Lee,Lightning wrote:So nobody has asked where the thermostat is located.. Could a warm air run be blowing on it making it think the call is being satisfied??
The stove thermometer is only reading 200 degrees. Thats about 400 degrees short of where it needs to be. The real problem seems to be a positvly pressurized firebox. Putting in enough combustion air to make a good hot fire is impossible because it can't be exauhsted.
After reading through this thread, I am suprized that non of the Koker guys suggested cleaning out the heat exchanger tubes. The Koker Lites have 2 tubes that run from the ash pit up to the flue coller, that is how the stove exahusts. If there is something (flyash, packing matirial, ect...) stuck in one of these tubes there will be very little draft. To get to these tubes you need to pull the pipe off of the stove and stick a boiler tube brush or something down there to be sure it's 100% clear.
By the way Albany, very interesting little problem you've got here. You seem to have everyone's attention, we will get this figured out with your help.
-Don