Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Adrian wrote: >> Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 1. Is your flue as tall as Kabola specifies? >Yes I believe so. It is however the old E5 which doesn't have a danmper >built in. Not sure whether this would make much difference though.
My E7 has no damper. With my stove, the only thing the wind does is cause it to burn more brightly (Bernoulli effect across the top of the flue, I guess). One other thought. When did you last clean your flue (and the heat exchanger in the stove itself)? If it (the exchanger especially) is getting clogged, the flue may not be drawing properly, and thus be unusually vulnerable to even a small increase in pressure at the top of the flue. I clean mine by lowering a chain down the flue and shaking it about to knock all the soot etc., off. Then I get a flexible pipe clearer (one of those long thing spring things with a handle) and clean out the heat exchanger (think dental floss). Then I vaccuum out all the crud from the pot. Then I have a bath. Annually should do it. Except for the bath. But if your stove has been burning yellow (instead of blue), it will quickly accumulate a *lot* of soot and will need need cleaning a lot more often. The roaring and overheating mentioned in another posting occurs when there is a fuel oversupply. For example, a piece of crud in the needle valve can stop it closing when the float in the regulator rises, so too much oil gets delivered to the stove. It can also happen if the stove has gone out, but the oil has continue to flow, so there is a pool of it in the burner when you relight it. Certainly a bit disconcerting. It makes you see the reason for the separation of the flue etc from combustible material. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
