I had the same problem, read this thread
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/86103/
https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/86103/
Wow - that's why you're the minister of fire - excellent idea about the 'pail of ashes' thing!!I keep a pail of ashes on the back porch so if this were to happen to me I could dump some ashes on the fire to help smolder it.
I DID SPIT MY COFFEE ON THE COMPUTER!LOL.... I almost spit my coffee on the computer :lol:
I got this one coveredYep its been mentioned before and works like a champ I guess.
Hay wild one, ya ash door is a joke, dont use it. The T5 is a great stove though. Let her run a full cycle, that is from start-up to coal down. That for me is around 8 to 11 hours. I don't reload until with the coals raked forward, the air control lever opened up half way to get all the heat out of them (this is only right before reloading,last half hour or so)and the IR gun reading on the cook top in the 250f to 300f rang.I'm still very much a novice woodburner. We've had our stove (Alderlea T-5) for about 2 months. This morning I put in a big hunk of (split) wood and a smaller split. Once it was up to around 500 I cut the air control down halfway. After 5 minutes the temp was still climbing, so I cut the air all the way down. The temp still climbed. It was up to 800 and I couldn't cut the air off any more than it already was. I have noticed that our stove lights much better when the door is closed, so I opened the door wide to let some heat out, and was able to get the temp back down to 600. As soon as I shut the door the temp started climbing again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
So my questions are:
1. What could I have done to avoid this?
2. What should I do if this happens again? Was it ok to open the door?
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