Well after burning my new stove / chimney a time or two, I knew something was wrong. I was going thru wood like crazy and it would take 3 hours for the stove to really start throwing heat. With 30+ feet of chimney running up the middle of the house, I figured it was time for a damper!
I got one of the $10 dampers and drilled my double-wall connector pipe about 5" up. Put it back together, fired it up and WOW! After getting the fire going good and strong I closed the flue damper way down and it started throwing the heat. I burned 2 good splits all evening and it was 70 deg in the room (and its a big room). I now see what you guys refer to as the "light show" when the secondary lights off. Even the wife and boy were both impressed!
I am still getting the hang of this thing, but that little addition seemed to make all the difference!
I got one of the $10 dampers and drilled my double-wall connector pipe about 5" up. Put it back together, fired it up and WOW! After getting the fire going good and strong I closed the flue damper way down and it started throwing the heat. I burned 2 good splits all evening and it was 70 deg in the room (and its a big room). I now see what you guys refer to as the "light show" when the secondary lights off. Even the wife and boy were both impressed!
I am still getting the hang of this thing, but that little addition seemed to make all the difference!