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Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Fri. Nov. 14, 2008 6:55 pm
by BeerMonley
LsFarm wrote:BeerMonley,, invest in a barometric damper,, read some of the many topics/threads on the subject.... burning anthracite coal really requires a barometric damper to burn it efficiently.

With your hand fed stove, set the barometric damper at about .04-.06" and then you can set the air intake lower and not pull all the heat out of the stove body.

It works.. your stove manufacturer recommends a barometric damper too..

Greg L.
i will have to get one, I was goin to at first when I replaced the stove to chinmey pipe but when I was the Harman store buying new grates they said I didnt need a baro.

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Fri. Nov. 14, 2008 7:09 pm
by LsFarm
Unless you have a short chimney with limited draft, you need a baro. A strong drafting chimney can pull all the heat out of the stove.. do you have a thermometer either on [magnetic] or in [probe] the chimney flue?? This will tell a lot about if your chimney is pulling a lot of heat out of the stove..

Greg L.

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Sat. Nov. 15, 2008 5:46 pm
by BeerMonley
i do have a magnetic thermo on the pipe about a foot about the stove and it reads aboout 250 when I have it turned down like I do now causits so warm out(55-60) , not sure if my chimney is considered short or not, stove is in basement and I have a ranch house and the chimney is in the middle of the house so it goes thru the peak.

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Sat. Dec. 20, 2008 2:15 pm
by reckebecca
This thread was VERY helpful! As a newbie who doesn't know any better, I was trying to get my stove to produce something similar to the picture on the site and feeling that I couldn't get there. So, thank you all who posted pictures - very helpful!

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Sat. Dec. 20, 2008 8:12 pm
by VigIIPeaBurner
reckebecca wrote:This thread was VERY helpful! As a newbie who doesn't know any better, I was trying to get my stove to produce something similar to the picture on the site and feeling that I couldn't get there. So, thank you all who posted pictures - very helpful!
Glad you found them helpful!

Trying to replicate that coal burning scene would probably get you a box full of clinkers! If I recall from the thread that Mayor Richard (often called King Richard :) ) requested the picture in, he used a picture from a stoker. That style, pardon me if you know this, has forced combustion air blowing up thru the bed of burning coal.

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Sat. Dec. 20, 2008 8:20 pm
by reckebecca
VigIIPeaBurner wrote:[

Glad you found them helpful!

Trying to replicate that coal burning scene would probably get you a box full of clinkers! If I recall from the thread that Mayor Richard (often called King Richard :) ) requested the picture in, he used a picture from a stoker. That style, pardon me if you know this, has forced combustion air blowing up thru the bed of burning coal.
:) That would explain why the only way I was able to come close was with a fan blowing through my ash pan door! LOL

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Wed. Jan. 05, 2022 9:04 pm
by momtofour2014
Devil505 wrote:
Fri. Nov. 14, 2008 9:37 am
Glad you posted those pics Vigil:

That last pic looks like a very fragile, end of burn cycle pic that requires some care not to smother the fire when shaking down.
If that was the state of my fire, for shaking down & reloading I would:
1. Open the ash door & let the fire liven up....Don't shake down or disturb fire at all!
2. Sprinkle a shovel full of coal (or 2) across the top but not touch it!
3.Wait for the first sprinkle to catch & then add another few shovels of coal across the whole fire
4. Wait until the new coal is burning well & the whole fire is very lively
5. THEN I would shake down
6. Poke for bridging & air pockets
7. Refill, wait for it to catch & then close ash door.


This is exactly the kind of helpful advice I come to this forum to look for. Thank you!!

Re: What Should My Established Fire Look Like?

Posted: Wed. Jan. 05, 2022 11:36 pm
by Hounds51
Devil505 wrote:
Fri. Nov. 14, 2008 9:37 am
Glad you posted those pics Vigil:

That last pic looks like a very fragile, end of burn cycle pic that requires some care not to smother the fire when shaking down.
If that was the state of my fire, for shaking down & reloading I would:
1. Open the ash door & let the fire liven up....Don't shake down or disturb fire at all!
2. Sprinkle a shovel full of coal (or 2) across the top but not touch it!
3.Wait for the first sprinkle to catch & then add another few shovels of coal across the whole fire
4. Wait until the new coal is burning well & the whole fire is very lively
5. THEN I would shake down
6. Poke for bridging & air pockets
7. Refill, wait for it to catch & then close ash door.
BINGO !!!!!!!!