mntbugy wrote: ↑Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 11:37 am
Stove burnt out at 10:30 am. Roughly 25 hrs on 25#.
Looks like it is going to be a dirty stove. When shaking ash rolls out the
primaries.
Need to seal some leaks for indoor use.
A pound an hour is great. But at that rate will it put out enough heat volume to heat the area you want it too ?
Doesn't have to be dirty when shaking ash. Might be that it's a result of that short stove pipe chimney not giving as strong a draft as an indoor chimney would ????
If I hurry to shake ash and don't let the draft build up enough first, I sometimes get ash dust coming out of the primary's, too. With my range, the ash pan extends out under the primaries which are on an angle, so it is easier for ash to come out than if the pan was further back into the stove base like it is with my base heater. And it's far more likely to happen when I rotate the grates each morning and it dumps a lot of the over-night ash buildup quickly.
I've learned that after opening the MPD and putting the stove in DD I watch the mano. When the draft gets above .05 it's strong enough going in the primaries that dust can't come out. And, I only have to wait about 10-15 seconds for the mano reading to rise enough. If I open the dampers and immediately shake ash, I know I'm gonna get ash dust coming out of the primaries.
Paul