Many of you have been kind with your patience to my questions. I've burned wood for three weeks now.
Still working on the downdraft combustion and thought that I'd leave more primary air on her last night when shutting bypass. When I finally worked down to very minimal air and went out to check the flue (flashlight examination), I noticed vapor (smoke, water) just barely coming out from under the cap. Nothing like my neighbors heat cannon.
But, if I give her a fraction more air to speed up the flue, then I'm burning way too fast and hot. Hitting 600deg. stovetop and 1100deg. flue temps. don't seem to be a problem with this stove. This is with a deep coal bed.
I'm afraid that my flue gasses are crawling out and cooling too much in the process. But more air into the stove is burning the wood up quick. Has anyone quarreled with this before?
Still working on the downdraft combustion and thought that I'd leave more primary air on her last night when shutting bypass. When I finally worked down to very minimal air and went out to check the flue (flashlight examination), I noticed vapor (smoke, water) just barely coming out from under the cap. Nothing like my neighbors heat cannon.
But, if I give her a fraction more air to speed up the flue, then I'm burning way too fast and hot. Hitting 600deg. stovetop and 1100deg. flue temps. don't seem to be a problem with this stove. This is with a deep coal bed.
I'm afraid that my flue gasses are crawling out and cooling too much in the process. But more air into the stove is burning the wood up quick. Has anyone quarreled with this before?