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WoodMaster / 4400 questions - new owner HELP PLEASE
« on: January 05, 2016, 11:48:47 AM »
New to the forum, love the info. I've looked thru other 4400 posts to make sure I'm not duplicating questions but of course I may have overlooked something.
First time boiler stove owner...it came with a property we recently purchased, 5-6 year old unit and we're in eastern North Carolina with mild winters. After running the stove for about 2 weeks (without problems) we had some crazy warm weather for 8-10 days and I shut the stove off. The stove has a pipe cap (or whatever it's called) but I didn't know I should have put a bucket over it - and we got nearly 8" of rain during the shut down timeframe.
I fired it back up last night and smoke (or steam) went EVERYWHERE, except out the top of the flue pipe. I'd say 80% of my smoke was coming from the backside of my pipe where it connects into the stove. I let the fan run for 2 hours as the temp climbed from 90 to 165...then I was just worried about all the smoke that was exiting the top of the stove, so I shut off the fan for the night and turned the heat pack back on. Also, I had put water in the stove prior to firing it and it over booked a good bit as the temp climbed, but maybe that's to be expected with a cold stove ...water expansion?
So questions - do I need to just run the stove to dry it out? Did I damage the flue pipe by letting that much rain get down into it? Is it likely that my pipe is just gummed/stopped up real badly from the moisture that got in there? And FYI, I did not have this problem prior to the rain issue ...smoke exit was mostly normal (some seepage around the roof and door areas).
Unrelated questions, should I get rid of the pipe cap? ...and now I know they anytime I have the stove shut off, I need to cover the flue pipe.
Lastly, should I completely let the stove burn down and shut it off when we have these warm winter snaps...or should I keep it smoldering? THANKS IN ADVANCE for any input!
First time boiler stove owner...it came with a property we recently purchased, 5-6 year old unit and we're in eastern North Carolina with mild winters. After running the stove for about 2 weeks (without problems) we had some crazy warm weather for 8-10 days and I shut the stove off. The stove has a pipe cap (or whatever it's called) but I didn't know I should have put a bucket over it - and we got nearly 8" of rain during the shut down timeframe.
I fired it back up last night and smoke (or steam) went EVERYWHERE, except out the top of the flue pipe. I'd say 80% of my smoke was coming from the backside of my pipe where it connects into the stove. I let the fan run for 2 hours as the temp climbed from 90 to 165...then I was just worried about all the smoke that was exiting the top of the stove, so I shut off the fan for the night and turned the heat pack back on. Also, I had put water in the stove prior to firing it and it over booked a good bit as the temp climbed, but maybe that's to be expected with a cold stove ...water expansion?
So questions - do I need to just run the stove to dry it out? Did I damage the flue pipe by letting that much rain get down into it? Is it likely that my pipe is just gummed/stopped up real badly from the moisture that got in there? And FYI, I did not have this problem prior to the rain issue ...smoke exit was mostly normal (some seepage around the roof and door areas).
Unrelated questions, should I get rid of the pipe cap? ...and now I know they anytime I have the stove shut off, I need to cover the flue pipe.
Lastly, should I completely let the stove burn down and shut it off when we have these warm winter snaps...or should I keep it smoldering? THANKS IN ADVANCE for any input!
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