My New Pocono and Mano Setup

morabito wrote: Is it supposed to smoke a lot when you start it for the first time? I had this huge fire cranking and there was smoke coming out from around the edges of the fire door.

If you were starting cold and the chimney had a downdraft when you started it will do this until the heat establishes a draft heading up the chimney. When I had a restart a couple weeks back after loading the grates with cowboy coal I popped off the baro in the T and placed a hair dryer on high for a few minutes until the manometer showed a draft of about .03. Took out the hair dryer, capped the T and then I hit the coal with a torch and fired it up.

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oops...forgot it was a power vent set up......

morabito wrote:Well, I had to shut I down this week because I was in Florida on vaca. I started it back up today. Is it supposed to smoke a lot when you start it for the first time? I had this huge fire cranking and there was smoke coming out from around the edges of the fire door. It was setting off all my smoke detectors. Is this normal?

First of all you lost all my sympathy with the Florida on vacation part. The starter bags do smoke a lot. Best to run the povervent a little faster when lighting.

Ok, thanks. So the stove door is not necessarily airtight? Just want to make sure there is nothing wrong with the gasket. I'll run the powerventer a little faster next time I start up. It seems fine now with the baro at .03. By the way,the Florida vaca was no picnic - Disney with a 4yo and a 1yo.

morabito wrote:Ok, thanks. So the stove door is not necessarily airtight? Just want to make sure there is nothing wrong with the gasket. I'll run the powerventer a little faster next time I start up. It seems fine now with the baro at .03. By the way,the Florida vaca was no picnic - Disney with a 4yo and a 1yo.

There is a lot more airgaps between the coal in the hopper. Did Disney last year with just a 5yr old. I was interesting.

Hi, all. I'm moving, so I MUST SELL this rear vent Leisureline Pocono ASAP - used one season, includes powervent, 2 ash bins, coaltrol and manometer. $2,000 for everything.
I'm located in Simsbury, CT.