Playing with the stove...

[Dustin]

Fella's

I have an Osburn glass door Insert. I don't know the model number. Forgot to look when it was out last time. Sure wish I knew

Anywho, the air control is on the bottom sides, both right, and left sides. Each side has a handle that you pull, sliding a metal plate over a single hole.


The right control seems to do more to the fire, takes it from a raging inferno to a nice slow flame. The left control seems to do nothing, of the right one is not closed. With the left one I can control the fire well with the right one closed. I can almost make the fire go out, if I close the left one.


Another thing I noticed...with the fire cookin' at about 550-600 deg, most of the fire is going right out of the top exit. 7 inch round flue. If I close the built in damper, the fire rolls toward the front of the stove, and exits via three horizontal openings, a baffle maybe? and then out.

I also see a nice pretty blue flame when this happens..

What am I seeing??

 

[Dustin]

Top the top...anyone?

 

[MrGriz]

I have an Osburn insert that I'm burning for the third year now. Mine only has one air control on the right side. That controls the air inlet, which is located in the front, center of the door opening. It does move a plate that opens and closes the air inlet.

I'm guessing that the control on the left side of yours is some type of damper to re-direct and burn the gasses in the firebox. That would explain the secondary (blue) flames you're seeing. It would also stand to reason that if you close off the control on the right and severely limit the combustion air entering the firebox that closing the control on the left would then 'smother' the fire.

You should be able to start a fire with both of the controls open. Plenty of air in and let the 'smoke' escape the firebox, since the temperature is not high enough for secondary burn. Once the temp is up, you should be able to cut the air inlet (right control) by half or so and close off the left side.

I hope this makes sense (and I hope it works) I'm really shooting from the hip on this one.