-flammable on hopper door. Make sure there's no lil coal crumbs under door.
When is the last time you cleaned your stove pipes and tested your draft?
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There are others on here that used 5/8 and it worked.
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If so H, make sure ya put something heavy on the hopper flap/door.