How's Your Draft?

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 3:45 pm

My baro-damper is getting one heck of a work-out today. Now that the penguin air is blowing in from Antarctica, the baro doesn't know what hit it. But my draft is still rock steady at -.04.

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 4:11 pm

Rock steady on SE CT coast.

Post by **Lightning** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 4:23 pm

Mine normally runs -.03 but during this extreme cold I'm seeing -.05 to -.055 sometimes -.06

Ky Speedracer · Post by **Ky Speedracer** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 4:35 pm

-12 degrees this morning and currentley 8 degrees outside now and mine will run between -.14 and -.20 and pull both baro dampers open. it will hold the baro for the Hotblast almost wide open and will pull the baro for the oil furnace open slightly and it will bounce every time the wind blows...

Oil furnace baro on the left and the Hotblast damper on the right...

michaelanthony · Post by **michaelanthony** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 4:36 pm

Ok today, but a few days ago madone a mia!

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 4:42 pm

Draft ? The cat's been afraid to go near the stove all day !

First time in 22 years I can remember ever having snow blown all over the window under the east-facing back porch !!!

Paul

DataDan · Post by **DataDan** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 4:52 pm

-25 deg wind chills with 30mph winds = Baro is going 'kaka koko'. Its slow to respond to the wind, but still keeps the draft .04-.06 (stove manual recommends .03-.07)

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 5:45 pm

Ky Speedracer wrote: Oil furnace baro on the left and the Hotblast damper on the right...

Man, that Hotblast is sucking some air speedy!

Ky Speedracer · Post by **Ky Speedracer** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 6:08 pm

joeq wrote:
Ky Speedracer wrote: Oil furnace baro on the left and the Hotblast damper on the right...
Man, that Hotblast is sucking some air speedy!

Check this out... -.30 . Just loaded it with about 80lbsof bit. Left the load door open for about15 minutes to get goin and have the primary on 2.5 with the secondary set on medium.
I had to move everything 20' away from the baros so it didn't get sucked in... Lol

Post by **Lightning** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 6:39 pm

I have NEVER seen a draft spike that high before..
OMG

I can't believe the pipe doesn't collapse..

Keepaeyeonit · Post by **Keepaeyeonit** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 6:41 pm

I don't have the wind but my chimney pulls like hell especially when the stove is running hard It's almost 600*, Its already below zero now and getting much colder.
running with the Baro

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running with the Baro coverd

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Stay warm friends. Keepaeyeonit

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 7:05 pm

Ky Speedracer wrote: Check this out... -.30 . Just loaded it with about 80lbsof bit. Left the load door open for about15 minutes to get goin and have the primary on 2.5 with the secondary set on medium.
I had to move everything 20' away from the baros so it didn't get sucked in... Lol

Whoa! You know what they say. "Golf balls through a garden hose".

Ky Speedracer · Post by **Ky Speedracer** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 7:49 pm

Haha, I know! Unfortunately that's the only thing that fits that reference in my house... Lol

joeq · Post by **joeq** » Thu. Feb. 19, 2015 8:32 pm

(Know the feeling)

ddahlgren · Post by **ddahlgren** » Fri. Feb. 20, 2015 12:54 am

Man, that Hotblast is sucking some air speedy![/quote]

Check this out... -.30 . Just loaded it with about 80lbsof bit. Left the load door open for about15 minutes to get goin and have the primary on 2.5 with the secondary set on medium.
I had to move everything 20' away from the baros so it didn't get sucked in... Lol[/quote]

That is enough to suck the coal out of the stove LOL

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