Check the simple stuff first...
For several weeks now I have been experiencing my stove seems to want to run in reverse when the wind is blowing pretty strong. discovered that if I keep the temp up around 300 or more, it did okay... Now, dog-gone-it, this thing worked pretty well for quite awhile. Open a window on the wind side and it works just fine. Today I decided to install a honest to gosh combustion air, and cut a hole and installed a nice hunk of 4 inch ABS pipe down to the crawl space of this shack. Lit it up, and it does seem to add air to the room, maybe problem solved...?
Well, a few minutes later I was noticing that things are trying to run in reverse even with a HOT pipe.
So... I finally decided to trot up a ladder and remove the spark arrestor. Which was more than half plugged up by the way... Oh, I see now, The wind usually blows from one direction so that side of the arrestor is more plugged than the other side. Now, add a wind and it pushes the smoke down the stack. Quite enthusiastically I might add.
All is drafting nicely at the moment, and I will CLEAN the crap outta that spark arrestor and screw it back up there.
Check the stupid stuff first...
For several weeks now I have been experiencing my stove seems to want to run in reverse when the wind is blowing pretty strong. discovered that if I keep the temp up around 300 or more, it did okay... Now, dog-gone-it, this thing worked pretty well for quite awhile. Open a window on the wind side and it works just fine. Today I decided to install a honest to gosh combustion air, and cut a hole and installed a nice hunk of 4 inch ABS pipe down to the crawl space of this shack. Lit it up, and it does seem to add air to the room, maybe problem solved...?
Well, a few minutes later I was noticing that things are trying to run in reverse even with a HOT pipe.
So... I finally decided to trot up a ladder and remove the spark arrestor. Which was more than half plugged up by the way... Oh, I see now, The wind usually blows from one direction so that side of the arrestor is more plugged than the other side. Now, add a wind and it pushes the smoke down the stack. Quite enthusiastically I might add.
All is drafting nicely at the moment, and I will CLEAN the crap outta that spark arrestor and screw it back up there.
Check the stupid stuff first...