I have a 2 year old Blaze-king Princess. The wood I am burning ths year has been split and stacked for almost 18 months and is mainly locust. The moisture meter reads anywhere from 20-23%. My issue is that after I have a huge bed of hot coals, I open the air control fully and keep the cat lever, or maybe this is called the flue, open and add new wood. As soon as the new wood is burning I close the flue or cat control lever the fire goes completely out with in a minute or two. This is the case on every load of wood. Sometimes I just let it smolder and try to get the fire going again by repeating the above steps but I run into the same issue. Is it possible that my air intake on the front of my stove is clogged or something. I have researched almost every thread here but can't seem to find a resolution to this problem. I could understand if the wood was wet but I cut, split, stacked and used a moisture meter myself on the wood, please help.
Also, I have only three controls for this stove. I have an air control that is supposed to control the air flow, a main lever on the side of the stove that engages the cat and a blower control. As of now I am not using the blower or fans. The cat engage lever is working because it seems to effect the air inside the stove because when I close or engae this lever the fire goes out. The air control also seems to be working because I can see an immediate effect when I adjust this when the fire is burning for the minute or two I have one.
Also, I have only three controls for this stove. I have an air control that is supposed to control the air flow, a main lever on the side of the stove that engages the cat and a blower control. As of now I am not using the blower or fans. The cat engage lever is working because it seems to effect the air inside the stove because when I close or engae this lever the fire goes out. The air control also seems to be working because I can see an immediate effect when I adjust this when the fire is burning for the minute or two I have one.
