Shutting It Down

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offcoursey
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Post by offcoursey » Sat. Oct. 23, 2010 1:24 pm

When I shut down my Glacier bay.. Do I just close the air off? It will be warm out for the next few days. While shutting the stove down is there any draft problems to watch for as the outside air is warm and the stove cooling? Should I just let it burn down without reloading or shaking down?

 
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Post by coal berner » Sat. Oct. 23, 2010 1:34 pm

offcoursey wrote:When I shut down my Glacier bay.. Do I just close the air off? It will be warm out for the next few days. While shutting the stove down is there any draft problems to watch for as the outside air is warm and the stove cooling? Should I just let it burn down without reloading or shaking down?
If the stove is air tight around the doors / good gaskets by shutting the air vent all the way the stove/coal fire will go out
it may take a few hours but it will go out No air & no New fuel & no shaking down the ash the fire will die out .


 
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Post by Coalfire » Sat. Oct. 23, 2010 1:42 pm

I just let mine go out. I will shake down as needed with out adding. Saves on the amount of ashes/partially burned coal cleaning out for the restart

 
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Post by buck24 » Sun. Oct. 24, 2010 12:04 am

I just stop adding coal to the fire to let it die out. I also give it a few pokes from under the grates --- seems to help it burn out a little bit quicker.

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