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!
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brenndatomu
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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?
18' is a good flue height. How quickly is the air being turned down?
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.
Don’t leave the door cracked for 10 minutes. Just close it. You don’t need the entire load on fire at once.
I'll try it! I did notice by having a damper in that I could of course control the flue temp and could make that run cooler but of course it built heat big time in the fire box. I noticed this morning I have tons of coals and charcoal. Thank you everyone for your input. Need all the help I can get.
brenndatomu
Minister of Fire
That stove is a known easy breather, just close the door right away and use the air control...100% at first, then 3/4 for a few minutes, then half, then 1/4, then closed, as the fire allows on all the those steps.
Your timing will change as the weather changes and depending if it's a cold start or hot reload...and you may still need to add a pipe damper, many do on this model...heck, I know a guy that has 2 dampers on his stovepipe! (Tall chimney)
Your timing will change as the weather changes and depending if it's a cold start or hot reload...and you may still need to add a pipe damper, many do on this model...heck, I know a guy that has 2 dampers on his stovepipe! (Tall chimney)
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