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Scott7m

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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #45 on: December 05, 2011, 08:24:16 PM »
From my experience low rpm fans dont do well..

The small high rpm ones work well, your getting plenty of air, building pressure, it's just going where it needs to be.. 

Why I'm not sure yet
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #46 on: December 05, 2011, 08:43:42 PM »
i tried to make the chimney a  smaller opening  that didnt work either.the fire would just barley burn.not roar sure it will save wood but it wont build the heat i need
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #47 on: December 05, 2011, 09:01:21 PM »
Something I just thought of that isn't likely the problem, are you sure the blower has a 115v motor on it? If it is 230v it will turn way too slow.
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #48 on: December 05, 2011, 09:05:17 PM »
I'm thinking that if he has embers flying out of the chimney, it has plenty of positive air pressure in the box, maybe too much?
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #49 on: December 05, 2011, 09:08:04 PM »
Quote from: mcarter on December 05, 2011, 09:05:17 PM
I'm thinking that if he has embers flying out of the chimney, it has plenty of positive air pressure in the box, maybe too much?
But opening the door makes it burn hotter which means it isn't getting enough air. That is what makes me think it is blowing the air right past the fire and up the stack.
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #50 on: December 05, 2011, 09:09:54 PM »
i know it blows alot of air for a little fan.
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #51 on: December 05, 2011, 09:14:29 PM »
Is the grate removable? If blocking under the grate doesn't help I would try taking it right out and see how that works.
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #52 on: December 05, 2011, 09:15:15 PM »
like i said before i put a reostat on the fan motor so i could slow it down or speed it up.that is kinda nice to have but if i slow it down, it does build even less heat
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #53 on: December 05, 2011, 09:17:15 PM »
the grate is removable .you think i should just build the fire on the bottom of the fire box?i havent tried that one
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #54 on: December 05, 2011, 09:18:10 PM »
Maybe some pictures of your setup would give a little more insite to what the problem is.
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #55 on: December 05, 2011, 09:18:33 PM »
have you tried cleaning the box out and starting from scratch, if you do and it rips it will prove that the air under the grate is meeting resistance with the ash,and finding  a out somewhere besides the wood coal area.how many fires have you roughly burned so far?
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #56 on: December 05, 2011, 09:20:56 PM »
i have cleaned out the box alot of times and refired it about 9 times changing things with little progress
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #57 on: December 05, 2011, 09:22:57 PM »
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #58 on: December 05, 2011, 09:23:34 PM »
take the grate out and throw it away.lol  see what that does.
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Re: fire dosen't burn hot enough with door closed
« Reply #59 on: December 05, 2011, 09:24:13 PM »
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