Re: Faux firebox (now firebox Facts!)

[Keith Taylor]

Royce,
If you go back through my original posting, you will see that the door
on the side is the cinder clean out. The dampers are the doors on the
front and back of the ash pan. The only time the side door is opened, is
to remove the accumulated ash, and any small clinkers that made it
through the grates. Large clinkers can also be removed there, but only
by dumping the "drop grate" and pushing the large clinker off of the
rocking grates, onto the hinger drop grate. The side door is not used
for firing control.
Keith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <sslivesteam@colegroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: Faux firebox (now firebox Facts!)


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> Keith Taylor wrote:
> >
> > The "doors" you mention are located at the front and rear of the ash
> > pan, and are called "dampers" and they control where the air enters
the
> > fire, and how much.
>
> Hi Keith.  You know, I just re-visited Vance's photo and it appears
that
> there is a hinged thingy on the side of the firebox as opposed to the
> front or back.  Am I mis-reading the photo ?
>
> royce
>