- Oct 27, 2012
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i have a blaze king royal heir and this model stove has a automatic thermostat which depending on where i have the thermostat set, will adjust the damper by itself to allow the stove to be at a constant temp all the time. when it automatically shuts off the damper, it in turn, will completely shut down the fire until stove cools down enough to reopen the damper.
my question is when it does this wouldnt you think it would be cooling down the stove pipe to a non optimal temp where creosote can start building? if this assumption is correct how would you recomend burning with this stove then?
when you start reading about optimal temps for pipe and everything else it all gets confusing on what to do. is it not good to let fire smolder to save on the wood or is it?
in fact i am unsure if the combuster has ever been replaced in this as i bought it used and this unit was manufactured in the late 80's. i have read that one sign it is working is the color of the smoke coming out of pipe. i have read that a white colored smoke is a sign that it is working and that a smell of wood burning out of pipe is a sign that it is NOT working. now i am really confused! i have for sure a white smoke but it DOES smell of smoke? wow! i know someone is going to say take it out and look at it but dont really have the money at the moment to replace the gasket when i remove it.. manual says i have to replace gasket once i remove combuster.
this stove does have a combuster thermometer and it seems to be working and is going from not ready to ready.. as hot as i have had it is about 3/4 of the way to its maximum. (so does this mean the combuster is working?)
i think i read on this forum somewhere on a couple threads where the poster had the exact same stove maybe some advise from him would be great also
thanks for any answers
steve
my question is when it does this wouldnt you think it would be cooling down the stove pipe to a non optimal temp where creosote can start building? if this assumption is correct how would you recomend burning with this stove then?
when you start reading about optimal temps for pipe and everything else it all gets confusing on what to do. is it not good to let fire smolder to save on the wood or is it?
in fact i am unsure if the combuster has ever been replaced in this as i bought it used and this unit was manufactured in the late 80's. i have read that one sign it is working is the color of the smoke coming out of pipe. i have read that a white colored smoke is a sign that it is working and that a smell of wood burning out of pipe is a sign that it is NOT working. now i am really confused! i have for sure a white smoke but it DOES smell of smoke? wow! i know someone is going to say take it out and look at it but dont really have the money at the moment to replace the gasket when i remove it.. manual says i have to replace gasket once i remove combuster.
this stove does have a combuster thermometer and it seems to be working and is going from not ready to ready.. as hot as i have had it is about 3/4 of the way to its maximum. (so does this mean the combuster is working?)
i think i read on this forum somewhere on a couple threads where the poster had the exact same stove maybe some advise from him would be great also
thanks for any answers
steve