morticcio
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Post by morticcio on Mar 6, 2014 16:23:01 GMT -8
I had my horizontal batch box stove running this evening doing some experiments with feeding the stove etc. I've noticed the stove runs better if the fuel is pushed towards the back. Whilst adjusting the wood in the firebox a thin stick, no thicker than a finger, had got pushed through the 'letterbox' into the riser. It burst into flames immediately and the rocket noise increased, almost like an afterburner on a jet engine. The stove was 2/3 full and hot.
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Post by satamax on Mar 6, 2014 22:08:02 GMT -8
Well, i can't remember. But i think i have kind of choked the fire that way once, pushing a biggger piece in the port, and it started smoking back.
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morticcio
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Post by morticcio on Mar 7, 2014 1:03:01 GMT -8
I've had chunks blocking the port and caused the stove to smoke back, but this seems to do the exact opposite.
I'll see if I can film it and get the flue gas analyser on it at the same time.
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Post by peterberg on Mar 7, 2014 1:58:14 GMT -8
Morticcio,
I've seen this happen, yes. Ẁhen a thicker piece is shoved into the port my chimney will start to smoke. The effect is repeatable and during that the Testo analyser did report a high CO level.
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