Drolet Myriad 1 bypass damper position confirmation

[thisoldgoat]

According to the Myriad 2 manual (I'm still searching for the M 1 manual) the bypass damper handle should be in the fully counter clockwise when the stove is in normal operation but I wonder if I'm doing it correctly. I would assume that generations 1 and 2 would be the same in that regard.

When the handle is in this cc position (closed) the rear portion of the flaps are pointing down at about 45 degrees and some of the flames appear to be exiting through the resulting rectangular openings. When the handle is in the clockwise (open) position the flaps are parallel to the top of the stove and I observe blue flame jets at some of the air tube holes.

I'm not a wood stove Einstein but I have a gut feeling that this is backwards and I'm sending some useable heat up the chimney.

Thoughts?

 

[ManitobaSky]

http://files.drolet.ca/upload/documents/manuels/45063A_23-03-2015-0006.pdf?_ga=2.127631757.1009098447.1578522324-1115808358.1569095830

Counter clockwise is open, clockwise is closed.

 

[Gearhead660]

http://files.drolet.ca/upload/documents/manuels/45063A_23-03-2015-0006.pdf?_ga=2.127631757.1009098447.1578522324-1115808358.1569095830

Counter clockwise is open, clockwise is closed.

Yes. Flaps horizonal is closed. Want them closed during normal operation.

 

[thisoldgoat]

Aha! So I was doing it backwards! Evidently the shaft rotation changed when Drolet upgraded the secondary air delivery system.

...and now I have access to a manual too. I think the fact that other models were grouped together with the Myriad is what threw me in my search efforts.

I can tell already that my fuel will go further now that it is being operated correctly. I'm seeing more heat towards the front of the stove, less towards the rear, just the opposite of what was occurring with the damper in the other position.

Thanks for the guidance!