Clockwise increases. Cc decreases. Get rid of the reducer on the vent and remove the screens etc on the vent anf OAK for this test.
Take the screen off the intake till you know what's up with your stove and or install.
Agree with part one, disagree part two. According to Harman increasing the draft to max hurts nothing but efficiency and in this case max draft will be a good test.
When he removes the restrictions if they are indeed restrictions his burn should improve, if not it won't improve. That's the big change of events he is looking for.. Moving the screw is a little change of events and more about fine tuning once the real problem is fixed. Fine tuning you need a draft meter for, IMO. If you didn't need a draft meter I'd have fine tuned my own install a year ago, fwiw.. Have you fine tuned your Harman by turning that screw without a draft meter ? If you know a good method I'm all ears ! Because I don't own the meter.
Actually I did. I found that in my case I could do so by watching the flame form and height at min burn. Found that I could easily run all the way cc. When I got a meter I found I was still above recommended min at lowest setting but flame form was far more even all around so it helped. Also largely got rid of annoying left side ignition. Before I did this I researched to be sure no harm would be done and marked the start spot.
What did you end up doing about the over draft situation or did you do anything about it ? I ask because I've always suspected I have an over draft in my stove, I'm still all ears here ! .
Nothing. Didn't see the point. Just not that anal I guess. Stove will fire like a mutha and keeps me warm into minus numbers so *shrug*
Ok then !! Ya mine will too if I want to burn that many pellets. So what would you describe to be the differences in flame form on low burn if you don't mind ?
Basically low and almost dead level across the top at min burn and stays that way even as it increases until I get ash lip buildup choking it a bit as I'm sure you've seen.
Have you ever cleaned the fines box ? And if you do that then make sure you get the cover back on correctly.
My low flame has no beauty to it FWIW. It has flicking and flashing tips generally. I'm talking about at minimum output here. Fingers of flame shoot up, one left, then one right, then maybe a center hump of flame forms, a sparkler goes off. It looks like a nitro a funny car crackling away in the night .
Well I had fun playing with it and suffered no harm but everyone is different.
I look at it this way, after all the crap I've done in life I'm not going to let a stove intimidate me, especially if I know I can put it back like it was with no harm done.
PTL I'm still even here !! No other explanation. And I didn't fly airplanes in times of war. Those who did I'm sure are double grateful.
