Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => WoodMaster => Topic started by: Nooner on November 20, 2016, 08:29:12 AM
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Hey all, just happened upon this forum while trouble shooting my Wood master 4400 HD. I was having trouble with overheating. I have had my stove for around 8-9 years. I am changing the gasket on the door annually and just had a cracked flapper on the fan. I changed out the original fan last fall after hearing a bearing going bad. The flapper was replaced along with the fan. Only got one season out of it. I put the original flapper back on to get me by until I can get a replacement. I have been noticing an increasing amount of smoke escaping from the hole where the damper rod slides in and out of the unit. I don't ever recall this being a problem in the past. Does anyone know if this is normal or how and what I need to fix it.
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Without knowing the product line very well, I would guess that over the years the bushing or hole that the rod slides through is getting worn from use and creosote / ash eating away at the steel.
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I ran a Woodmaster for a number of years and smoke coming from pull rod opening is the norm. Could get worse if there is a restriction in the exhaust area. Ash in the top tray or creosote in chimney. Never worried too much about it. Your draft damper is a problem, I'd keep a spare on hand.
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Overheating sounds like flapper issue in your case.The boy is right about smoke coming out the dampner rod,mines been doing it since day 1
I had to put a weight on my flapper.
Glued a lock on to the top of flapper
Common issue's from what I've read.