In Spring & Summer you should disconnect the Stove pipe from the chimney flue inside and cap your chimney flue that will keep the mositure from the humidity from rusting out you Stove pipe . You should clean the pipe out with baking soda & water mixture dry it out Spray oil inside or stuff with newspaper in it . The stove should be done the same way except for the newspaper use a droplight with a 40 watt bulb sick it inside the stove to keep the moisture out it will stop the rust from forming. Capping the chimney flue inside will keep the smell out Plus any birds or critters from coming in .MidnightMadman wrote:Only when getting it lit. I did it about 5 times this year.coal berner wrote: I Never did With Anthracite coal but with wood Yes have you burned wood at all in it
I just went out and pull off the cleanout cover on the bottom of the TEE. It had a pile of stuff... kind of looked like sawdust but was an ash.
Should I leave that cover off so the draft will flow straight from the top of the chimney right out the bottom? maybe that will keep the reverse draft from happening in the house?
Horrible Smell
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J.C. I do a slight alteration to the newspaper thing. It sucks up moisture faster than you can shout "RUST". So, I HAVE stuffed a handfull of newspaper, THAT WAS PLACED IN A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG, into my flue. The plastic garbage bag, of course, keeps moisture from saturating the newspaper, and creeping into the chimney.coal berner wrote: You should clean the pipe out with baking soda & water mixture dry it out Spray oil inside or stuff with newspaper in it .
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Good idea but like I said after cleaning the stove pipe out with baking soda & water mixture dry it out and then spray oilDVC500_at_last wrote:J.C. I do a slight alteration to the newspaper thing. It sucks up moisture faster than you can shout "RUST". So, I HAVE stuffed a handfull of newspaper, THAT WAS PLACED IN A PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG, into my flue. The plastic garbage bag, of course, keeps moisture from saturating the newspaper, and creeping into the chimney.coal berner wrote: You should clean the pipe out with baking soda & water mixture dry it out Spray oil inside or stuff with newspaper in it .
inside & out if you want then with the oil still inside the pipe stuff newspaper in it the oil will soak into the newspaper
it will stay oiled and keep the rust from forming . You can wrap the outside of the stove pipe in newspaper to with oil
on the pipe .
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well guys, I figured out the horrible smell! I had about 4" off power stuff in my horizontal pipe. what they hell is it and why is it there?
YIKES!!! Thats Fly ash. You are supposed to clean out your chimney once in a while. Didn't you do this when you cleaned your stove? Very important to clean all horizontal pipes too.MidnightMadman wrote:well guys, I figured out the horrible smell! I had about 4" off power stuff in my horizontal pipe. what they hell is it and why is it there?
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That was brand new.
I set it up in November and used it until March.
I set it up in November and used it until March.
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Yep theres the answer.... you used it!! Sometimes if you smack the pipe when its clean and hollow, as the season goes on you can smack it again and "Hear" the difference. thus you could prob guage when its time so do a shut down and ash cleaning! keeping a bucket of hot coals outside while doing so will allow you to refire without the dreaded second match!! or better yet a second stove???MidnightMadman wrote:That was brand new.
I set it up in November and used it until March.
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Does that explain why I needed to keep closing the air vents more and more as time went on? It seems like it would be opposite. But maybe that smaller opening made a stronger draft!?
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The slow reduction of diameter definitely is directly related to the speed and volume of the passing air. bernoulli princple in a way. You learned a great lesson with that as well as showed others a clear message with the pic.MidnightMadman wrote:Does that explain why I needed to keep closing the air vents more and more as time went on? It seems like it would be opposite. But maybe that smaller opening made a stronger draft!?
thanks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_equation
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Yeah, it got to the point where I had to keep the vents almost 1/16" open at times to keep the thing from overfireing. I new it was close to the end of the season so I didnt mess with anything to much. At one point I was thinking it was a gasket leak.
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Things move faster...the tighter it gets!! hotter too!!!
then its time to clean-out the pipes!
then its time to clean-out the pipes!
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Eagle: I had to look to see if I was on the coal forum! I like the way you are thinking....and your logic. Thought I must be on some party site!!!
Fly ash will inhibit any device burning coal. I have a friend that also has an EFM 900, but the exit pipe(10") is 3' horizontal, up 20 feet, 90 degrees to a horizontal pipe some 26 feet long, through a steel building wall into a Simpson Metalbestos T, and up 8' vertically. Make any wagers on the amount of ash, depth, or location in the pipe?
I cleaned it from a manlift in early Feb, after 12 tons had been burned, and found 3" in the entire length of the higher horizontal pipe. What a PITA! They had a vactor truck on site, or it would have been a REALLY long day. First season with this setup. I begged him to go straight up through the roof, however the building is 82 ft wide with a 2/12 pitch and he feared snow and ice movement would rip the piping right out of the roof. His nickle, my advise $0.00.
PS: fly ash makes a very fine powdery mess and sticks to everything!
Glad you found the problem quickly and safely.
Fly ash will inhibit any device burning coal. I have a friend that also has an EFM 900, but the exit pipe(10") is 3' horizontal, up 20 feet, 90 degrees to a horizontal pipe some 26 feet long, through a steel building wall into a Simpson Metalbestos T, and up 8' vertically. Make any wagers on the amount of ash, depth, or location in the pipe?
I cleaned it from a manlift in early Feb, after 12 tons had been burned, and found 3" in the entire length of the higher horizontal pipe. What a PITA! They had a vactor truck on site, or it would have been a REALLY long day. First season with this setup. I begged him to go straight up through the roof, however the building is 82 ft wide with a 2/12 pitch and he feared snow and ice movement would rip the piping right out of the roof. His nickle, my advise $0.00.
PS: fly ash makes a very fine powdery mess and sticks to everything!
Glad you found the problem quickly and safely.
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you can lead a horse to water...
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How about this..
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