So I got the stove going good , it was a full load of white oak, 1 year seasoned.
Secondary burn got to going very well, temps where up, so I closed the air control all the way.
Later on went back down and the top of the stove was pegged at like 900 and stove pipe temp was at 500.
I look at the fire inside and the secondary burn was going really good. So since the stove air was already fully closed, I went to my manual stove pipe damper and closed it all the way. I waited for a couple minutes and the stove pipe temp was going towards 550 and I couldn't tell about the stove top as it was already pegged at 900.
I tried opening the door to let cool air rush in but it seem to make the fire roar even harder so I shut the door that made me nervous. So I grabbed some aluminum foil and plugged the air inlets in the back of the stove bottom at each corner. Then there was small hole up front on the bottom that I put a piece of aluminum foil tape over it.
So after the stove air was shut off all the way , the stove pipe manual damper closed completely and all the other holes plugged, the stove settled down to 400 stove pipe temp and 750 stove top temp. I watched it for like another half hour and it maintained those numbers so I left everything closed off for the night and when I got up this morning had a bed of coals like 3 inches deep for a 8 hour burn.
But it was scary for a little while.
Secondary burn got to going very well, temps where up, so I closed the air control all the way.
Later on went back down and the top of the stove was pegged at like 900 and stove pipe temp was at 500.
I look at the fire inside and the secondary burn was going really good. So since the stove air was already fully closed, I went to my manual stove pipe damper and closed it all the way. I waited for a couple minutes and the stove pipe temp was going towards 550 and I couldn't tell about the stove top as it was already pegged at 900.
I tried opening the door to let cool air rush in but it seem to make the fire roar even harder so I shut the door that made me nervous. So I grabbed some aluminum foil and plugged the air inlets in the back of the stove bottom at each corner. Then there was small hole up front on the bottom that I put a piece of aluminum foil tape over it.
So after the stove air was shut off all the way , the stove pipe manual damper closed completely and all the other holes plugged, the stove settled down to 400 stove pipe temp and 750 stove top temp. I watched it for like another half hour and it maintained those numbers so I left everything closed off for the night and when I got up this morning had a bed of coals like 3 inches deep for a 8 hour burn.
But it was scary for a little while.