This thread was written because of the fact that I hadn't yet really gotten a handle on why it is that when I close down my airflow control on my stove, it seems to nearly kill my fire altogether. Sure.........the air is being cut back and without air, a fire won't burn ...........but I thought the dampers on the new stoves were supposed to STILL allow SOME airflow.
It's just a learning curve thing. I had plenty of chances last season to get a feel for the system we own, and I DID often put the damper 1/2 way closed after the initial fire got settled in. I'll master it sooner or later. Just thought that perhaps the damper that you can get for the flue pipe, would perhaps be a bit more manageable.
I have seen the airflow diagrams that Avalon puts out there for public consumption, but I have YET to see any actual breakdown of the damper itself; how it sits in the stove, what it is.........etc.. Someone in here put an image at one point, of the design, but it was not clear what I was looking at. Since I will not be tearing my stove apart (perhaps in 30 years I may) to see how it is constructed, I'll have to try and visualize it somehow.
It's enough to say, that I get too much "shut down" with the air control fully "forward" (closed) and I thought I might be able to have more (better) control, with a damper in the flue.
-Soupy1957