What the Heck!

rstrawsburg · Post by **rstrawsburg** » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 12:10 am

I had a great fire going this evening until that little shake I gave it. I should had let it alone and I shook it down and put it out! I'll get the hang of this sooner or later.

-Ron

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 7:40 am

Indeed you will RS. COLD is a great motivator

Should be around 12 hrs between tending. Let the stove do what she does best:) Ya got that hopper filled to the top on every tending????????????? Very important there!! What are ya doin w/ ash door vents, thermo flap in the back????

lowfog01 · Post by **lowfog01** » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 8:04 am

We've all been there! You'll soon learn the nuances of your stove. Lisa

Post by **Lightning** » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 2:20 pm

What caused it to go out? Was it running low and slow before the shake? Was the fuel bed too depleted?

If I'm running a low slow fire, I'll open the ash door for about 3-4 minutes to get er all hot and bothered before shaking.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Mon. Nov. 10, 2014 2:29 pm

rstrawsburg wrote:I had a great fire going this evening until that little shake I gave it. I should had let it alone and I shook it down and put it out! I'll get the hang of this sooner or later.

-Ron

Bummer ... takes like 6-10 hrs to get it fully cooking ... it calls to us to shake sometimes .. we must resist ... lol

rstrawsburg · Post by **rstrawsburg** » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:36 pm

freetown fred wrote:Indeed you will RS. COLD is a great motivator Should be around 12 hrs between tending. Let the stove do what she does best:) Ya got that hopper filled to the top on every tending????????????? Very important there!! What are ya doin w/ ash door vents, thermo flap in the back????

I removed the hopper and haven't reinstalled it yet. I'm going to put it back in and see how it burns on our next cold weather. I have the ash door vents completely closed and the thermo flap is set at 1/2 way between full open and full closed. I had a pretty full coal bed and I had shaken it early in the day also. She was glowing orange and about an hour later it was out. I think I may have filled the ash pan during the shake and I should had dumped it instead of just shaking it.

-Ron

rstrawsburg · Post by **rstrawsburg** » Tue. Nov. 11, 2014 9:39 pm

Lightning wrote:What caused it to go out? Was it running low and slow before the shake? Was the fuel bed too depleted?

If I'm running a low slow fire, I'll open the ash door for about 3-4 minutes to get er all hot and bothered before shaking.

It was running as low but I still had an orange coal bed. Fuel bed was pretty full. I think I needed to dump the ash pan. I checked it later and it was pretty full.

-Ron

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 9:07 am

Indeed RS, you'll notice a BIG difference with the old girl being able to get that all important under air:) Keep us posted my friend:)

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 9:15 am

rstrawsburg wrote:It was running as low but I still had an orange coal bed. Fuel bed was pretty full. I think I needed to dump the ash pan. I checked it later and it was pretty full.

I would suggest keeping the ash pan empty at all times. Actually, the only time I have the ash pan under the grates is during shake down. Other than that, It sits outside of the furnace on my concrete basement floor. I leave it out so that radiant heat coming down thru the grates has an unobstructed path to heat the floor of the fire box. This way, the floor of the firebox becomes more surface area for heat transfer for air that's being pumped in by the convection blowers. Furthermore, without the ash pan in the way, primary combustion air also has an unobstructed path to feed the fire...

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 10:42 am

These 50-93's are way different Lee. ash pan should remain in stove at all times---you have more room to play with in your ash area. It'd be a pain in the ass w/ the 50-93

Post by **Lightning** » Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 2:45 pm

It would be a pain to leave the ash pan out? I don't understand... lol

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 3:38 pm

Yes, a pain in the ash when you trip over it !

Paul

Scottaw · Post by **Scottaw** » Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 11:49 pm

Your halfway on the dial might need adjusted. When it first gets cooking, see when the door is opening and closing. If it almost goes out without opening the door, it needs more air.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Nov. 13, 2014 6:14 am

RS, open the ash door vents about 1/8 moon shape & see if that might help.

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Thu. Nov. 13, 2014 8:18 am

I can see a baro in your avatar. Do you have a manometer? If not get one. My Dads 55UL would do what you mention, going out like that after it got burning good and the intake air turned down. His was a poor drafting chimney. Slow the draft up and it would go out after the chimney cooled down some and the draft would go down to 0. Im not trying to scare you, just trying to look for a reason.

The stove you have is a simple one to operate, much simpler than most stoves. Once you figure it out you will be on easy street. You'll find that setting to leave the air intake on and it will run all year.