Leisure Line Ak110 Draft Issue

Ribsyj · Post by **Ribsyj** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 12:04 pm

Finally got stove all hooked up and duct finished. Lit stove for first time last night. Have barometric damper on. Checked draft at collar coming out of bottom of stove and get no reading on manometer. Stove is at idle not calling for heat. No smell or co problems. Is something wrong why I have no draft? Is it ok to run like that? Any help is greatly appreciated

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 12:57 pm

First troubleshoot would be to make sure the manometer works and is hooked up right.

Can you get some pictures?

Ribsyj · Post by **Ribsyj** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 1:34 pm

Manometer meter works when pinch hose if or blow in hose

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 1:55 pm

Does the manometer have different settings? I noticed the "hg" which I would assume means a measurement in inches of mercury.

Does it have a measurement for inches of water? Draft is normally measured in hundredths of an inch of water.

Is the baro showing any activity? Can you smell any coal exhaust if you put your nose over it?

Ribsyj · Post by **Ribsyj** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 2:09 pm

Ok set gauge to inches h20 and still 00. No smell of coal exhaust at damper. If I stick hand in damper hole I can feel air going up chimney

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 2:45 pm

That's good. Seems to be drafting then. Does the baro door open slightly occasionally?

It seems that for some reason the manometer isn't or can't measure the draft. It's hard to say why.

Ribsyj · Post by **Ribsyj** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 2:47 pm

Barometric doesn't move at all

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 2:48 pm

I don't quite understand what I'm looking at where the hose meets the stove pipe. Could you get some closer pictures of that location and describe how it's attached to the pipe?

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 2:49 pm

Where do you have the weight set on the baro door?

Ribsyj · Post by **Ribsyj** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 3:32 pm

Tried it in all positions and same. But damper shouldn't be working because I have no draft correct? Isn't that more for if you have too much draft?

Post by **Lightning** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 3:50 pm

Ribsyj wrote:Tried it in all positions and same. But damper shouldn't be working because I have no draft correct? Isn't that more for if you have too much draft?

I would tend to think it's drafting enough to show a reading since you could feel it thru the damper and your not smelling coal exhaust in the stove room.

ShawnTRD · Post by **ShawnTRD** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 5:42 pm

Install this and leave it on all the time.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009PAN3C8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

ShawnTRD · Post by **ShawnTRD** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 5:45 pm

Is there directions on zeroing yours out? If you take the hose off the chimney pipe and lightly blow across the hose and check for a reading.

Post by **StokerDon** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 9:42 pm

I'm not familiar with that draft gauge but two things come to mind:

If the fitting on the stove pipe has something blocking it on the inside (sealer/flyash), you won't get a reading.

If the + side of the gauge has something blocking it, you won't get a reading.

In the old days before draft gauges were common and inexpensive, they would use a match. Pull that hose off of the chimney fitting, light a match, hold it up to the fitting. If the flame gets sucked into the fitting, you have draft.

-Don

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Sat. Oct. 01, 2016 10:25 pm

If meter is reading a zero you may have to dial back that stoker combustion air feed a bit, as it is not allow a negative value.

If when there becomes less draft due to other factors changing some days later then it may then go positive and CO will start to spill out.

There is a safety device made by Fields called a WMO-1 that cuts off 120 volt power to the whole stoker if should the draft ever turn positive as to allow CO spillage.

Leisure Line Ak110 Draft Issue

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