Problem- Too much heat from stove

[aarcuda]

I have an old (circa 1985 or so) Earth Stove (model 102 i believe). It works GREAT. Sometimes too great.

It has firebrick on the bottom and half way up the sides. none on the top . I fire it up until the thermometer on the top surface reads about 400 degrees (but I have gotten it upwards of 6-700) and I get a real clean burn (no smoke out the chimney) but my room gets way too hot.

I mean upwards of 85 to 90 degrees. So i turn it down using the control on the side but if the temp gets down below 300, i gets lots of smoke.

So I have been opening windows to cool off the house.

Problem or no problem??? Solution?

I saw the pictures in the other posts with all the blazing fires. If I fired mine up like that, we'd all be charred. My fire is usually a low rolling fire (and the forebox top is around 450 or so). With a high rolling fire, the temps are up in the 700-900 range which is WAAAAAY to hot.

 

[Sprig]

Not really a problem, wish I had the same one lol, its only 10c here if I ran mine near that hot it'd be a sauna, hmmm, nah. Um, build a smaller fire (wayyy smaller from the sound of it). When damped down airtights will smoke as it becomes a controlled smoldering fire, nothing wrong with that as long as you remember to let it roar for a bit periodically (I do it once in the morning, and a bit before bed when constantly burning it fully dampered, every couple of days when not) to keep your creosote build-up low-none.

opcorn: opcorn:

 

[aarcuda]

thats what Ive been doing. I let it rooar and then crank it down when it gets too hot (or open a window or two).

I checked out the chimney last weekend and there was a little bristley stuff (very light in the pipe) from last year. but last year my wood was pretty wet as it had only dried for maybe a month or so. this years wood has been split for 6 months or longer so its lot drier.

Im going to clean the chimney pretty soon (as soon as I can find the right tool to use) but it wasnt too bad when I looked.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

On average, how big are your splits?



If you now burn 3X4" splits try moving up to 5X6" or 6X8"ers this should help control the burn somewhat.

 

[asb151]

What is your typical outdoor ambient temp while you are running the stove?
I have never been to Arkansas but how often is it below freezing?

 

[Billy_Bob]

I have the same problem of being too hot sometimes. Especially on warmer days. Need to get the fire going though. I just damper it down and open a door or window.

No problem because it is not electric or gas heat, so not worried about heating the outside...

 

[aarcuda]

it was 32 degrees the other night when I ran it. I'll crank it up when I know the temps will be low 40's or lower. preferably below 40. any higher and its just a waste of wood- i'll just use the heat pump.

in AR, we actually do go below freezing. not as much as up north but it gets there.