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Post by jiml268 » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 9:22 pm

The fire ended up going out this afternoon when I was at work. I just finished cleaning the blower fan (it needed it fines we're dirty) and checked the grate. The gasket will need to be replace since it it's starting to fall apart. I just restarted the fire now and will update in a little while on how it is going.


 
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Post by GerryL » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 9:44 pm

Good luck! The only other thing I can think of that would affect stove temp that much is something in the stove design; for example my Channing II has two bricks in the top inside the stove that block the exhaust path; I learned here that you open them to light the stove and when it is going you close them to force the exhaust to go around and not right up the flue pipe. That way the stove heats up. Make sure you don't have anything like that. Hopefully the clean blower pushes more combustion air for you now.

 
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Post by jiml268 » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 9:46 pm

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Still not having any luck. Here is what the fire looks like now.

Setting
Min 10
Max 30
Feed is 99

Stove temp still around 250

HELP running out of thing to try

 
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Post by jiml268 » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 9:57 pm

GerryL

Found the user manual on line. There is nothing like that list in it.

Can anybody with a Juniata tell me if the stove has anything like GerryL mentioned

 
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Post by GerryL » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 10:04 pm

The manual would show it, so I bet you don't have anything like that. Are your fire photos taken with the door open or through the glass? Oh wait, maybe you don't have glass? I know if I open my door the fire drops off due to the drafting in through the door. It has to be closed for a good hot burn to continue. Is the line between your live coals and the black new coal coming in where the holes in the grate start?

 
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Post by Hoss » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 10:15 pm

The Juniata exhaust tube extends down the interior left side of the stove towards the bottom. It does not have anything to open or closer like GerryL spoke of. Fire looks better and I can't imagine what would make that go out. What temp would your thermometer read on the stove before you had problems?

 
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Post by jiml268 » Wed. Jan. 14, 2015 10:49 pm

I think I may have it now. The stove is a around 400 and the thermostat is reaching 74. Please look at the picture and let me know if any adjustments are needed
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Thanks everybody for the advise.

Will install the. manometer as soon as it comes in.


 
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Post by jiml268 » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 10:04 am

Just want to post a quick update. Ran the stove all night with the following setting

Min 10
Max 27

This keep the thermostat showing a temp of 75 and the stove temp between 300 and 400. Never got it over 400. Some of you say your stove burns hotter then that. My girlfriend set the tempature to 79 to see if it would reach that, it never did

Here are the last things I have to do to the stove to see if it helps getting this to burn right.

1) replace gaskets under the grate. They are in bad shape and falling apart

2) replace the gaskets in the two doors. Noticed last night that 1/2 of these gaskets are missing and the other 1/2 are falling off.

3) install the manometer when it comes in and check / adjust the damper setting

Is there anything else that can be suggested that I do to the stove to get it running properly?

1 other question around how much coal should I be burning per day.

Thanks again for the help

 
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Post by Rick 386 » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 11:08 am

While you have the grate off, make sure there is nothing impeding the air flow coming from the combustion blower.

Run a 1/8" drill bit through each grate hole.

Make sure the grate is seated properly when re installing it.

Not sure on your stove, but on some of the older triburner grates, they used a different size (larger) gasket on the rear section of the grate vs. the sides of the grate. This was called the strongback gasket.

I'll bet once you replace all those gaskets, you will see an increase in your draft.

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Post by jiml268 » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 11:48 am

Rick

I checked the holes when I had it off yesterday. There were only two that were blocked and I removed the blockage.

I contacted Reading to find out what size gasket would be needed for both the doors and the grate. Waiting to hear back from them. They are not were good at customer support. There are to different size gaskets under the grate. I noticed that when I took it off yesterday.

Thanks again for getting back to me
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Post by jiml268 » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 11:58 am

Can any one that has a Reading juniata stove tell me what kind and size gaskets I need for the two doors and the grate area. The grate has two different gasket so if you can Please let me know what I need to replace all

The only thing I know about the gaskets ate the the one for the doors is flat and the one for the sides and back of the grate looks like a rope with a cut in the middle. Didn't get to see the one in the front of the grate since that one appears to be glued in place and I didn't want to mess with it

Can anybody also tell me a good place to gets these item. Is there a website that I can order from or does a place with ace hardware/ home depot / Lowe's carry them

I called Reading and left a message with the parts department to get the info but have not heard back from them. They don't appear to have the great customer support left around 3 message already regarding thus stove and no response.

 
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Post by CSCPeter » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 5:35 pm

7/8" x 1/8" flat gasket for both doors and 3/4" flat gasket for under the grate. Your local dealer that you bought the stove from should have these gaskets.

 
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Post by WNY » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 5:45 pm

the full grate of burning looks really good!! But yes, fix the gaskets under the grates, you loose combustion air and not thru the grates. more air, more heat.

I guess it depends on the rating of the stove. My Keystoker 90K will run about 400 degrees or so on the front like yours with a full burn. My hyfire with 2 burners (130K) will get upwards of 500+ degrees. it all depends on the stove and if everythign is in working order.

Looks like you got something working correctly. Sometimes the stoves are not quite big enough depending on what you are trying to heat. every home heating is different, if it never catches up to your thermostat settings, you are loosing too much heat in your house, lower the temp and let it catch up, I run mine around 65-66 it maintains a good even temp and can usually satisfy the thermostat, and the feed rate will go down slightly. the other night when it was below zero and it was FR=99 and burning pretty hot, it was 64 in the living room and the setpoint was 66. it just won't get any warmer since the house looses the heat.

 
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Post by jiml268 » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 6:27 pm

Cscpeter

Thanks for the info on the gasket size. Will pick it up this weekend. Just want to varify one thing Rick mentioned that sometimes the gasket under the front of the grate is bigger then the rest. Just want to make sure that is not the case with my stove. The stove came with the house that I purchased a few months ago so I will have to try to find a local dealer.

wyn

The only reason I believe the stove is capable of producing a lot more gear is Hoss has the same stove and his stove temp and he stated his stove temp get to around 600 wi
when full burn. Figured I should be able to get the stove temp to around that and that would produce more heat to distribute around the house. Am I wrong with the way I am thinking. Don't want to go crazy trying to reach some my stove may nit reach

Thanks again guys

 
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Post by CSCPeter » Thu. Jan. 15, 2015 6:44 pm

It looks like it is just an extra length of the door gasket that they use on the back wall that the grate buts up against


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