Looking to Purchase This Antique Stove...
- joeq
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Your temps to me sound normal on a stove running at medium throttle. But by your "draft slider", (I'm assuming your talking about your primary air, on the bottom, where your ash pan is) being fully closed off, and your MPD also shut, theoretically your stove should be going out. No air flow, means no fuel. if your average barrel temp is 400° with everything shut down, you must be getting air through it some how. Your clinker door at 600 sounds high. My 111 right now on a good strong burn is at about 350°. i think you should find a way to measure your draft, to start off with. Borrow or buy a manometer to check it. It'll help in troubleshooting, and adjusting.
Yeah...Meant primary slider. Going to check Grainger for a manometer tomorrow.
Could too strong a draft cause the higher temps? It was controllable yesterday when it was a little warmer out.
Would a baro or second MPD help?
Could too strong a draft cause the higher temps? It was controllable yesterday when it was a little warmer out.
Would a baro or second MPD help?
- joeq
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The manometer will tell you what your draft is, and if you need a baro. I've heard some people here using 2 MPDs, so I guess it's not un-heard of. And yes, a strong draft will suck the air through the coals, and cause the stove to run hotter. But you'll still need air on the primary side to help fuel it, so if your primaries are shut tight, you might be leaking air from somewhere else.
- Sunny Boy
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joeq wrote: ↑Thu. Dec. 07, 2017 10:51 pmThe manometer will tell you what your draft is, and if you need a baro. I've heard some people here using 2 MPDs, so I guess it's not un-heard of. And yes, a strong draft will suck the air through the coals, and cause the stove to run hotter. But you'll still need air on the primary side to help fuel it, so if your primaries are shut tight, you might be leaking air from somewhere else.
I agree.
With a strong drafting chimney system, small air leaks become bigger air leaks as the pressure difference between room and chimney becomes greater. The air flow through a leak increases in velocity and volume, too.
If the fire doesn't slowly die with the primary and MPD dampers fully closed check for air leaks below the level of the firebed using a thin stream of smoke from a piece of smoldering string, or incense stick held close to all joints.
Paul