Saturday, February 8, 2020

Test Run of wood stove with new door with more door air holes - bigger

So there is definitely a better draft but I still get some wood smoke coming out. I had that before also - so unless there is just coals in the stove, then there is still some wood smoke. I think it's just because the stove is too small.

Dave's Bullets and Real Survival sent me a video link of his research - he got "bellowing" of smoke out of his DIY stove - and realized it was due to the front lip of the stove - the door he cut out had a hole in the front "end cap" - and so he had to drill more holes in that end cap hole - the bottom lip. Fixed the problem right away - no more bellowing!

So I don't get bellowing - but when I have just coals then absolutely no smoke. With some firewood left than still some smoke. Also I have to make sure to "fix" the damper when I install the flue duct - because the rod has to be connected into this little groove. Otherwise the damper just wobbles and it's impossible to tell whether the damper is open or not. But if I fix it right beforehand - then the damper works properly.

So then I pushed the baffle back down a bit - hopefully that should help with the back draft upon opening the door. I lose some firewood space but it's worth it to have less smoke in an enclosed tarp-tent situation. I will have to put in a vent hole in the tarp-tent.

So now I am wondering how well I can heat up the tarp space and also with the third duct flue part on then the stove has too much weight on the back end. So I need to rely on the tarp tent to hold in the stove position so it doesn't flip backwards. I'm not sure that can work as the plan was to go at an angle backwards. But Dave uses a 90 degree elbow. I should go get that 90 degree elbow then from that one hardware store - for 3 inches - it will radiate heat well also.

hmmm. Yeah I think that will work to hold the stove in better.


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