Secondary Air for Buck Combo Stove
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Hi everyone been a while since I've been on. Finally bought a ton of Kentucky lump coal. Just finding out that it would help if the stove had above air for the gases. Could I just drill a few holes maybe mount a spin wheel?
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Some have added secondary air to their load doors. Member Lightning as well as Kyspeedracer have done the air tube modification for secondary air.
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A spinner would work fine. Pipes work better. Do a search for secondary air and you will find posts and pics of what a few of us have done. You are only limited by your imagination and skills. It is very inexpensive to buy a hole saw, a couple feet of 1" pipe, connections, and a drill bit for the holes. Having used smaller, I will have to recommend 1" pipes if possible, and if you go that route.
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My little Altan stove has the secondary heat in de loading door at the top of the stove, with a droplet shaped valve.
It works that good, that if iload the stove and the gas start burning the stove give's a roar, where the rocketstove guy's alway's bracking about .
Peter.
It works that good, that if iload the stove and the gas start burning the stove give's a roar, where the rocketstove guy's alway's bracking about .
Peter.
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I made a few picture's, you know one picture is worth a thousand words.
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I'm not sure what your stove looks like, here is what I've done..corey wrote:Hi everyone been a while since I've been on. Finally bought a ton of Kentucky lump coal. Just finding out that it would help if the stove had above air for the gases. Could I just drill a few holes maybe mount a spin wheel?
Secondary Air Distribution System
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They made stoves here like that about 100 years ago. They were called hotblast stoves and were made by several companies. There is a new stove called hotblast and that is different. Yours looks very simple and I bet it works good.just peter wrote:My little Altan stove has the secondary heat in de loading door at the top of the stove, with a droplet shaped valve.
It works that good, that if iload the stove and the gas start burning the stove give's a roar, where the rocketstove guy's alway's bracking about .
Peter.
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Thankyou you going to do mods this summer I looked at the pipes you done a while backLightning wrote:I'm not sure what your stove looks like, here is what I've done..corey wrote:Hi everyone been a while since I've been on. Finally bought a ton of Kentucky lump coal. Just finding out that it would help if the stove had above air for the gases. Could I just drill a few holes maybe mount a spin wheel?
Secondary Air Distribution System
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Warminmn, you won the bet
It is a simple stove but it works verry well.
The old American hotblast looking better though.
Peter.
It is a simple stove but it works verry well.
The old American hotblast looking better though.
Peter.
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Not going to do these mods the reason is my chimney just needed a good cleaning. Had not swept it in over a year. Stove burns the coal fine now
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with soft coal you need to clean your chimney more often, but Im glad it all worked out!
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Thankyou you. Things are all good I just made an example here about cleaning the pipes.warminmn wrote:with soft coal you need to clean your chimney more often, but Im glad it all worked out!