Ashley aw3200e-p

[MichiganMan82]

Ashley aw3200e-p. Anyone have any ideas on how to calm this stove! Holy cow! Maybe a damper? Been scratching my head here trying to find ways to calm this thing down. I tried putting steelwool in the air intake that didn't really work when starting the stove. Any suggestions or info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

How tall is the chimney?

 

[MichiganMan82]

How tall is the chimney?

18 feet.

 

[brenndatomu]

Must
Control
Draft

 

[MichiganMan82]

So a inline damper?

 

[begreen]

Well, first the good news. It sounds like the firewood is nice and dry. Tell us how the stove is getting loaded. Is it tightly packed or loosely loaded with the wood criss-crossed or lincoln log style?

18' is a good flue height. How quickly is the air being turned down?

 

[MichiganMan82]

Well the stove is being loaded north to south with a smaller peice here and there with bigger peices around them. Stack on top of the others like you would stack wood. They are somewhat tight. This after I have a good coal bed established. I leave the door cracked for a bit to make sure everything is good and lit. Then I shut the door and pull my handles out to about half. Then I wait a to make sure everything is going good and pull them the rest the way out. So both primary and secondary are completely closed. Then it slowly keeps climbing on flue temp. The top of the stove is 760 degrees. I don't know what im doing wrong...🤷‍♂️

 

[MichiganMan82]

Well the stove is being loaded north to south with a smaller peice here and there with bigger peices around them. Stack on top of the others like you would stack wood. They are somewhat tight. This after I have a good coal bed established. I leave the door cracked for a bit to make sure everything is good and lit. Then I shut the door and pull my handles out to about half. Then I wait a to make sure everything is going good and pull them the rest the way out. So both primary and secondary are completely closed. Then it slowly keeps climbing on flue temp. The top of the stove is 760 degrees. I don't know what im doing wrong...🤷‍♂️

I probably wait 10 minutes to let the fire catch it all the wood on fire good. Then I fully shut the door. Pull the primary and secondary out halfway for another 5. If it's going good I pull them the rest of the way out and call it good. Then it just keeps climbing steadily.