Any pics of the creasote?
Does it look like this oily goo? See my pics
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/st-croix-auger-is-not-a-dipstick-but.105736/#post-1375622
See the pics above in my previous post.
Any pics of the creasote?
Does it look like this oily goo? See my pics
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/st-croix-auger-is-not-a-dipstick-but.105736/#post-1375622
what's up with that OAK (i thinks thats what it is)? Where does that go? How does that terminate? I suspect the stove is quite starved of air if you've only got 1 ton through it and you have that type of buildup. Your glass get dirty within a day or so?
Yes, that is the OAK you were looking at.Flexible 3" pipe. This is what the OAK looks like from the outside.
The glass has stayed clean all season. (only wiped it once). But obviously after this little mishap she is all black..
I cleaned it last night.. didn't take any pictures of it clean though.
The crazy thing is this all happened overnight. It was relatively clean, or so I thought, the day before..
Really? Why do you think that?I think if you put Selkirk DT venting on the Harman it would help your issue. It is the only thing I can think of.
Really? Why do you think that?
No damper to adjust on a Harman.I am in the process of doing it to my stove because I found the outside air in the morning is heavy with moisture and quite different than the night before. This makes the stove not get enough air to burn the pellets completely. If I could wake up and re-adjust the damper then it would probably be ok. Since I may be dreaming of nice things I am trying to find a better fix. LOL The Selkirk DT heats the burn air so the oxygen remains constant so there would be no need to re-adjust the damper every morning. I will let you know how mine works out.
I am in the process of doing it to my stove because I found the outside air in the morning is heavy with moisture and quite different than the night before. This makes the stove not get enough air to burn the pellets completely. If I could wake up and re-adjust the damper then it would probably be ok. Since I may be dreaming of nice things I am trying to find a better fix. LOL The Selkirk DT heats the burn air so the oxygen remains constant so there would be no need to re-adjust the damper every morning. I will let you know how mine works out.
I sure as hell hope that is 4" vent you have there?
Yes, that is the OAK you were looking at.Flexible 3" pipe. This is what the OAK looks like from the outside.
The glass has stayed clean all season. (only wiped it once). But obviously after this little mishap she is all black..
The top of your vent seems to be pointing up instead of straight out is it an optical illusion or does it point up? maybe you are getting water in your pipe ?
I think if you put Selkirk DT venting on the Harman it would help your issue. It is the only thing I can think of.
I sure as hell hope that is 4" vent you have there?
Why would he need 4" for that application?
Just the 3 - 90°'s is 15' EVL. Thats not counting the little horizontal and all that vert inside and out.
If its 10 ft of total vert, then thats 20' EVL (at least).
Max for 3" is 15'
Did not know that, I have 3 foot horizontal 6 vert and 2 90's so I'm 4' over. Hmm wish ESW told me that when I told them what I was doing over the phone.
Acetone has been identified as a carcinogen. It should only be used in a well ventilated environment. Also note that residual fumes from Acetone can be explosive, I mean they can rapidly expand when ignited.From my recent experience, a can of Acetone at Home Depot will help alot with the cleanup! Acetone is used in Nail Polish Remover and does take the paint off when rubbing hard so be carful! Works good to get the creasote.
I was running room temp and auto ignite.What mode were you running. I had a problem when I ran in manual mode. The stove called for pellets and overfilled the burn pot to the point that it filled the ash box with burning pellets.
Interesting... I have a hard time believing my issue was caused by a dirty stove. A bad ESP might would cause this?My stove did the very same thing this morning. Mine was during start-up. Came out this morning to burn pot full of pellets, ash pan half full of burning pellets and auger running. I think the fire in the ash pan was producing enough heat to tell the ESP I need more pellets and it just kept feeding them in. Not very smart if you ask me. I just turned it off, cleaned out the ash pan, and walked away. I just cleaned it including the stove pipe on Sunday.
Mine was not dirty either. I had a hell of a time this evening getting it started. After it lit, the auger just kept running and running. It did show me how the fire got to the ash pan. By overwhelming the burn pot with unburned pellets and pushing the fire into the ash pan. Long story short, cranked the stove to max in stove temp and ended up with the feed rate back to 2.5, rather than 4. Same pellets I have run for a month. Obviously, they changed mid pallet. So far so good this evening, but manual mode tonight.Interesting... I have a hard time believing my issue was caused by a dirty stove. A bad ESP might would cause this?
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