I couldn't think of a better title sorry. tonight I loaded the stove up pretty good, 1 large pine, 1 medium cottonwood, and a few small rounds. Everything was going fine, stove hit around 500 and I reduced the air again. Well I reduced it to much and the secondaries really took of, Bowels of Hell, I believe is the reference term. So I accidentally induced an crazy secondary burn. From past experience I knew this was going to overheat the stove if not managed correctly.
I've read past post with CAT stoves saying to increase the air when the CAT goes crazy, why not the same for non-cat stoves.
So I increased the primary air to steal from the secondaries and bingo, secondaries quit going crazy and I then reduced the air after a 30sec or so but a lesser amount this time. I've found my stove is very touchy, little movements make a big difference.
The problem was fixed and I didn't have to "snuff" it out or wait and pull my hair out with 91 dialed on the phone. I'm not sure if this is a 100% gonna work thing, but it worked this time and I'll try it again when I make a mistake again.
Anyone else try this in a non-cat stove with success?
I've read past post with CAT stoves saying to increase the air when the CAT goes crazy, why not the same for non-cat stoves.
So I increased the primary air to steal from the secondaries and bingo, secondaries quit going crazy and I then reduced the air after a 30sec or so but a lesser amount this time. I've found my stove is very touchy, little movements make a big difference.
The problem was fixed and I didn't have to "snuff" it out or wait and pull my hair out with 91 dialed on the phone. I'm not sure if this is a 100% gonna work thing, but it worked this time and I'll try it again when I make a mistake again.
Anyone else try this in a non-cat stove with success?