Overheated Stove
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I did the dumb thing of getting distracted when the ash pan door was open. This of course overheated the stove, lucky for me , in a crazy sort of way it toasted my inline duct fan and that started to do the overheat smoke thing and warn me something was up before the stove got out of control. The body was at 700 on the thermometer. From what I can tell the stove is ok. I didn't take the time to take pics or anything first. Just shut the ashpan door, and let the stove bring itself down. New fan is on the way. I do have smoke and co alarms near the stove.
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Damn!! You are very lucky nothing else happened. Was anything glowing? Like the stack? Glad you and the stove are ok.
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I know someone that forgot the ash pan door open on a Hitzer 82...it got so hot the stove thermometer broke its spring and shot across the room. The needle stops at 800 degrees, so the stove was warmer than that. He heard the noise from the thermometer missile, went downstairs and closed the ash pan door...and waited for the stove to cool down. Hitzer must build 'em tough, because other than some discolored paint the stove still runs fine.
-Rob
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Did that once, drove to work and had the nagging thought that I might have left it open. Drove home and the stove was at 700 F. No harm done, but a good lesson. I try to make checking the stove the very last thing I do before leaving the house.
- Adamiscold
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I've had my Chubby hit 700+ a couple of times and never noticed any color changes or anything on mine. There built tough just not meant to stay there running at those high temperatures.
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The highest I hit on the Chubby was 650* and that was the other night while I was prepping it for a shake down. I have run it for a few hours at 600* to get the house warm but it never stays there. I always bring it back down to the 550* mark.
- SheepDog68
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I have a 5 minute count down timer set on my watch that gets activated before I open up the ash door every time I do the stove!
If I need more than 5 minutes I let it run again as many times as needed until I am done with what ever I am doing!
Once I rings I double check that the stove is shut up tight and then go about my day!!
Running around in the morning doing a dozen things at one time I find the countdown timer gives me a nice little safety margin against forgetfulness!!
SD
If I need more than 5 minutes I let it run again as many times as needed until I am done with what ever I am doing!
Once I rings I double check that the stove is shut up tight and then go about my day!!
Running around in the morning doing a dozen things at one time I find the countdown timer gives me a nice little safety margin against forgetfulness!!
SD